Odet Philippe

Odet Philippe
Born	1787 Lyon, France
Died	1869 Safety Harbor, Florida
Resting place	Philippe Park

One of the more colorful figures in Pinellas County’s past, Odet was the first permanent, non-native settler on the Pinellas County peninsula, acquiring 160 acres (0.65 km²) of land in what is today Safety Harbor in 1842. He was a successful businessman who introduced cigar making and citrus to Tampa Bay. His descendents, including the McMullen and Booth families (for whom McMullen-Booth Road is named), are among the county’s most well known pioneer clans. Philippe was buried in Philippe Park – his former plantation – in 1869, but the exact location of the gravesite is not known.

Grave Marker Inscription

Odet Philippe
Born Lyon, France, 1787
Died at this Site 1869

As the first European
settler in Pinellas County
he established St. Helena
Plantation, now Philippe Park
Philippe was the first
to cultivate grapefruit
in Florida and introduced
cigar-making to Tampa
His descendants populated
this frontier. He was
said to be a doctor
and of noble birth

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References

• Who was Odet Philippe?
• Odet Phillipe Marker

See also

• Philippe Park
• Safety Harbor Site

Persondata
Name	Philippe, Odet
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1787
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Date of death	1869
Place of death	Safety Harbor, Florida