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 1824 - Aft 1889 (> 66 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | William Loop Odell was born in 1824 in Odelltown, LC; died after 1889. Notes:
-built the Warrior Hotel, northwest corner Commissioners & Wellington
-1882 appointed postmaster of the new Odell postoffice
- a Mason with Lodge in Nilestown
Assisted in cutting the Wellington Road from Concession 1 (Commissioners) to London
[HCM, p. 949]: William L. Odell was born in Odelltown, March 15, 1824, and was thirteen years of age when he moved with his father to this township. He received a common school education, and in early life learned the occupation of a farmer. He then learned the blacksmith trade, at which he worked for ten years, eight years in the City of London. Sepember 23, 1847, he married Miss Priscilla Odell, daughter of John and Annie (Griffith) Odell, and to them were born six children -- Mary C., Ameliz L., William E., John A., Melvin L. and Fannie C. Mrs. Odell died March 1, 1858, and Mr. Odell married Eliza J. Odell, a sister of his first wife. One child is the result of this union -- Harriet E. About 1856, Mr. Odell bought the property where he now resides, and built the Warrior Hotel, which he ran for many years, and which was one of the most popular hotels in the township. Mr. Odell is a Mason of high standing; became a member of the Lambets Lodge in 1870, and has taken all the degrees in the Blue Lodge, having held all the offices, including Master. Mr. Odell assisted in building the first bridge across the Thames, the old Wellingto Bridge, and made the iron work for the same. He has assisted greatly in the introduction of valuable stock, and is one of the thorough-going business men of the day. His family is one of the best known and oldest in the county, and their descendants may welll be proud of the honorable ancestry from which thry spraing.
William married Priscilla Odell* in 1847. Priscilla (daughter of John Odell* and Annis Griffeth*) was born on 21 Aug 1825; died on 02 Mar 1859. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. William E. Odell*+
 was born about 1852; died on 08 Sep 1913 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
- 3. Melvin L. Odell* was born in 1854; died on 13 Aug 1898.
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William married Eliza Jane Odell after 1859. Eliza (daughter of John Odell* and Annis Griffeth*) was born in 1821; died after 1891. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 2
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