(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Jesse F. Odom, Volume I, Chapter LXXXVI, Francis Odom and Family, pp. 345-348. Lawyer from Lindale; married to Ada E. Watson, who died in 1892, and Sallie E. Pope, with whom he had one child, Jesse Pope. Some Biographies of Old Settlers, Historical, Personal and Reminiscent, 1900.

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Jesse Odom, Smith County, age 28, birth date February 1872, lawyer, wife Sallie Odom, son Jessie P. Odom.
Census of 1910 - Jesse F. Odom, Lindale, Smith County, age 39, born circa 1871 in Texas, lawyer, wife Sallie E. Odom.
Census of 1920 - Jesse F. Odom, Tyler, Smith County, age 48, born circa 1872 in Texas, banker, wife Sallie E. Odom. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920
Jesse F. Odom, birth date 2/3/1871 in Smith County, death date 5/13/1924 in Tyler, Smith County, mill business. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Jesse F. Odom (1871-1924), burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave.
"Smith County Chairman: Decides that His Constituents Are Opposed to Senator Bailey," 12/23/1906, p. 9. "Hon. Jesse F. Odom, chairman of the democratic executive committee of Smith county," Lindale, Texas. Signed J.W. Odom. Houston Post.
"Owner of Largest Lumber Mill is Dead," 5/18/1924, p. 5. Judge Jesse F. Odom. Lubbock Morning Avalanche.
31st Legislature (1909) - Jesse Odom, postoffice Lindale, nativity Texas, age 38 (born circa 1871), lawyer, 38 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. Jesse Odom, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Claims and Accounts Engrossed Bills (Chair) Federal Relations Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections Public Lands and Land Office Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure Stock and Stock Raising
31st R.S. - 1909 Claims and Accounts Federal Relations Forestry Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Stock and Stock Raising

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