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Family Group Record 0140
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Husband's Name Joseph Bryan Echols
Born: Place: Alabama
Died: Place:
Married: 19 Nov 1872 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (F-161)
Father: John W. Echols
Mother: Lucy Satterwhite
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Wife's Name Martha Ella Wilson
Born: 1855 Place: Alabama
Died: Place:
Father: Abel Fletcher Wilson
Mother: Mary Franklin Phillips
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Children
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1. Sex Name
F Ida Lee Echols
Born: 29 Jun 1875 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place: Colorado City, Texas
Married: 06 Nov 1890 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas
Spouse: James Robert Coker
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2. Sex Name
F Mary Lelia Echols
Born: 20 Jan 1878 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 26 Dec 1895 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (A-71)
Spouse: Wesley Poindexter (Deck) Ward
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3. Sex Name
F Emma Echols
Born: Nov 1879 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse: Clarence Thomas
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4. Sex Name
F Lucy Ella Echols
Born: 14 Nov 1881 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse: Andrew Jackson Kemp
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5. Sex Name
M James W. Echols
Born: Sep 1883 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse: Dickey Ferrell
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6. Sex Name
F Hattie Echols
Born: Nov 1885 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse: H.H. (Hicks) Copeland
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7. Sex Name
M William Walker Echols
Born: 12 Sep 1889 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 04 Sep 1910 Place:
Spouse: Della Anderson
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8. Sex Name
M John Pinnix Echols
Born: May 1892 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: Dec 1926 Place:
Spouse: Ruth Fowler
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9. Sex Name
M Edgar Oslar Echols
Born: 21 Sep 1894 Place: Salem, Pike, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 20 May 1922 Place:
Spouse: Lillian Belle Sorrels
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10. Sex Name
F Occo Echols
Born: Oct 1897 Place: Texas
Died: Place:
Married: Place:
Spouse: Lindsay Dennis
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Sources of Information: Janice Echols Gorman, Bayonne, New Jersey; Clark
County, Arkansas Marriage Records, Book F, page 161.
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Pike County, Arkansas Marriages 1895-1910
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Males Age Females Age Date Book Page
Ward, W.P. 22 Echols, Mary Lelia 17 12-26-1895 A 71
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... Abel Fletcher Wilson married Mary Franklin Phillips in Dudleyville,
Ala. in 1853. Mary was the daughter of Jesse Bush Phillips and Martha
Talbot, daughter of William Talbot ... The father of A.F. Wilson was Joseph
Armstrong Wilson ... His father was Joseph Wilson who married Sarah
Pennington in 1798, Wilkes Co., Ga. She was the daughter of Abel
Pennington ... The children of A.F. Wilson and Mary Phillips: Martha Ella
(who was called Ella) b. 1855, William Walker Wilson b. 1858, Joseph Bush
Wilson b. 1860, Edwin Fletcher Wilson b. 1863, James Phillips Wilson b.
1869, Jesse Alonzo Wilson b. 1871, Mary Lena Wilson b. 1875 ... Martha
Phillips (sister to Mary Phillips, wife of A.F. Wilson) married August H.
Palmer, Jr.
... J.B. Echols bought property from August H. Palmer, May 1, 1879, Salem
community, Pike County, Arkansas (listed as Clark township in 1880 census).
He sold the property to W.E. Dean in 1896, at which time the family moved
to Texas. All the children were born in Ark. except for Occo who was b. in
Texas according to the 1900 census. The children of Joseph B. Echols and
Ella Wilson: Ida Lee b. 29 Jun. 1875, m. Nov. 1890, James Robert Coker;
Mary Lelia b. 20 Jan. 1878, m. 26 Dec. 1895, Wesley Poindexter (Deck) Ward;
Emma b. Nov. 1879, m. Clarence Thomas; Lucy Ella b. 14 Nov 1881, m. Andrew
Jackson Kemp; James W. b. Sept. 1883, m. Dickey Ferrell; Hattie b. Nov.
1885, m. H.H. (Hicks) Copeland; William Walker b. 12 Sept. 1889, m. 4 Sept.
1910, Della Anderson; John Pinnix b. May 1892, m. Dec. 1926, Ruth Fowler;
Edgar Oslar b. 21 Sept. 1894, m. 20 May 1922, Lillian Belle Sorrels; Occo
b. Oct. 1897 in Texas, m. Lindsay Dennis ...
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Letter: To all descendants of Joseph Bryan Echols and Martha Ella Wilson
(and related lines). Janice Echols Gorman, Bayonne, New Jersey 31 Dec 1977,
excerpts.
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Update 11.11.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0140.HTM
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