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Joseph Hubbard Echols
Confederate politician (1816–1885) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Hubbard Echols (December 25, 1816 – September 23, 1885) was an American and Confederate politician.
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Biography
Joseph Hubbard Echols was born on December 25, 1816, in Wilkes County, Georgia.[1]
Echols served in the Georgia House of Representatives.[2] He was a member of the Georgia State Senate in 1861.[1] He was elected to represent Georgia in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.[1]
In 1854, Echols was elected president of the Methodist Female College in Madison, Georgia, succeeding James L. Pierce.[2][3] He was a Methodist.[1] He was also a planter.[2]
Echols married Martha E. Smith, daughter of Robert S. Smith, on February 1, 1844.[4] He died on September 23, 1885, at his home in Lexington, Georgia.[2][5] He was buried in Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery.[1]
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