Hey!!! Haven't any of you guys looked in the 1959 Adams County History for information on the Odle Family? Mrs. Earl (Eileen) Dawson, 221 S. First Street, Decatur, IN 46733, (I don't think she's on e-mail) one of the family story editors, wrote the following: "William Odell, born about 1715, settled near Randallstown, Baltimore Co., Maryland, where he owned several tracts of land at the time of his death in 1749. Elizabeth, his wife, filed an account in the Office of the Register of Wills, Baltimore Co., listing their children and year of birth: [1.] Mary, 1735 [2.] John, 1737 [3.] William, 1738 [4.] Walter, 1742 [5.] Elizabeth, 1744 [6.] Richard, 1745 [7.] Rignal, 1746 [8.] Talbot, 1748. [3.] "William Odle-Odell, Jr. son of William, was married in Baltimore Co. to Asenath, the daughter of John and Asenath Owings. They moved west, locating in Hampshire Co., {W.] Va., where William, in 1783, purchases two tracts of land, 173 acres in each tract, on Allegheny Mountain. "John Odle, son of William, Jr., was born in 1764, settled in the Scioto Valley of Ross Co., Ohio, in 1797. John was active in civil duties, being a justice of peace in Ross Co. He moved to Randolph Co., Ind., in 1819 and here held the office of county treasurer, and for many years was a justice of peace. He owned a combined hotel and tavern in the city of Winchester, with the earl post office and county library being located in the hotel. John died in 1833, and Nancy, his wife, in 1847. "Caleb, son of John, was born in Hampshire Co., [W.] Va. He enlisted in the War of 1812, at Ross Co., Ohio, serving as a fourth corporal. In 1815, Caleb married Hester, daughter of Nathan and Harriet (Simpson) Brown. During their residence in Ohio, they lived in Jackson Co., the same neighborhood as Hester's family, until 1825, when they followed Caleb's father to Randoph Co. [IN} where Hester died. Caleb and Hester had five children, but only three are known: Zephaniah, Nathan B. and Mary. Caleb married his second wife, Irena Franklin, in 1834, and eventually moved to Newton Co., Ind. where the 80 acres of land was located which the government gave him for his service in the War of 1812. Caleb died in 1825, being buried in Iroquoise Co. Ill. Caleb and irena had five children: John Wesley, (1836-1921); Anthony R., (1839-1890); James Harvey (1846-1932); Caleb William (1850-?) and Newton Edmund (1852-?). He also have five sons who served in the Civil War: Nathan B., Zephaniah B., Anthony R., John W., and James H. "Zephaniah B.the son of Caleb, rode on horseback with his sister, Mary, from Deerfield [Randolph Co.] to Adams Co., where he settled in Washington Twp. His siter, Mary, went to work as a housekeeper for Joel Roe, an early pioneer settler in Washington Twp. whose wife had recently died leaving him with an infant daughter. During Aug. of 1841m Mary was united in marriage to Joel and remained his housekeeper throughout his life. (See Roe Family.) "In 1838, Zephaniah married Mary, daughter of Perry and Sarah (Archbold) Andrews. They were the parents of seven children, but only two lived an average life span. Mailinda and Sarah died young, and three sons, Nathan, Perry, and Caleb, along with their father Zephaniah, were all killed in the Civil War. Zephaniah died at Memphis, Tenn., of smallpox. Mary, his wife, died in 1857. Hester married James Wesley Smith and Aaron was raised by Perry Andrews....." The article goes on to list the children of Aaron, their wifes and husbands-none of the husbands were Hammer--Spade was the closest!!! Nor are any Hammers listed in the index. Think Rhonda needs to continue in Randolph and Newton counties, rather than Adams! Dick Heller ddhelleer@aol.com editor of 1979 History of Adams County (still available from the Adams County Historical Society for $50 a copy!) 796 9 by 12 pages.