John Echols Descendants, including
John Calvin Bronte & Virginia Echols


Virginia Echols seems to have been from the Winona, Mississippi, area. She married John Calvin Bronte. John Calvin and Virginia and their 5 children went to the Fort Smith/Paris Arkansas area to reside. While there, Virginia, became ill and died a month after giving birth to their youngest son, Benjamin Franklin Bronte. This had a significant affect on his life and that of his family. Benjamin Franklin was taken by her sister and family, Elizabeth Echols Cain and Ishom Cain, in Mississippi and raised with the name Roy Cain. The older Bronte children also had to live with other relatives. John Calvin lived and worked much of the rest of his life in the area around McCrory and Brinkley Arkansas. He's buried in Beards Cemetery (McCrory) in an unmarked grave.

Jeff Bronte was one of John Calvin and Virginia's sons (click here to see Jeff). 

1 John ECHOLS (1814 - )
  b. 1814, Georgia
& Sarah (1819 - )
  b. 1819, Alabama
|	1.1 Elizabeth ECHOLS (1846 - )
|	  b. 1846
|	& Ishom CAIN
|	1.2 Alabama ECHOLS (1851 - )
|	  b. 1851, Mississippi
|	1.3 Virginia ECHOLS (1852 - 1886)
|	  b. 3 Nov 1852, Winona, MS
|	  d. 18 Mar 1886, the Ft Smith, AR, vicinity
|	& John Calvin BRONTE (1851 - 1903)
|	  b. 14 Mar 1851, Winona, MS
|	  d. 1 Aug 1903, McCrory, AR, vicinity
|	  m. 23 Jan 1876, Winona, MS
|	|	1.3.1 William Wright BRONTE (1876 - 1894)
|	|	  b. 6 Nov 1876, Winona, MS
|	|	  d. 26 Mar 1894, Winona, MS
|	|	1.3.2 Jeff L. BRONTE (1878 - 1932)
|	|	  b. 17 Feb 1878, Winona, MS
|	|	  d. 15 Sep 1932, McCrory,AR,
|	|	& Nettie HUFF (1881 - 1958)
|	|	  b. 25 Feb 1881, McCrory, AR
|	|	  d. 8 Jun 1958, McCrory, AR
|	|	  m. 30 Sep 1900, Woodruff Co., AR
|	|	|	1.3.2.1 Myrtle Lurline BRONTE (1901 - 1903)
|	|	|	  b. 3 Sep 1901, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 22 Jun 1903, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	1.3.2.2 Elizabeth (Lizzie E.) BRONTE (1904 - 1958)
|	|	|	  b. 22 Sep 1904, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 14 Jun 1958, Newport, AR
|	|	|	& James Lewis WELD (1902 - 1990)
|	|	|	  b. 28 Aug 1902
|	|	|	  d. 12 Nov 1990, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  m. 19 Jun 1927
|	|	|	1.3.2.3 Alma L. BRONTE (1906 - 1979)
|	|	|	  b. 18 Oct 1906, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 23 Feb 1979, Pasadena, CA
|	|	|	& Clayton WHITE (1902 - 1983)
|	|	|	  b. 4 Oct 1902, Lonoke, AR
|	|	|	  d. 8 Mar 1983, So. Pasedena, CA
|	|	|	  m. 28 Dec 1927
|	|	|	1.3.2.4 Paul Huff BRONTE (1907 - 1961)
|	|	|	  b. 1 Dec 1907, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 18 Jul 1961, Amarillo, TX
|	|	|	& Dorothy Vivian HAMILTON (1909 - 1975)
|	|	|	  b. 28 Nov 1909, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 19 Mar 1975, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  m. 4 Aug 1934, Woodruff County, AR
|	|	|	1.3.2.5 Jeff Love (Jay) BRONTE (1909 - 1959)
|	|	|	  b. 29 Jan 1909, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 14 Nov 1959, Nanuet, NY
|	|	|	& Evelyn Alvera MAZZOCHI (1915 - )
|	|	|	  b. 21 Oct 1915, New York City, NY
|	|	|	  m. 30 Jun 1937, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
|	|	1.3.3 Edward Ward BRONTE (1880 - 1905)
|	|	  b. 20 Dec 1880, Winona, MS
|	|	  d. 16 Mar 1905, Duck Hill, MS, shot off his horse
|	|	& Ida CARIKER (ca1882 - )
|	|	  b. ca 1882
|	|	  m. 25 Nov 1900, Woodruff Co., Ark.
|	|	|	1.3.3.1 Willis Castlo BRONTE (1901 - 1970)
|	|	|	  b. 16 Oct 1901, AR
|	|	|	  d. 15 Jun 1970, Nashville, Howard County, AR
|	|	|	1.3.3.2 Edna BRONTE (ca1902 - )
|	|	|	  b. ca 1902
