May 25, 1896

First meeting of Texas Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy

On this day in 1896, the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met for the first time in Victoria. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was established in 1894 by the merger of (more...)

ODOM, TX

ODOM, TEXAS. Odom, on Farm Road 3080 fourteen miles southwest of Canton in extreme southwest Van Zandt County, appeared on 1936 state highway maps as the location of a school and scattered residences and in 1981 as scattered dwellings along the roadway. The Odom school was consolidated with the Mabank Independent School District in 1949. Beard Cemetery, referred to as the Odom-Beard Cemetery by some sources, is nearby.

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Van Zandt County History Book Committee, History of Van Zandt County (Dallas, 1984).

Diana J. Kleiner

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Diana J. Kleiner, "ODOM, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hro36), accessed May 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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