Morgan County AlArchives Biographies.....Echols, James L. 1857 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  JAMES L. ECHOLS, son of James M. and Sarah E. (Simpson) Echols, was born in
Morgan County, Ala., October, 1857. He remained on a farm until he was
seventeen; received his education in the common schools, and became a salesman
at Hartsell's, Ala.; and was married to Sue. J. Bean, of Priceville, December 7,
1879. When about twenty-seven, he established a mercantile business at that
village, and conducted it successfully for three years. In January, 1887, he
came to Decatur, where he owned property which he sold for a handsome price. He
has been trading in real estate, and is a director in the First National Bank of
Decatur, a stockholder in the Electric Light Company, the Decatur Land,
Improvement and Furnace Company, and other institutions. He also has large
landed interests in Giles County, Tenn.

  Mr. Echols has been the sole author of his own fortunes.

  James M. Echols came from Mississippi to Morgan County with his parents when
but a child; became a farmer at Danville, and was a soldier in the late war. He
reared ten children, viz.: W. V., a prominent merchant of Harwell's; Sarah E.,
wife of J. M. Speake; Geo. T. and John S.; Samuel Q. and Mattie E. are now dead;
James L., the subject of this sketch, Rufus E., Reuben H., and Minnie D., wife
of R. T. Puckett.


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Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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