Johnson County, AR Family Group Sheet for Robert ODOM Family *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: C J Walser Email address: cjwalser@swbell.net Husband: Robert ODOM Birthdate: 02 Aug 1822 Birthplace: Wayne Co, TN Death date: 11 Mar 1881 Place of death: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Marriage date: 22 Aug 1844 Marriage place: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Wife: Zerelda Angeline SWIFT Birthdate: 18 Feb 1828 Birthplace: Eastern TN Death date: 09 Jul 1908 Place of death: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Father: John Dean SWIFT Mother: Hardenia Burnley Haybatley Siota CLOUGH CHILDREN Child No. 1: Charity H ODOM Sex: F Birthdate: Dec 1846 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: Aft. 1910 Place of death: OK Marriage date: 17 Mar 1890 Marriage place: Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Wallace HARRIS Child No. 2: Jacob K 'Jake' ODOM Sex: M Birthdate: 05 Jun 1848 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: 17 Feb 1923 Place of death: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Marriage date: 02 Mar 1871 Marriage place: Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Lutricia/Letitia Elizabeth PRYOR Child No. 3: John Dean ODOM Sex: M Birthdate: 22 Mar 1850 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: 18 Oct 1926 Place of death: Johnson Co, AR Marriage date: 22 Nov 1872 / 16 Jan 1898 Marriage place: Johnson Co, AR / Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Susan Isabell STEWART/ 1898Nancy B 'Nann' HIGHTOWER Child No. 4: Jesse E ODOM Sex: M Birthdate: 15 Sep 1851 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: 15 Jun 1894 Place of death: Johnson Co, AR Marriage date: 19 Jul 1883 Marriage place: Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Mary E EDWARDS Child No. 5: Richard Brown ODOM Sex: Birthdate: Sep 1854 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: Bef. 1900 Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: 19 Aug 1875 Marriage place: Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Rebecca Jane WARREN Child No. 6: George Washington ODOM Sex: M Birthdate: 27 Jan 1860 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: 18 Jun 1952 Place of death: Russellville, Pope Co, AR Marriage date: 06 Dec 1880 Marriage place: Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Amanda Elizabeth HILL Child No. 7: Edward/Edwin Lee ODOM Sex: M Birthdate: Apr 1863 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: Bef. 05 Jun 1917 Place of death: Wagoner, Wagoner Co, OK Marriage date: 24 Aug 1882 Marriage place: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Spouse's name: Mahala A LAVENDER Child No. 8: William 'Doc' Lenthecum ODOM Sex: M Birthdate: 08 Feb 1866 Birthplace: Harmony, Johnson Co, AR Death date: 11 Oct 1946 Place of death: Pierce, McIntosh Co, OK Marriage date: 1st Bef. 1900 / 2nd 25 Feb 1886 / 3rd Aft 1930 Marriage place: st Unknown / 2nd Greenwood District, Sebastian Co, AR / 3rd Unknown Spouse's name: Ida Ruth CLEVELAND / Mary E "Mollie" LENNING/ Annie McGUIRE Documentation: Comments and Source Info: Robert ODOM is the oldest known member of our ODOM family. Nothing is known of his parents or siblings. Robert ODOM was Head of Household on the 1840 Census, Spadra Township, Johnson Co, AR. Robert 15-20 with 3 females, 1/10-15,1/15-20, presumably his sisters,1/50-60, a widow, probably his mother. The story of Zerelda Angeline SWIFT's family's move to AR from TN is told in the 1922 obituary of her brother William W 'Buck' SWIFT. The SWIFT's left Henry County, Tennessee, in 1837. They "came by river transportation from Memphis to old Spadra Bluff on the Arkansas river four miles south of Clarksville. After landing, they loaded their household goods on an ox wagon and started across Mulberry Mountain