Birth 16 Apr 1825
Habersham County, Georgia, USA
Death 21 Jan 1906 (aged 80)
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Burial Unknown
Memorial ID 47937796
In his early years, he owned a grist mill powered by water in Alabama. He also worked as a shoe cobbler. He served in the Confederate Army as a nurse taking care of the wounded and helping in surgery. He established a school and used the Blueback speller and the McGuffy Reader. He was also a barber.
William married 1. Margaret W Polly Beard[1] and from that union there were nine children: Mahulda, Louisa, Susannah, Wilson, Sara, Lafayette, Robert, William and Angeline.
Fact: Residence (1850) Habersham county, Habersham, Georgia, United States[2]
Fact: Residence (1860) No Corporate In The County, Habersham, Georgia, United States[3]
Fact: Residence (1870) Benton, Polk, Tennessee, United States[4]
William married 2. Sarah Carver and from that union there were two children Leander and Milton.
William later married Martha Rebecca Bates.
Fact: Residence (1880) Beat 6, Limestone, Alabama, United States[5]
Fact: Residence (1900) Precinct 7 Pleasant Grove, Limestone, Alabama, United States[6]
↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28S-RP86 : 22 July 2021), William E Echols and Margeret W Bird, 8 Mar 1849; citing Marriage, Franklin, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 2,188,706.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJC-RDT : 20 December 2020), Wm E Echols, Habersham, Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JT-Q2Z : 19 February 2021), William E Echols, Beat 6, Limestone, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 177, sheet 304A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,019.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D4-SJ9 : accessed 18 August 2021), William Echoles, Precinct 7 Pleasant Grove, Limestone, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 10A, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,026.
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