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Note: !Gertrude Luveda Clevenger Cooper submitted a family group sheet for her mother's family as: Martin Odell with his wife Sarah Jane McDowdle and their children George and Sarah Jane Odell. Gertrude obtained the name of her grandmother (Sarah Jane McDowdle) from Gertrude's half-sister Malinda Ann Clevenger Guthrie who only knew Sarah Jane Odell Clevenger after Sarah Jane Odell married Malinda's father Andrew Benton Clevenger. It is more likely that Sarah Jane Odell Clevenger's mother was Mary McDonald or McDodle (not Sarah Jane McDowdle) as per a marriage certificate for Martin Odell and Mary McDonald in 24 Aug 1854 (Moniteau Co., Mo.) and the Arkansas Conference and Overton Nevada Ward membership records for Sarah Jane (Odell) Clevenger giving her parents as listed below.
!Wife Sarah Jane ODELL was married to (1) Mr. CASEY
!BIRTH:Cert of Birth of Gertrude Luveda Clevenger;;Arkansas St Bd of
Health;#86959;Bureau of Vital Statistics;copy in Poss of Wallace Haws 560 S
Spur, Mesa, Arizona 85204;.
!BIRTH-PARENTS:"My Mother-Sarah Jane O'Dell" by Gertrude L. Cooper;;Typed
transcript in poss of W Haws;CONFLICT Gertrude was only 8 when her mother died.
Some of the facts she put in this story are hearsay and no documentation is
given. Questionable facts given include the following on Sarah Jane Odell. Born
near Pocohantas Arkansas and that her mothers name is Sarah Jane Mcdowdle.
!MARRIAGE:Marriage License;;Ozark Co Nevada clerk;;copy in poss of W
Haws;S-A.B.Clevenger, her name is listed as Sarah Jane Casey. Malinda Ann
Guthrie's letter to Sarah Jane's daughter Gertrude Luveda Cooper says Sarah
Jane Odell was married when she was 17 or 18 to a widow womans son. His name must have been Mr. Casey if her last name was Casey when she married Andrew Benton Clevenger.NOTE:Look in the 1880 census for Sarah Jane Casey for clues as to her origin.
!NOTES:Another source of information for Sarah Jane Odell is a letter written
by Melinda Clevenger her 1/2 sister in 1946.
!BIRTH:1900 Census of Searcy Co. Arkansas;1900;;Enumeration Dist 123, sheet 4;
Mesa FHC Film # 1240076;NOTES says born 1859 in Missouri and that she was a
mother of 5 children with 3 living at the time.
!BIRTH-FATHER-BAPTISM-DEATH: Record of Members of Overton Ward;;Overton Ward,
Moapa Stake; Record No. 1 No. 150; FHC Film # 014913; NOTES: N-Sarah Jane
Clevenger, F- Odle Martin, M- , Born- 23 Sept 1858, Monitoz Co. Missouri,
Baptised 4 May 1900 by George Wilkins, Confirmed by Craylon Johnson, Remarks in
Record " Died ",there is no Monitoz Co. could it be Moniteau Co?.
!BIRTH-PARENTS:Overton Ward Record of Members; 1884-1901; Overton Ward, Moapa
Stake; Lib no 28112 page 25 item # 12; FHC Film # 014913; NOTES: F- Martin
Odle, M- Mary Mcdodle, Born- 23 Sept 1858, Martin Co., Missouri, Baptized-
4 May 1900 by Geo E Wilkins, Confirmed - 4 May 1900 by Crayton Johnson.
!COMMENT:There is no Martin Co. Could it be Moniteau Co.?
!The following is a summary of data as provided by the above:
SOURCE: 1. Record of Members Overton Ward,Film 014913,No 150 Record No. 1
2. Overton Ward Record of Members 1884-1901, Film 014913
3. Malinda Clevenger letter to Gertrude L. Cooper 4. "My Mother" by Gertrude L. Cooper 5. Brenda Hertzberg Letter of 1980 6. Marriage license of AB Clevenger and Sarah Jane Casey
7. Birth Certificate of Gertrude L. Clevenger 8. TIB for Gertrude L. Clevenger 9. Death Certificate for Gertrude L. Clevenger 10. Gilbert Ward Record of Members for Gertrude L. Cooper
DATA: Data Source
Name: Sarah Jane Clevenger 1 Sarah J. Clevenger 2 Sarah Jane O'dell 4,9 Sarah Jane Odell 7,8,9 Sarah Jane Casey 6 Birth: 23 Sept 1858 1,2,4
Place: Monitoz Co. Missouri 1
Martin Co. Missouri 2 Pocahuntas. Arkansas 4 of Ambrose, Ozark, Missouri 6 Missouri 7 Father: Odle Martin 1
Martin Odle 2 Mr. Odell 3 Martin O'dell 4 (father died near Pocahuntas, Ark) 3 Mother: Mary Mcdodle 2
Sarah Jane McDowdle 4 (Mother died near Pocahuntas, Ark) 3 Baptism: 4 May 1900 1,2
Misc: 1. Had Malaria. Took Medicine 4
that disfigured her mouth. Could not open her mouth very wide 2. May have been married to a 5 Mr. Casey around 1870 CRONOLOGY: The followin is complied from the source of information listed
above. Some dates are extropolated based on the sketchy information provided.
abt 1854 Martin and Wife Married
abt1855 George born
23 Sept 1858 Sarah Jane Odell born
abt 1860 Female born ( possibly Janey )
abt 1863 Female born
abt 1865 Male born
1868 to 1873 Martin and Wife and two daughters die near Pocahuntas,Ark.
abt 1874 Younger boy dies.
abt 1875 Sarah Jane Odell married Mr. Casey and went to live with them.
abt 1877 Left Mr. Casey, went by train to Springfield then Pottersville
Missouri and worked for Mrs. Landopeas near a flour mill.
24 Feb 1884 Married Andrew Benton Clevenger
1885 Son Edward born
29 Apr 1894 Gertrude Luveda Clevenger born
1899 Joined the Church at Witt Springs Ark.
17 Oct 1902 Died at Overton, Nevada.
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