William Augustus was born about 1836 in TN. He married Elizabeth Victoria HARWELL Jan. 13, 1870.  A William Odeneal and Martin Nance, two elders of the Church of Christ at Cool Springs, TN purchased a tract of land for $10.00 on which to build a church building. I believe this is that William. I also believe Martin Nance is the same Martin Nance that married Judy Ann Odeneal William Augustus' sister. William died July 19, 1909 and Elizabeth died after Aug. 9, 1913.
    They had 3 children.

    Thomas Harwell was born Sept. 5, 1873 in Pulaski, Giles Co., TN. He married Willie Beaty BASS Sept. 21, 1902. Thomas died April 10, 1956 and Willie died June 7, 1968.
    Their seven children are:

    Marion was born Oct. 2, 1903. He married Ann SEYLOR in 1936 and was soon widowed. In 1938 he married Chloe Byrd STEPHENSON. Marion died Mar. 10, 1988 in Ashville, AL and Chloe still lives in AL as of 1998. Marion and Chloe had four children.

    Martha was born May 17, 1905. In 1937 she married Harry L. JENKINS. Martha died June 9, 1988 in Gainsville, FL of Lukemia. Martha and Harry did not have any children.

    Rosemond was born May 28, 1907. He worked in construction as a painter. In 1944 he married Sybil GARRISON who worked in a hospital as an admitting clerk. Rosemond died Feb. 21, 1992 in AL. Sybil lives in Tallahassee, FL. They had three children.

    Olga was born Dec. 19, 1909 and married John Albert GRUBBS April 20, 1935. Olga was a Homemaker and John was a layout man. Olga lives in Birmingham, AL (1998) and John died in 1963 in Miami, FL. They had one son born in Dec. 1942 and died Dec. 1942.

    Mary was born June 28, 1913. She married three times. First to Perry LEDIARD Dec. 5, 1936 in Miami, FL. They had one daughter.. She then married Leonard A. BARKLEY Mar. 19, 1937and they had one son. Her last husband was Tom DUNN. Mary is living in a nursing home in Birmingham, AL in 1998.

    Woodrow was born Oct. 25, 1916 and married Mary LANE in May 1938. They had three children. They live in Clay, AL.

    William was born July 15, 1920 in Montevallo, AL. He was a physician and as hobby coached soccer and worked on his family genealogyy. He was married twice. First he married Virginia Bruce BISHOP June 9, 1946 and they had three children. They divorced and he married Marie-Jean Lucille HOUDE June 14, 1973. She had three children by a previous marriage.  William died June 12, 1997 in Donedin, FL.

    Franklin was born about 1878 in TN. He drowned in the Red River (Brazos River) Aug. 7, 1913 and is buried at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman, Texas The following is the Aug. 9, 1913 Sherman Daily Democrat newspaper account of his death.

The following acount of the drowning of Prof. F. G. Odeneal is taken from the Cleburne Morning Review.

Prof. F. G. Odeneal former, voice instructor at Clebarro Colege, but lately, instructor of a large class in music and voice at Parker, was drowned in the Brazos River at the mouth of Ham's Creek on yesterday morning. When the news reached this city that Prof. Odeneal had lost his life in the Brazos, and that his body was not found, Mr. J. H. Ewing and R. H. Deeringsecured some dynamite at a local hardware store and proceeded to Klondike with a view of causing the body to rise but, the body had been recovered before they arrived. They brought the remains to this city arriving about 7:30 last night. The remains had been left in the water and were very well preserved. There was agash on his face, caused by barbed wire used for dragging for the remains. The father-in-law of the dead man arrived last night and will accompany the remains to Sherman this morning, where internment is to take place. Mrs. Odeneal was prostrated on the receipt of the sad news received from Klondike. On his return to this city from Klondike, Mr. J. H. Ewing was seen. He said: "On arriving at the river we ascertained that Prof. Odeneal and a class of thirty or forty students had pitched camp for a few days outing. They arrived on Wednesday morning and were having a good time. Swimming was part of the amusement. Those in the water had been testing their swimming ability and it is thought that Prof. Odeneal was exhausted at the time he sank. He was a good ways off and one of the party swam close to him but was afraid to dive down and bring him up because of the fear that both would drown. Prof. Odeneal sank in about twelve feet of water and members of the party began immediately to dive and drag for his body. When he waved his hand, before sinking the last time, most of the boys thought he was playing a prank, as he was a good swimmer. My son, Elbert, who was there on an outing with his wife and several folks, stated that the bathers had on their clothes. Doubtless this additional weight, after swimming so much up and down the river, contributed to the loss of life. He was a good ways off from the nearest man, when he went down the last time.

"The remains were recovered at 1:30 p. m. The drowning of Prof. Odeneal threw a damper over the party. His loss of life in the river was a great shock to all members of the party. He was well liked by all who had the pleasure of his aquaintance. He was about twenty-eight or thirty years of age.

The remains were embalmed at the R. H. Deering undertaking establishment and were viewed by a Review man last night. It was not known last night whether the remains would be shipped to Sherman by way of the interurban or the Santa Fe, but some stated that it was likely, that they would go northward on the first interurban express car.

The friends of Prof. Odeneal in this city will extend sympathy to the bereaved relatives because of his untimely end.

Ed Gray of the Deering undertaking establishment, stated last night that the mother of Prof. Odeneal lived in Alabama and because of advanced age would not come to Texas to attend the funeral, which is to be held in Sherman.

    Annie was born Oct 24, 1881 and died Dec. 1, 1951. Annie married and had children but nothing more is know.

    Franklin Grant drowned near Cleburne, TX and his Uncle Stephen P.'s son had a daughter born in Cleburne about eight years later.  I wonder if there is a connection?  Does anyone know?