15 October 2017

Gardner Odell's Widow's Pension


Odell, Gardner (WC57068) › Page 1 - Fold3.com
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910 › Michigan › Heavy Artillery › Regiment 6 › Company A (WC57068)

Margaret Odell's Address: Wyoming, New York

Gardner Odell mustered into service on 12 January 1864
Gardner Odell died 23 October 1864 in the Regimental Hospital at Fort Morgan (Mobile Pointe), Alabama

Gardner Odell and Margaret E. Wheaton married 21 October 1851 (Affidavit of Clergyman George W. Huntley; no public record) [Odell of Lima, Livingston County, New York; Mrs. Margaret E. Wheaton of Portageville, Wyoming County, New York].  He was previously married; his wife died in 1850 or 1851 in Lima, New York.

Charles F. Odell, born 20 December 1856
Cynthia M. Odell, born 11 January 1857
Wm. G. Odell, born 20 September 1862

Document dated February 2, 1865

Margaret married Edwin Sinnott in Genesee County, Michigan on 30 September 1868 [Wheaton was given as Margaret's maiden name] John and Adeline Sinnott were witnesses.  She and Edwin Sinnott were divorced on July 8, 1879.

Margaret E. Odell was dropped from the Widow's Pension roll due to her death on May 15, 1916, in Cadillac, Michigan.  Daughter Cynthia Marshall sent letter to Pension Board.






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