to the valley between this mountain and Boston Mountain, locating in the neighborhood of where Yale post office is now located." Family stories tell of a wagon train of several families who traveled from NC, through TN to Johnson Co, AR in the mid 1830's. The Joseph Stewart family joined that wagon train about 1935. Also along were said to be the CLOUGH's, SWIFT's, possibly ARBAUGH's, STEELE's and others. Research is ongoing to try to prove whether the ODOM's were also among those wagon train/waterway travelers. Robert and Zerelda Angeline ODOM raised 8 children in Johnson Co, AR. They are both buried at the Harmony Cemetery there. Many of their children's families settled in AR and OK. Despite much information on their children and descendants in many other families, we have yet to find the heritage of Robert ODOM. Any help is appreciated. We have much to share . . . photos, documents etc. to those who are interested in these lines: ODOM, SWIFT, STEWART, CLOUGH, CASEY, PRYOR, EDWARDS, WARREN, HILL, LENNING, HIGHTOWER, HARDGRAVE and OGILVIE. Please contact me at cjwalser@swbell.net. Census Records: 1840: AR, Johnson Co, Spadra Twn, Roll 18, pg 242 1850: AR, Johnson Co, Spadra Twn, Roll M432_27, pg 163, Dw # 126 1860: AR, Johnson Co, Mulberry Twn, Clarksville PO, Roll M653_44, pg 1026, Dw 693 1870: AR, Johnson Co, Horsehead Twn, Clarksville PO, Roll M593_57, pg 35, Dw 70 1880: AR, Johnson Co, Horsehead Twn, Roll T9_48, pg 357B, Enum Dist 94, Dw 51 1900: AR, Johnson Co, Horsehead Twn, Roll T623 64, pg 3B, Enum Dist 37, Dw 52 Land Records: Johnson Co, AR Deed Book: November 14,1868 Robert ODOM purchased N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of section #4 of T 10 R 24 West, containing 80 acres, and 1 acre off the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 section of #33 in T 11 R 24 West. Johnson Co, AR Deed Book: March 1, 1870 Robert ODOM purchased part of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section #3, T 10 R 24 West. Military Records from The National Archives: Mexican War; On June 10, 1846 in Clarksville, AR. Robert ODOM enlisted for 12 months in the US Army served under Capt. PB Collins, as a Pvt. in Co. A, AR, Volunteers, Gray's Batallion, Capt. Wm. Gray. Civil War: On April 19, 1864, Robert (Odem) ODOM enlisted at Clarksville, AR for service in the in the 2nd Regiment, AR Infantry. (from GGG Grandson C Odom) State of AR, Sebastian Co, Greenwood District; Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage of B L ODOM and Mollie LENNING. February 22, 1886. (from GGG Grandson C Odom) State of AR, Johnson Co; Marriage Bond, License and Certificate of Marriage of E W ODOM and Mahala A LAVENDER. August 24, 1882. (from GGG Grandson C Odom) State of AR, Johnson Co, Harmony Twn: Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage of J D ODOM and Nannie B HIGHTOWER. January 12, 1898 (from GG Granddaughter M A Odom Hammons) 1906 letter handwritten by Zerelda Angeline SWIFT ODOM gives many details of her life in TN and AR. (from descendant C Swift Lankford to C J Walser) Obituary of ZA ODOM (Zerelda Angeline Odom) 1908 Original newspaper clipping from a G Granddaughter's scrapbook. (from GG Granddaughter C J Walser) Obituary of Wm W 'Buck' SWIFT, Zerelda Angeline's brother. 11/09/1922 Herald Democrat, Clarksville, Johnson County, AR. (from Rootsweb.com) AR State Board of Health Death Certificate for Elizabeth ODOM; dod Jan 11, 1929. Wife of Jake ODOM. (from GGG Grandson C Odom) Funeral Record for Nann ODOM dated Jan 16, 1944. (Copy from Hunn Funeral Home 8-14-2002) (from GGG Grandson C Odom) OK State Dept. of Health: Certificate of Death for Nann ODOM, Jan 16, 1944. (from GGG Grandson C Odom) Family Record of J D Odom, handwritten by his Granddaughter. Lists dates of birth and death for children and spouses. (from G G Granddaughter C J Walser)