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William Reuben Echols 1825–1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1825

Birth Location: Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 24 December 1913

Death Location: Madison, AL

Father: William Echols

Mother: elizabeth “Indian”

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Mary Echols, Newt Echols

William Reuben Echols was born in 1825 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Holding Echols And Elizabeth Simms Echols Indian. William Reuben Echols married Mary Benson, and had children including Mary Mollie Frances Echols, Newt Echols. William Reuben Echols passed away in 1913 in Madison, AL.

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Biography

  • William Reuben Echols was born in 1825 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Holding Echols And Elizabeth Simms Echols Indian.
  • William Reuben Echols married Mary Benson, and had children including Mary Mollie Frances Echols, Newt Echols.
  • William Reuben Echols passed away in 1913 in Madison, AL.

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Spouses(s)

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William Echols's Ancestors

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William Echols
1825–1913
Birth Place: Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA
Parents
William Holding Echols
1800–1863
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
elizabeth (simms echols) “Indian”
1800–1870
North Carolina
Grandparents
William (Holding Echols (m Farmer)) III
1769–1858
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Farmer
1775–1815
Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
Pariss ("Parish") Sims
1750–1833
Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Keziah (Grizzell) Royster
1762–1833
Granville, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Echols
1729–1794
Rebecca (Spradlen)(Echolls)
1730–1820
Absolam Farmer
1762–1812
Grace Booker
1767–1841
Bartlett Sims
1728–1802
Catherine Parrish
1723–1820
Thomas Royster
1740–1837
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Echols
1702–1771
SARAH TURNER
1705–1778
Christopher BW
1711–1772
Temperance Buford\Snead
1708–1775
Francis Farmer
1741–1814
Mary Ferguson
1740–1805
George II
1720–1791
Sarah Booker
1725–1767
George *
1709–1763
Edward IV
1693–1750
Rachel Harwood
1705–1756

William Echols's Descendants

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William (Reuben) Echols (Apr 1825–24 December 1913)
  1. 1. Mary ("Mollie" Frances) Echols 1882–1968 m. Albert (Franklin) Cothren 1872–1951
    1. 1. Walter (Henry) Cothren 1906–1955 m. Lillie (Mae) Bunn 1905–1965
      1. 1. John (Clifford) Cothren 1933–2011 m. Trudell (Ann) Davis 1935–2002
  2. 2. Newt Echols 1871–1960

William Echols's Timeline

2 Records

1825
Apr 1825
Birth of William Reuben Echols in Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA
Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA
1913
24 December 1913
Age 88
Death of William Reuben Echols in Madison, AL
Madison, AL

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1825
    Event Place: Lincoln Co, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 December 1913
    Event Place: Madison, AL

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