Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen
When Sarah Ellen O'Dell was born on 10 September 1864, in Ray, Missouri, United States, her father, Greenberry B Odell, was 24 and her mother, Catherine Wright Glenn, was 17. She married George Washington Clark on 17 November 1884, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Grant Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died in 1936, in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri, United States.
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- Ellen Odel in household of David Odel, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ellen O'Dell, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Sarrah Ellen O'Dell Clark, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Odell, a place in Bedfordshire, which derives from Old English wād ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. The spelling O'Dell is not Irish, but a creation by folk etymology, found first among English migrants to Limerick. Compare Waddell . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Dell and Odell .
Altered form of Swedish Odell , as if of Irish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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