They had 3 known Echols children, connected below:
Joseph, 28 Nov 1847
Frances McChesney, 5 Aug 1850 (James M Jordan)
Elizabeth F., 28 May 1852 (Robert Watts)
On the 1850 Lynchburg, Campbell Co., VA census, I found merchant Robert J Echols, 30; E McC Echols, 25; Frances McC Echols, 1/12, salesmen: C E Snodgrasss, 19 and Ro A Jones, 25, all VA born (son Jos is not listed).
Elizabeth died 1 June 1853. She is buried in the same cemetery as her parents and died prior to her mother's death. She left behind 3 very young children.
Her full name was recorded as Elizabeth Johnston McChesney with the same birth, death and marriage dates, spouse and children, in kin, Leander James McCormick's published book, Family Record and Biography, 1896, Chicago, p 388-389.
Her monument towers over her mother's grave, beside it.
Her refined marble monument says:
ELIZABETH McCHESNEY
THE DEVOTED WIFE OF
R.J. ECHOLS,
OF LYNCHBURG
BORN MAY 10: 1826
DIED JUNE 1: 1853
I know that my Redeemer liveth
(base of marker says:)
J. B. GADDESS & BRO., LYNCHBURG
(AKA engraver John B Gaddess (1829-1877)
County death record and her obit were not located with my sources
Bio researched and written by LSP
They had 3 known Echols children, connected below:
Joseph, 28 Nov 1847
Frances McChesney, 5 Aug 1850 (James M Jordan)
Elizabeth F., 28 May 1852 (Robert Watts)
On the 1850 Lynchburg, Campbell Co., VA census, I found merchant Robert J Echols, 30; E McC Echols, 25; Frances McC Echols, 1/12, salesmen: C E Snodgrasss, 19 and Ro A Jones, 25, all VA born (son Jos is not listed).
Elizabeth died 1 June 1853. She is buried in the same cemetery as her parents and died prior to her mother's death. She left behind 3 very young children.
Her full name was recorded as Elizabeth Johnston McChesney with the same birth, death and marriage dates, spouse and children, in kin, Leander James McCormick's published book, Family Record and Biography, 1896, Chicago, p 388-389.
Her monument towers over her mother's grave, beside it.
Her refined marble monument says:
ELIZABETH McCHESNEY
THE DEVOTED WIFE OF
R.J. ECHOLS,
OF LYNCHBURG
BORN MAY 10: 1826
DIED JUNE 1: 1853
I know that my Redeemer liveth
(base of marker says:)
J. B. GADDESS & BRO., LYNCHBURG
(AKA engraver John B Gaddess (1829-1877)
County death record and her obit were not located with my sources
Bio researched and written by LSP
Inscription
ELIZABETH McCHESNEY
THE DEVOTED WIFE OF
R. J. ECHOLS,
OF LYNCHBURG
BORN MAY 10: 1826,
DIED JUNE 1: 1853.
I know that my Redeemer liveth.
J. B. GADDESS & BRO., LYNCHBURG
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1829–1877
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Lieut. Robert McChesney
1832–1861
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Rachel Grigsby McChesney Crawford
1834–1901
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Martha Evaline McChesney Moffett
1836–1900
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Frances Ann Louisa "Annie" McChesney Lewis
1838–1865
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Mary Margaret A. McChesney Lewis
1841–1915
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James Zechariah McChesney
1843–1922
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