Echols family papers, 1818-1999

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Echols family papers, 1818-1999. Accession 52127. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.86 cu. ft. and 7 boxes
Creator:
Echols family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Echols family papers, 1818-1999. Accession 52127. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1818-1999, of the Echols family of Rockbridge County and Lynchburg, Virginia, and Fayette County, West Virginia, consisting of accounts, advertisements, calling cards, catalogs, checks, correspondence, deeds, genealogical notes, photographs, receipts, tax records, and other papers detailing the family's personal and business interests, including their activities in the coal industry, retail, and medical profession. Also contains correspondence and papers relating to Ernest Echols' sons' education at the Virginia Military Institute. Also includes genealogical information on the Echols family and the Logue family, including photographs, and information on property owned by the Echols family. Papers also include clippings and articles on general subjects relating to the Echols family and to Rockbridge County.

Biographical / historical:

Ernest Echols (1864-1926) was the son of Edward Echols (1817-1874) and his second wife Susan Hobson Burks Echols (1834-1870) of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Ernest Echols operated Big Bend Coal Company in Fayette County, West Virginia, while living in both Fayette County and Rockbridge County. He married Nannie Morton Carter (1864-1923) in Fayette County on 28 April 1890, and they had nine children, including Porter Burks Echols (1902-1990) who became a physician in Rockbridge County and Lynchburg, Virginia. He married Hortense Crum Reynolds (1904-1982) of Bedford, Iowa, on 10 January 1931. Their son, Porter Burks Echols, Jr., also became a physician. He married Nila June Welsh 14 July 1956.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Porter and June Echols of Richmond, Virginia.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged

  • Series I: Correspondence and papers, 1903-1999
  • Series II: Family genealogy
  • Series III: Land records
  • Series IV: Business records, 1818-1919
  • Series V: General subjectsSeries VI: Hortense Reynolds scrapbook and yearbooks.
  • Series VI: Hortense Reynolds scrapbook and yearbooks