Odell sprang out from a window, followed by the others, and throwing himself sword in hand upon the refugees, forced a passage for himself and the two who were nearest, Isaac Lent and a boy named Van Nostrand. The other four who had also jumped from the same window and fol-lowed their guide, were overpowered and taken. Odell soon afterward returned and obtained possession of his horse, but the steeds of his two companions in flight were captured. After the termination of the war of independence, he settled upon the ample farm at Greenburgh, which he always after-ward occupied, and returned to the peaceful pursuits of agri-culture in which he was eminently successful, being considered one of the best practical farmers of his native county, and never allowing politics to seduce him from his favourite employment. His personal popularity and the influence of his family, might have enabled him to embark in public life with success, had he not preferred the independence and repose of a private station. Consistent in this determination, he never accepted but one office, that of Colonel in the New York State Militia. After a life distinguished for hospital-ity, benevolence, industry and frugality, and having been twice married, he died at his residence upon the heights of Greenburgh, on the 26th of October 1835, leaving two chil-dren and other descendants. His character may be summed up in a few words, and no one who ever knew him will dis-pute its accuracy. He was the consummate pattern of an intelligent and virtuous yeoman.