Joseph Rowland Echols (1843 - 1889)

Born 27 Aug 1843 in Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Virginia (McCulloch) Echols — married 2 Oct 1873 in Rockbridge County, Virginia

Died 9 Sep 1889 at age 46 in Lowell Station, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born Aug. 27, 1843.^[1]

He was educated at V.M.I. He served as 4th sergeant D Company Cadet Corps, CSA.

Joseph married Elizabeth Virginia McCulloch on 2 October 1873 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.^[2]

They had four children:

1. Mary Cabell ECHOLS b: 28 Jul 1874 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
2. Harriett Miller ECHOLS b: 1879 in Virginia, USA
3. Robert McCulloch ECHOLS
4. Joseph Rowland ECHOLS Jr b: 22 Jun 1880 in Virginia, USA

Joseph died Sep. 9, 1889, at Lowell Station, West Virginia.^[3]

A 2002 biographical profile of Joseph said:

Joseph R. Echols, born at Balcony Falls on Aug. 27, 1843, was a student at Washington College 1860-61. He entered the Virginia Military Institute on Jan. 15, 1862 (class of 1865) and served in the battle of New Market, where a minie ball just cut the skin on his thigh. He remained a cadet until they disbanded in Richmond in April 1865. He is listed as five feet nine inches tall, with fair complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. Following the war, Joseph R. Echols was a commission merchant and ran a line of boats on the canal. In 1868, he became an engineer involved in railroad construction with the firm of Mason, Hoge and Co., until his death at Lowell Station, W.Va., on Sept. 9, 1889.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Gravestone photograph available at Find A Grave
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRH9-V79 : 5 December 2014), J. Rowland Echols and Bettie V. Mcculloch, 02 Oct 1873; citing Rockbridge County, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 33,797.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, Joseph Rowland Echols, Memorial# 14335536, Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA
4. ↑ Lexington News-Gazette: The Echols by Bob Driver, Thursday April 4, 2002

• Brown, Alexander, The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy, Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1895, page 297. [1]

• VMI Historical Rosters Database, Joseph Rowland Echols, ID=2382, Class of 1865. Accessed 15 January 2017.

• Find a Grave, Joseph Rowland Echols, Memorial# 14335536

• Rootsweb.com, "Echols Genealogy & Connected Families", Joseph Rowland ECHOLS Sr, id=P5553, by Terry Echols, Updated: 2017-08-20, citing US Census Records of 1850, 1870, and 1880, and other records.