William Echols
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William Early Echols (1825 - 1906)

Col. William Early Echols
Born in Habersham, Georgia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born in 1825. He passed away in 1906.

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]
  • Fact: Burial (1906) [7]

Sources

  1. "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.
  2. "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.).
  3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMK-4T7 : 18 February 2021), William E Echols, 1860.
  4. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZB-W9D : 29 May 2021), Wm E Eckels, 1870.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47937796/william-early-echols : accessed 17 August 2021), memorial page for William Early Echols (16 Apr 1825–21 Jan 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #47937796, ; Maintained by Thomas Harned (contributor 47108032) Unknown.

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