OAKLEY, Sarah Sarah Oakley was a daughter of Westchester Guide Cornelius Oakley. She is listed as a 54-year-old resident of the Town of White Plains, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in White Plains Rural Cemetery indicates that she died on April 9, 1869 (WCHS Book #38, p.94). ODELL, Daniel Daniel Odell's tombstone in Saint John's Cemetery in Yonkers, New York, indicates that he died on November 24, 1848, aged 87 years, 1 month, and 7 days (WCHS Book #40, p.189). ODELL, Jacob Jacob Odell's death notice in the New York Express on January 22, 1845, indicates that he died on January 21, 1845, aged 88 years and 6 months. ODELL, Jackson Jackson Odell was the son of Westchester Guide John Odell and the father of interviewee Pierre Odell.
He died on July 27, 1849, aged 56. See his death notice in the Eastern State Journal, White Plains, N.Y., August 3, 1849. ODELL, Joseph Joseph Odell was the husband of interviewee Rebecca Odell. He told John Macdonald that he was born in 1766. He is listed as an 84-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Saint John's Cemetery in Yonkers, New York, indicates that he died on August 8, 1855, aged 89 years, 2 months, and 28 days (WCHS Book #86, p.107).
The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees ODELL, Pierre Pierre Odell was the son of interviewee Jackson Odell and the grandson of Westchester Guide John Odell. His tombstone in the Old Dutch Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, indicates that he died on July 30, 1885. His obituary appeared in the Yonkers Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y., on August 3, 1885. ODELL, Rebecca Rebecca Tompkins Odell was a daughter of Nathaniel Tompkins and Susan Underhill, and was the wife of interviewee Joseph Odell.