William was born Nov. 5, 1854 in TN. He married Nancy M. KNIGHT Dec. 24, 1878 in Giles Co., TN. Nancy was born March 10. 1854. William was listed as a farmer. He died April 16, 1926 and Nancy died Dec. 11, 1920, both in Lawrenceburg and both are buried in Mt. Ararat Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., TN.
    Their eight children are:

    Mace was born Nov. 12, 1879 in Giles Co., TN. He married Emma MOORE. Emma was born April 24, 1880. Mace was a farmer and carpenter and Emma was a homemeaker and mother for the nine children. Mace changed the spelling to Odneal, the reasonis not known. Their first child, Ruby died at six months of age. Mace died Nov. 12, 1947 and is buried at Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, TN. Emma died Nov. 4, 1969.
    Their other children.

    Raymond was born Jan. 7, 1909 in Lawrence Co., TN. He married Betty BOTTOMS. Raymond was a carrer Navy amn and steamfitter. Ray died Nov. 12, 1979. They had no children.

    Lelia was born Sept. 19, 1910 and married Robert BEALE. Robert was born Feb. 29, 1908 and died Aug. 4, 1972. They had four children.

    Edward was born Jan. 18, 1912 and married Otha COLLIER. Otha was born June 20, 1912. Nothing more is known about this family.

    Charles was born Nov. 10, 1914. He married Ruth Emily TUCKER and they had four children. Charles died Aug. 17, 1981 in MI.

    James was born in 1918in Lawrence Co., TN. He married Nancy V. TIZZIE. James was a painter. They had three children. They later divorced.

    Mace was born Nov. 20, 1919 in Lawrence Co., TN. He married Ella GRANGER. They had eight children.

    Harold was born June 10, 1922 in OH. He married Alberta MUSGROVE. She was born May 5, 1920. She died Feb. 6, 1989 in Grove Spring, TX and he died July 26, 1995 inTX. They had two children.

    Virginia was born Aug. 12, 1924 and married George Burnett. George was born Dec. 30, 1915. They had two children.

    All that is known about Nathaniel is he was born in 1879 and was a farmer.

    Carlos was born April 30, 1881 in TN. He married Hollis DANFORTH and was widowed. On June 26, 1907 he maried Cora Elura BELL. Carlos. Cora was born July 8, 1885 in Ohio. He was a farmer and also did logging and Cora was a homemaker and mother for their three children. It seems that Carlos was in a logging accident (runaway log wagon?) about the time his son James got out of the Navy after WW II, and his leg was busted up pretty bad. Carlos always had a garden and in her older days, Cora, listened to the radio, knited and crocheted. She also loved to tell stories about the blizard of whatever year and life with Carlos in the old days He died July 18, 1960 and she died sometime in the 1960's, both in TN and are both buried in Lawrenceburg, TN.

    Floyd was born March 31, 1908 in Fountain Co., Indiana. July 15, 1932 he married Ruby Arimilda TURNER. Ruby was born May 23, 1912. He worked for the Standard or Texaco Oil refinery and she was a homemake, had a greenhouse and was a florist. Floyd enjoyed collecting Wincheste Model 12 shotguns fora hobby. They had two children.

    Carlos was born Nov. 15, 1909 in TN and married Gertha BROOK June 26, 1936. They had four children.

    James was born June 17, 1922 in Lawrenceburg, TN. He served in the U S Navy during WW II. He married Francis Neal RHODES June6, 1948. Francis was born Sept. 1, 1922, the daughter of Wattie Westerd and Cora WHITE Rhodes. James was a highschool Ag teacher and farmer. Francis was a highschool English teacher. For pastime James did blacksmithing, horse training and fox hunted while Francis enjoyed gardening. They have three children. James died March 2, 1985 in Summertown, TN and is buried in Ethridge, TN.

    Annie was born in Oct. 1882 and married Henry YOUNG. They had seven children. It is not known if there are any descendants by the first four children, Hazel, Cecil (died in 1923 with pnemonia), Minnie married twice but no record of children, Kathleenmarried Will Tom BRASHEARS and had a son Charles Henry Brashears9he died at age 50 but it is unknow if there were children).

    Henry was born July 15, 1915 in TN. He married Lilly D. DUGGER. They owned a drycleaning business in Pulaski, TN. They had three children.

    Margaret married Homer Storey and they had three children.

    John was born May 6, 1922 in TN and in 1946 married Juanita HARDISON in Athens, AL. Juanita was born Sept. 11, 1928. John worked for GENSCO and Juanita was a homemaker and mother for their two sons.

    Cleo was born in March 1886. She was married (name unknown). She had three daughters all with the last name Odeneal.

    Reatha was born June 18, 1904 in TN. She married Richard DUNN and they had two children, the second of which died young. It is not known if the other child married and had children or not. Reatha and Richard and she married twice more but it is unknow if she had more children. Reatha died April 3, 1977 in New Mexico.

    Helen was born in 1909 in TN. Nothing more is known about Helen.

    Irene was born in 1912 in TN and died in 1928in TN. She is buried at Mt Ararat Cemetery, North of Lawrenceburg, TN.

    Walter was born Jan. 26, 1888 and died while young.

    Trea was born May 3,1889 in Giles Co., TN. She married James LOONEY and was widowed. They had one son

    Nothing is known about James Jr. except it is believed he died before 1997.

    Trea married a second time to Roy Turner but it is unknown if they had children.

    William was born Sept. 4,1891 in Giles Co., TN. He married Effie Emiley. Effie was born May 26, 1892. William was a carpenter a and policeman. He died Sept. 7, 1977 and she died July 12, 1979 both in McCracken Co., KY
    They had three children.

    Fay was born Jan. 8, 1916. He married Ruby ?? ?? Fay worked for the City of Covington, IN and Ruby was a homemaker and mother for their 10 children.

    Ernest was born Jan. 2, 1919. He married Mildred Leora YATES and they had one child.

    Lola was born Jan. 26, 1928 and married George James.