Joseph Hubbard Echols

Joseph Hubbard Echols was an American and Confederate politician.

Biography

Joseph Hubbard Echols was born on December 25, 1816, in Wilkes County, Georgia.
Echols served in the Georgia House of Representatives. 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. He was a Methodist. He was also a planter.
Echols married Martha E. Smith, daughter of Robert S. Smith, on February 1, 1844. He died on September 23, 1885, at his home in Lexington, Georgia. He was buried in Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery.