Re: Odle/Odell in NC, TN, AR,TX
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Re: Odle/Odell in NC, TN, AR,TX
9/13/00
I think your Jeremiah O'dell (Odle) is the one in Pulaski Co., VA.Here's the short version of a long story.My ancestor was John Kersey who married Lucinda Ashworth in 1851 in NC.But they were both from Pulaski, VA.According to census records, he and his brother John were both born in TN.But as teenagers, they were living with Jeremiah. The 1870 census records show Jeremiah as 62 and his wife, Lena, as 58.Living with them were Nelson Kersey, 16, Samuel H. (Henderson) Kersey, 14, and Octavia B. Kersey, 12.Next door lived James Kersey, his wife Mary, and their children.Three doors down lived Williams James Lowman and wife Mildred Ann Lowman Kersey, dau. of John Kersey.I have always thought that the Odells were from TN and I wondered if Lena was a Kersey.There must be some connection.Any ideas?Kathy