Odell, N. Holmes
banker, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1828, near Tarrytown, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly during two successive sessions, closing in 1861. He was founder of the First National bank at Tarrytown, and was its first cashier, which office he resigned in 1864. He was elected county treasurer in 1866, and re-elected in 1869 and 1872.
In 1874 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat. ODENHEIMER, WILLIAM HENRY, bishop, author, was born Aug. 11, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of New Jer sey in 1859-74, becoming bishop of Northern New Jersey in the latter year. He was the author of Origin of the Prayer Book; Essay on Canon Law; The Sacred Scriptures the Imperial Record of the Holy Trinity; Jerusalem and Its Vicinity; The Devout Churchman's Companion; The True Catholic no Romanist ; Thoughts on Immersion; Bishop White's Opinions; and Sermons, with Memoirs.
He died Aug. 14, 1879, in Burlington, N. J.