Clarinda Odell Whitford, daughter of Robert S. and Eunice Odell, was born in Stephentown, N. Y., May 3, 1816, and died at her home in Farina, Ill., June 12, 1897. She married the late Dea. Edward W. Whitford November 22, 1849. They resided in Adams Centre, N. Y., and Crawford County, Pa., till 1869, when they moved West, locating in 1870 near Farina, Ill. She was a convert to the Sabbath and united with the Adams Centre (N. Y.) church about 1852. She has been a consistent member of the Farina Seventh-day Baptist church during the last 27 years. She leaves two sons and a large circle of other relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Her last illness was brief and she entered peacefully into rest.