See Richmond's Chart for links to his children's biographies.

      Richmond Nollie Odom born 1833, Mississippi. He was the son of Rev. Randol and Harriet (Nollie) Hayes Odom. He was married three times. He was a farmer during most of his adult life until he retired due to age. He died at the age of 84 on February 16, 1917, Oak Cliff, Texas, and is buried in the Oak Cliff Cemetery.
      Richmond served in the Confederate Army from 1862 until the war was over. He enlisted March 1862 at Rusk, Texas as a private in Bonner's Company. Eighteenth Texas Infantry, Ochiltree's Regiment, McCulloch's Brigade, Walker's Division, E. Kirby Smith's Corps, Army of the Trans-Mississippi. He was severely wounded in the right thigh at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864. He was never taken prisoner nor promoted. One Confederate record indicated he was a nurse and a cook.

An excerpt from his application for a Confederate Pension can be viewed by clicking  this flag.

      Richmond recorded the following recollection:

      "Was in the battles of Richmond and Mansfield, Louisiana. I left Rusk, Cherokee County, in April 1862, and went to Jefferson, Texas and organized our regiment after which we were furloughed home for a few days some time in May. It was a sad day when we went to return to camp. I left a wife and three children. I left my wife sick and crying and never saw her again as she died in 1862. We left Jefferson and went to Arkansas and stayed twelve months and then went to Louisiana. We were not in many battles, but were at Hempstead when the war closed.
      "I saw three men shot, two privates at Pine Bluff, and one Captain at Camden, Arkansas. We went out with over 100 men in 1862, and I know of but one more besides myself still alive. I am a tottering old man of 78, living in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas."

      Richmond was discharged in South Texas when they got the word that Lee had surrendered. Richmond came home and purchased the Odom cabin and some acreage from his father. He bought a second hand ax for fifty cents and began to clear the land. Lemuel, one of his sons, said that when his father married again in 1879, his new mother was like an angel from heaven. She was a wonderful woman and never spoke a cross word to the children. He said his father was a very humble man and was one of the best men that God ever created.

      Richmond had three children by his first wife, Rebekah Wright Odom, who died while he was in the Confederate Army. Their children were:

(1) Sally Odom ( - )
(2) Sam Houston Odom ( - )
(3) William (Bill) Odom ( - )

He married Elizabeth Campbell circa 1866, and had three children with her before she died on August 25, 1878. Their children were:

(4) Randle B. Odom ( - )
(5) Walter Odom ( - )
(6) Albert Odom ( - )
(7) Lillian Josie (Lily) (Peggy) Odom Thompson (Aug 31 1873 - Mar 30 1932) (My maternal grandmother - CHS)
(8) Lemuel Abbott Odom (Nov 18 1875 - Nov 1964) (See History)
(9) Lucy Annie Odom Brownlee (Mar 11 1878 - 1961)

      He had five children with his third wife, Sarah Hughland who had a daughter named Lula Hughland. They married in 1879. Their children were:

(10) Nollie Odom ( - )
(11) DeCordova (Cola) Odom ( - )
(12) Mamie Odom ( - )
(13) Fanny Odom ( - )
(14) Wilbur Odom ( - )

See Richmond's Chart for links to his children's biographies.

Karen Whitehead, great granddaughter, said that as of July 5, 1999, Richmond had two grandchildren still living:

(1) Her mother, Pauline Brownlee White (87) and
(2) Evelyn Korn (3) A third grandson just passed away this year - Charles Dudley Youngblood (95).
(4) Earlier in the year, grandson, Booth Odom, son of Walter, died. He was 98.

Sources:
Karen Whitehead
Jimmy Ray & Kathy Odom
Allie Mae Smith
Nettie Woods

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