When Samuel Jacob Odom was born in 1829, in Alabama, United States, his father, Jacob Odom, was 67 and his mother, Ester Franks, was 34. He married Maranda Jane Sapp in 1856. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Marble Hill, Bollinger, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Bigelow, Holt, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 11 May 1881, in Bigelow Township, Holt, Missouri, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Fortescue, Holt, Missouri, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1842: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States 1851: Bollinger, Missouri, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
from Middle English othom, odam (Old English āthum, ādam) ‘son-in-law’ or ‘brother-in-law’.
habitational name from Odam in Highampton or from Odam Barton in Romansleigh (both Devon). The placenames probably derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
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