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Facts and Events
Notes
- Lexington News-Gazette: "The Echols" by Bob Driver, Thursday April 4, 2002:
- Edward, Robert Joseph and John W. Echols were born in Lynchburg, the sons of Joseph Echols. Edward Echols, the eldest, was born in 1817 and moved to the Balcony Falls area of Rockbridge County and opened an iron ore mine in the area by 1855. He operated the locks and ran boats on the James River and Kanawha Canal. The locks can still be seen behind the house next to the river. Edward also ran a trading post. He is listed as a farmer on the 1860 census. Edward Echols was exempt as an ore miner in March 1862. He enlisted in the Rockbridge Senior Reserves at Balcony Falls on April 16, 1864, age 46, six feet one and one-half inches tall, with dark complexion, black eyes and black hair. There his military record ends. He is listed on the 1870 census as a farmer in the Natural Bridge District. He died at the mouth of the North (now Maury) River on Oct. 3, 1874. The home Edward Echols built in 1855 still stands near the Maury River and has been owned by the Echols family to this day. The 253-acre farm located at the intersection of U.S. 501 and Va. 130 has been added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Landmarks Register.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 .
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