Craft Masonry in Orange and Rockland Counties, New York

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We are sorry to learn that Capt. Mapes, of Co. B, 124th Regt., N. Y. S. V., was again wounded in the recent engagement at Deep
Bottom, Va., and that the wound is of a very serious nature. He was struck by a Minnie Ball, in his right thigh, which shattered the
bone so that it was found necessary to amputate the limb about four inches above the knee. The operation was successfully
performed by Dr. Thompson, surgeon of the Regiment, and at last accounts he was doing well, although it will be a long time
before he can be removed to his home.
Maimed for life and destined to be a continual sufferer to the end of his days, it would not have been surprising or unusual had he
given up all hope of achieving success in life, but six years later we find his name in the lists of graduates of Union College. Not long
after he was elected clerk of Orange County, in which office he served six years. He was then elected county treasurer, and held
that office also by re-election for another six years, after which he engaged in the real estate business at Goshen; but at last his iron
constitution gave way and on 14 Dec 1893, on his 52d birthday, he died, leaving surviving him two sons and four daughters.
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Benjamin Baker Odell, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Newburgh, Orange, NY, 14 Jan 1854; son of Benjamin Barker
Odell who was Mayor of Newburgh. He attended the public schools, Newburgh Academy, Bethany (W.Va.) College, and Columbia
College, New York City; entered upon a commercial career; for ten years represented the seventeenth district on the Republican
State committee and was chairman of the executive committee; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth
Congresses (4 Mar 1895-3 Mar 1899); chairman, Committee on
Accounts (55th Congress); president of the Orange County Traction Co.
and the Central Hudson Steamboat Co.; elected Governor of New York
in 1900 and reelected in 1902; president of the chamber of commerce of
Newburgh, NY; died in Newburgh, NY, on 9 May 1926; interment in
Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange, NY.
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< This was Benjamin B. Odell Jr's residence on Liberty Street just south
of South Street. He was Governor of New York State from 1901-1904.
He was born and died in Newburgh. He assisted his father, a venerate
politician, in his ice business, Muchattoes Lake Ice Company for years.
He managed Theodore Roosevelt's successful campaign for New York
Governor in 1898 and as a result was nominated as the Republican
candidate for New York State Governor in 1900.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Rockland and Orange Counties New York
Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties.
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States.
New York and Chicago; Chapman Publishing Co., 1895
HON. BENJAMIN B. ODELL, JR., M. C. The services which in the past Mr. Odell has rendered
his fellow-citizens of Newburgh, and which he is now rendering the people of this district as their
representative in Congress, entitle him to rank among the eminent men of the state. As an
honored member of an honorable family, connected through many generations with the history of
Orange County, he is adding lustre to the name he bears, and in the councils of the nation is
winning for himself an enviable reputation as a statesman. It is fitting, therefore, in a volume
dedicated to the influential men of this county, that considerable mention be made of his life and
public career.
A life-long resident of Newburgh. Mr. Odell was born here January 14, 1854, being the son of
Benjamin B. Odell, Sr., the present Mayor of the city. He gained the rudiments of his education in
the public schools, and after graduating from the academy in 1874, became a student in Beth-any
College, in Bethany, W. Va. After one year in that institution he entered Columbia College, in New
York City, where he continued until 1877. While in college he took an active part in athletics and
in boating, and was offered, but declined, a position in the Columbia University crew of 1875.
On leaving college Mr. Odell embarked with his father in the ice business, and upon the
absorption of his father's interest by the Muchattoes Lake Ice Company in 1886, he became the
Secretary and Treasurer of the new company, which position he has since held. In 1888, in
connection with other citizens of Newburgh, he bought stock in the Newburgh Electric-light and Power Company, and since then has
officiated as its President. The Haverstraw Electric-light, Heat and Power Company was organized by him in 1891.
Socially Mr. Odell is connected with Newburgh Lodge No. 309, F. & A. M., of which he has been Master for a number of years.
Under the administration of Grand Master Vrooman, he became the District Deputy Grand Master for the Tenth Masonic District,
comprising the counties of Orange, Rockland, Ulster and Sullivan. He is also identified with Highland Chapter, R. A. M.; Hudson
River Commandery, K. of P.; Acme Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Mt. Olive Encampment; and Canton Woodward, Patriarchs Militant. In social
affairs he takes a lively interest, being connected with the Orange Lake Club, the Newburgh City Club and the Republican Club of
the city of Newburgh, and similar organizations in New York City.
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