Eli Wodell
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Name Eli Wodell Born 12 Jul 1805 Westport, MA 
[1] Gender Male Person ID I24646 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Benjamin Wodell, b. Jun 1783 Mother Elizabeth Soule, b. Abt Mar 1787, Westport, MA , d. 11 Dec 1881, New Bedford, MA (Age ~ 94 years) Married 3 Feb 1805 [2] Family ID F09231 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Tripp, d. Feb 1861 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F09232 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - According to Eli's biography, his father was "a very bad man," a "sad miserable drunkard" who gambled and abused his family. He characterizes his mother as a good woman and a good mother who endured her abusive husband for 45 years.
He and his wife separated/divorced and he later remarried and his second wife hanged herself. Eli was accused of murder but eventually was acquitted. He was a declared atheist and a very mixed-up man, admitting to his propensity for women that got him in trouble, according to his memoirs in the book he wrote on the Wodell family.
- According to Eli's biography, his father was "a very bad man," a "sad miserable drunkard" who gambled and abused his family. He characterizes his mother as a good woman and a good mother who endured her abusive husband for 45 years.
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