Background
Joseph Echols was born on December 25, 1816, in Washington, Georgia, United States. He was the son of John and Isabella Moon Echols. Little is known about his early years.
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114 College Ave, Ashland, VA 23005, United State
Joseph entered Randolph-Macon College in Virginia in 1836.
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Athens, Georgia, United States
Joseph entered Franklin College (present-day Franklin College of Arts and Sciences) in Athens, Georgia. He was graduated in 1848 despite being placed on probation for leaving school for two months in 1838 to volunteer in the campaign against the Cherokee Indians of north Georgia.
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114 College Ave, Ashland, VA 23005, United State
Joseph entered Randolph-Macon College in Virginia in 1836.
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Athens, Georgia, United States
Joseph entered Franklin College (present-day Franklin College of Arts and Sciences) in Athens, Georgia. He was graduated in 1848 despite being placed on probation for leaving school for two months in 1838 to volunteer in the campaign against the Cherokee Indians of north Georgia.
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Education
Joseph entered Randolph-Macon College in Virginia in 1836 but transferred the next year to Franklin College (present-day Franklin College of Arts and Sciences) in Athens, Georgia. He was graduated in 1848 despite being placed on probation for leaving school for two months in 1838 to volunteer in the campaign against the Cherokee Indians of north Georgia.
Career
Echols was admitted to the bar in 1841. After practicing law for four years Echols turned to the ministry and became a licensed Methodist minister in 1845. He served in several nearby circuits and for two years was stationed in Washington, Georgia. In 1850 Echols was appointed professor of mathematics at Madison Female College and the next year he began a service of four years as its president.
In the mid-1850s, however, he inherited all his father's property as an only son and returned to Lexington to manage it.
In 1861 Echols was elected the Georgia Senate. He served actively in the Georgia Senate till 1863. He was also elected by the Sixth Congressional District of Georgia to the second Confederate House in 1864. He served on the Indian Affairs, the Medical Department, and Pay and Mileage Committees.
In May 1864, he advocated an increase in army pay. Echols took many leaves of absence from the House.
He returned to his law practice and became a Methodist minister in Oglethorpe when the war ended, and he never again held public office.
After the war, Echols devoted himself primarily to managing his three thousand acres of farmland, though for some years he was a senior member of the firm of Echols and Company, cotton merchants of Augusta. Though he held no regular pastorate, he remained prominent in local Methodist circuits ant the census 1880 gives his chief occupation as "minister of the Gospel."
Achievements
Religion
Joseph was a Methodist.
Politics
Echols was considered an ardent patriot, although he did not vote for secession. He supported Governor Joseph Brown's attack on the Confederate government. Joseph was an anti-Davis administration man.
Views
Joseph favored the annual sale of government cotton to provide funds for payment on the Confederate debt, and he wanted to protect cotton brokers by allowing cotton to be sold cheaply only to the government.
Connections
Joseph had two daughters by his marriage to Martha Ellen Smith on February 1, 1844.
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Resting place
Lexington Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States -
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Religion
Methodist
Education
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1836 - 1837
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1837 - 1838
Career
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1845 - 1847
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1850 - 1851
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1851 - 1855
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1861 - 1863
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1864 - 1865