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 | | Cocke County, Tenn. in its early days became the "Mother" of Ray County, Missouri which was organized in 1821, the same year the State of Missouri was taken from the Missouri Territory. |
 | | Ray County Missouri had two settlements, both branches of the Missouri River, Crooked River and Fishing River, both made up mainly of East Tennessee people. |
 | | William D., a son of Simon O'Dell, was born September 07, 1818 in Franklin County, Indiana and died March 08, 1889 in Wright County, Mo. He married Elizabeth Rippee May 28,1840 in Ray County, Mo. His family went by the spelling Odle. |
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