 He married October 5, 1886 to Mary Emma Allen of Lancaster, New Hampshire.After practicing law in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Orlando, Florida, Odlin was appointed Attorney General of Puerto Rico after the United States acquired the island following the Spanish–American War.From 1901 to 1904, Odlin was a judge of the Court of First Instance in Manila in the then-U.S. controlled Philippine Islands, reportedly the first court to be created in the Philippines under U.S. rule.