Joseph Hubbard Echols
{{Short description|Confederate politician (1816–1885)}}
{{More citations|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joseph Hubbard Echols
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| order =
| office =
| term_start =
| term_end =
| alongside =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1816|12|25}}
| birth_place = Wilkes County, Georgia, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1885|9|23|1816|12|25}}
| death_place = Lexington, Georgia, U.S.
| resting_place = Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery
| party =
| spouse = {{marriage|Martha E. Smith|1844}}
| relations =
| children =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}}
| signature =
}}
Joseph Hubbard Echols (December 25, 1816 – September 23, 1885) was an American and Confederate politician.
Biography
Joseph Hubbard Echols was born on December 25, 1816, in Wilkes County, Georgia.{{Cite web |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#ECHOLS |title=Eberhart to Edds |website=The Political Graveyard |access-date=2025-05-07}}
Echols served in the Georgia House of Representatives.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-death-of-a-prominent/171880695/ |title=Death of a Prominent Georgian |date=1885-09-24 |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-05-07}}{{Open access}} He was a member of the Georgia State Senate in 1861. He was elected to represent Georgia in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.
In 1854, Echols was elected president of the Methodist Female College in Madison, Georgia, succeeding James L. Pierce.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/georgia-journal-and-messenger-the-rev-j/171881197/ |title=The Rev. Joseph H. Echols... |date=1854-04-26 |newspaper=Journal & Messenger |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-05-07}}{{Open access}} He was a Methodist. He was also a planter.
Echols married Martha E. Smith, daughter of Robert S. Smith, on February 1, 1844.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-telegraph-in-oglethorpe-count/171881316/ |title=In Oglethorpe county... |date=1844-02-13 |newspaper=The Macon Geogia Telegraph |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-05-07}}{{Open access}} He died on September 23, 1885, at his home in Lexington, Georgia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-burial-of-rev/171880841/ |title=Burial of Rev. Jos. Echols |date=1885-09-26 |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-05-07}}{{Open access}} He was buried in Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Echols, Joseph Hubbard}}
Category:People from Wilkes County, Georgia
Category:People from Lexington, Georgia
Category:Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Category:Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Category:Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)