Thomas O'DELL

Birth:
7 Aug 1787
Shipley Cemet, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
27 Nov 1879
Burial:
Shipley Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Notes:
                   FROM HOLSTON PASTFINDER DEC 1983 - HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LUTHERN CHURCH FROM "HISTORIC SITES OF SULLIVAN COUNTY" 1980 EDITION  "ODELL HOUSE" "THOMAS ODELL, SON OF WILLIAM ODELL, INHERITED THIS 100 ACRES AND ACCORDING TO THE 1850 SULLIVAN COUNTY CENSUS OWNED 2000 ACRES OF LAND IN THE COUNTY.  ABLE J. BROWN, AT HIS FUNERAL DECLARED "AS A HUSBAND, HE WAS AFFECTIONATE AND KIND, AS A NEIGHBOR, OBLIGING, AS A PARENT, DEVOTED AND TENDER, AS A FRIEND, FAITHFUL, AND AS A CITIZEN, LOYAL" THERE ARE FAMILY STORIES OF WHEN HE ATTENDED COURT AT JONESBORO, ONE STORY OF A TIME WHEN ANDREW JACKSON WAS PRESIDING. THOMAS ODELL WAS A GREAT HUNTER AND KEPT A HUNTING CAMP ON HOLSTON MOUNTAIN."

FROM A 1992 LETTER FROM WILMA SMITH CONCERNING THE BUILDER OF THE ODELL HOUSE FROM "HISTORIC SITES OF SULLIVAN COUNTY" QUOTED UNDER WILLIAM O'DELL #4231 - " THIS IS INCORRECT. SADLY THIS LOG HOUSE IS BEING TORN DOWN.  I TRIED TO BUY IT. IT WAS BUILT IN 1809 BY MY ANCESTOR THOMAS ODELL, SON OF WILLIAM AND MARTHA (MORRELL) ODELL."
Mary MCGARY
Birth:
8 Apr 1791
Shipley Cemet, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
4 Jul 1875
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Daniel O'DELL
Birth:
20 Aug 1823
Shipley Cemet, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
6 Apr 1906
Notes:
                   FROM "HISTORIC SITES OF SULLIVAN COUNTY" 1980 EDITION "ODELL HOUSE" " DANIEL ODELL, SONE OF THOMAS ODELL, GRANDSON OF WILLIAM ADELL, FIRST SETTLER ON KELLER'S CREEK, WAS ACCORDING TO C.T. HOPKINS, THE BEST CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY.  "WHEN SICKNESS OR DEATH OCCURRED, THE ODELLS WERE THE FIRST TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES, AND THE ASSISTANCE THEY GAVE THE COMMUNITY WAS ALWAYS FREE.  IT WAS UNCLE DAN WHO GAVE THE TITLE TO THE CHURCH SO THAT A WORSHIP HOUSE COULD BE BUILT.(HICKORY TREE UNION CHURCH).  BEFORE THE CHURCH WAS ERECTED HE EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC TO MEET AND HAVE SERVICES AT HIS OLD LOG HOUSE WITH ITS BIG FIRE PLACE THAT BURNED WOOD FOUR FEET LONG. PEOPLE GATHERED THERE, COMING FROM SEVERAL MILES DISTANT AT NIGHT TIME, CARRYING PINE TORCHES TO LIGHT THE PATH.""
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Thomas O'Dell - Mary McGary

Thomas O'Dell was born at Shipley Cemet, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee 7 Aug 1787. His parents were William O'Dell and Martha Morrell.

He married Mary McGary . Mary McGary was born at Shipley Cemet, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee 8 Apr 1791 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Daniel O'Dell born 20 Aug 1823.

Thomas O'Dell died 27 Nov 1879 .

Mary McGary died 4 Jul 1875 .