Odell's business life comprised being merchant and Postmaster at the old Mott store on the corner ot Broadway and Main St., afterwards engaged in the freighting business from the old Requa Dock, then removed to Point Dock ; was a farmer for a time in the Saw Mill river valley, then engaged in steamboating', and in the grocery business. Was Town Clerk, Supervisor in 1827. and in 1828 was one of the Superintendents of the Poor of the County. Was Colonel of a Westchester Militia Regt. Died Sept. 12, 1887.

Capt. Jonathan S. Odell and Jane Tompkins his wife had sons Jacob, Jasper, James, William H. and N. Holmes Odell, and daughters Hannah, Martha, and Angel ine.

Jacob Odell was Postmaster two terms, Member of Assembly, and held other offices, besides being extensively engaged in business. Married Eliza PI. Barker of Adams, Mass. Died in 1886, and left two sons, George and C. Fred Odell, both ofTarrytown.

Wm. H. Odell resides at Wilmington, Will Co. ,111. James lived and died at Peekskill ; Hon. N. Holmes Odell was County Treasurer tor several terms, Member of the Legislature of this State, Member ot Congress, and Postmaster.

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

Ail Abraham Odell, who married Christina Van Wart and lived on what was afterwards called the Underhill place, at East View (East Tarrytown), was known as handsome " Brom." His ancestry has not been clearly traced, but he was claimed as kindred by the late Capt. Jonathan Odell of Tarrytown. That he was a soldier of the Revolution is abundantly evidenced by the following from the records in the Pension Department at Washington :