Hide Article Text (OCR)
(Con'Anxwd from Page' 2)Before going tu Mexico he achieved Some 'distinction in pub* he life, having served in both brandies of the legislature, where he was, three times elected president of the Senate. Gen. Echols was buried in Mexico, but sometune inter an appropriation ofone thousand dollars' was- mode by the General Assembly for the removal of his remains .to Georgia and re-interred in his native Mate near the old home place in' Walton County. (The old home place was a mile west of the former Sclman Mill site, where many years stood the grist pill! and a large mill pond was if ear-by )Leading officials of Georgia participated in the impressive ceremonies when the remains were brought by rail road to Social Circle, and thence to Monroe by wagon, and then out to the family cemetery It was told bythe late J M, Mobley, a great-nephew of General Echols, that it was told him by his parents, the late James T. Mobleys of 1 Jersey, that this was the longest funeral procession even known in 1 the county of Walton, the procession being miles long and including many horseback riders, bug- J gics drown by horse and some ; wagons along the way. ;Walton County has many fine 1
Newspaper Details
Monroe Walton Tribune
Monroe, Georgia, US
Wed, May 27, 1959
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Texas A.
TX, USA 08 Jul 2020
Other Publications Near Monroe, Georgia
Monroe Savannah Bulletin
Monroe Bulletin
Monroe Confederate Pension
Monroe Walton Tribune
