Robert H. Echols
SOURCE: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889
Contributed by Michael Brown
18 Oct 1998
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SEBASTIAN CO
page 1311
Robert H. Echols, farmer, is a son of Thomas and Mary (Harper) Echols, the
former of whom was a native of Wilkes County, Ga., born April 21, 1801, though
reared in Clark County. The Echols family was first represented in America by
John Echols, who was born in England, and settled in Virginia, where he was
married to Mary Cave, a Welsh lady. Grandfather Echols was married to Susan
Sampson, and moved to Georgia, where he reared a family of five sons and two
daughters, of whom Thomas is the third. The latter's brother Robert was a
member of the Georgia Legislature for many years, and was president of the
Senate for eleven years. Thomas Echols was married in Clark [p.1311] County in
1821, his wife being born in 1806, and they resided respectively in Clark,
Walton, Newton, Fulton and Paulding Counties, Ga., and in 1869 became residents
of Crawford County, Ark., coming to Sebastian County eight years later. The
mother died in Fulton County, Ga., in January, 1848, and the father has since
been married twice. His two sons and two daughters were born to his first
marriage. During the days of militia he held the offices of lieutenant and
captain, and throughout his long and useful career has followed the
occupations of farming and carpentering. He is a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church, has been a Democrat all his life, and a Mason for thirty-four
years. Robert H. Echols, his son, was born in Clark County, Ga., December 3,
1824, and up to the present time has made his home in the same localities in
which his father has resided. While in Fulton County, Ga., he was married (in
1849) to Elizabeth Morris, by whom he had one son. After her death he married
Mary A., her sister, who has borne him nine sons and two daughters. He owns
eighty acres of land, and in politics is a Democrat.