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HARVEY M. ODELL
An efficient public official of San
Joaquin County, Harvey M. Odell, the present public administrator, is a
descendent of one of the oldest and most prominent pioneer families in the
county, his maternal grandfather, Capt. William S. Moss, a native of Illinois
and California pioneer being represented elsewhere in this work.
Harvey M. Odell was born November
24, 1883, at Lathrop, San Joaquin County, the son of Thomas H. and Mary B.
(Moss) Odell. The father, who was a
physician, was a native of Alabama and came to Stockton in 1880, and here he
practiced his profession until his death in 1887. Mrs. Odell, who was born at Peoria, Illinois,
came across the plains with her father, Captain William S. Moss. She is still living and makes her home at
Stockton. Harvey M. Odell attended the
public schools of Stockton and Heald’s Business College, and went in for grain
farming and stock raising on a large scale and is at present farming between
five and six hundred acres. He is also
engaged in buying and selling real estate.
Mr. Odell was married at Stockton on
December 4, 1907, to Miss Susan S. Southwell, a native of Colorado, and they
have a son, Clayton H. A Republican in
politics Mr. Odell has always taken an active interest in political affairs and
in 1918 was elected to the post of public administrator.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
871. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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