Caroline O'dell

Female25 December 1871–29 July 1915

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Caroline O'dell was born on 25 December 1871, in Danby, Jefferson, Missouri, United States, her father, James Odell, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Jane Weaver, was 31. She married David Patterson McClenahan on 16 September 1899, in Commerce, Scott, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Plattin, Jefferson, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 29 July 1915, in Plattin Township, Jefferson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Festus, Jefferson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Patterson McClenahan
1876–1939
Caroline O'dell
1871–1915
Marriage: 16 September 1899
Thelma Hattie McClenahan
1900–1924
Ruth Eleanor McClenahan
1903–1991
David Hall Mcclenahan
1907–1914

Sources (8)

  • Caroline O'Dell in household of Sarah J O'Dell, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Caroline Odell - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1871; Missouri, United States
  • Caroline Odell McClenahan, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 September 1899Commerce, Scott, Missouri, United States
  • Children (3)

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    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 1

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1872 · The Amnesty Act

    Age 1

    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

    1886

    Age 15

    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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