|	|	1.3.4a (Mary) Lillian BRONTE* (1882 - )
|	|	  b. 12 Sep 1882, Winona, MS
|	|	  d. Houston, TX
|	|	& Walter GRACEY (ca1874 - )
|	|	  b. ca 1874, Arkansas
|	|	1.3.4b (Mary) Lillian BRONTE* (1882 - )
|	|	  b. 12 Sep 1882, Winona, MS
|	|	  d. Houston, TX
|	|	& Arthur FORD
|	|	  d. Colorado
|	|	|	1.3.4b.1a Clara FORD* (1913 - )
|	|	|	  b. 1 Sep 1913
|	|	|	& Richard OELZE (1906 - 1994)
|	|	|	  b. 26 Dec 1906
|	|	|	  d. 21 Jun 1994, Colorado
|	|	|	1.3.4b.1b Clara FORD* (1913 - )
|	|	|	  b. 1 Sep 1913
|	|	|	& Edward Ellsworth BARTHOLOMEW
|	|	|	  m. ca 1933
|	|	1.3.5 Lou BRONTE (1884 - 1971)
|	|	  b. 17 Feb 1884, Winona, MS
|	|	  d. 1 Dec 1971, Winona, MS
|	|	& Charlie PYRON (1879 - 1962)
|	|	  b. 28 Nov 1879
|	|	  d. 2 Oct 1962
|	|	  m. 19 Feb 1905
|	|	|	1.3.5.1 Mattie Lou PYRON (1906 - 1906)
|	|	|	  b. 13 Mar 1906, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. 24 Aug 1906, Winona, MS
|	|	|	1.3.5.2 John Harvey PYRON (1907 - 1992)
|	|	|	  b. 20 Jun 1907, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. 5 Oct 1992, Nursing Home in Grenada, MS
|	|	|	& Irene ALLEN (1907 - )
|	|	|	  b. 10 Oct 1907
|	|	|	1.3.5.3a Charlene PYRON* (1910 - 1989)
|	|	|	  b. 27 Jul 1910, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. Jun 1989, Winona, MS
|	|	|	& Henry Vernon KENT (1900 - 1959)
|	|	|	  b. 13 Apr 1900
|	|	|	  d. 1959
|	|	|	1.3.5.3b Charlene PYRON* (1910 - 1989)
|	|	|	  b. 27 Jul 1910, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. Jun 1989, Winona, MS
|	|	|	& Carlton HAYS (1913 - 1984)
|	|	|	  b. 18 Aug 1913
|	|	|	  d. Aug 1984
|	|	1.3.6 Benjamin Franklin BRONTE (Roy) CAIN (1886 - 1957)
|	|	  b. 22 Feb 1886, Paris, AR
|	|	  d. 15 Jul 1957, Memphis, TN, died of old age
|	|	& Nora Lee INGRAHM (1888 - 1985)
|	|	  b. 26 Aug 1888, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co., MS
|	|	  d. 23 Feb 1985, McCrory, AR
|	|	  m. 16 Dec 1906, Winona, Mississippi
|	|	|	1.3.6.1 Lee Roy CAIN (1907 - 1937)
|	|	|	  b. 1 Oct 1907, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. 8 Jul 1937
|	|	|	& Amma BARBER
|	|	|	1.3.6.2 Melvin Odell CAIN (1909 - 1996)
|	|	|	  b. 24 Dec 1909, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. 21 Jun 1996, California
|	|	|	& Glandine FINKS
|	|	|	1.3.6.3 Cecil Winfred CAIN (1911 - )
|	|	|	  b. 14 Jun 1911, Winona, MS
|	|	|	& Johnie MCCOMMONS
|	|	|	1.3.6.4 Manice Ingrahm CAIN (1913 - 1992)
|	|	|	  b. 12 Mar 1913, Winona, MS
|	|	|	  d. 21 Jan 1992, Union City, CA
|	|	|	& Remona SOUTH
|	|	|	1.3.6.5 Annie Lorece CAIN (1914 - )
|	|	|	  b. 24 Sep 1914, Winona, MS
|	|	|	& Cecil Melvin WRIGHT (1908 - 1974)
|	|	|	  b. 17 Jul 1908, Magazine, AR
|	|	|	  d. 28 Mar 1974, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	1.3.6.6 Jennie Margaret CAIN (1916 - 1999)
|	|	|	  b. 17 Jul 1916, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 30 Aug 1999, Harrison, AR
|	|	|	& Charles PARKER
|	|	|	1.3.6.7a Robert Houston (Cain) BRONTE* (1922 - )
|	|	|	  b. 31 Dec 1922, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	& Ann DENNIS
|	|	|	1.3.6.7b Robert Houston (Cain) BRONTE* (1922 - )
|	|	|	  b. 31 Dec 1922, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	& Evelyn MILLER
|	|	|	1.3.6.8 Herschel Wayne CAIN (1928 - )
|	|	|	  b. 14 Jun 1928, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	& Lois ROBERTS
|	|	|	1.3.6.9a Roger Wendel CAIN* (1931 - )
|	|	|	  b. 13 Aug 1931, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	& Linda -
|	|	|	1.3.6.9b Roger Wendel CAIN* (1931 - )
|	|	|	  b. 13 Aug 1931, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	& Patsy -
|	|	|	1.3.6.10a James Willis BRONTE* (1933 - 1997)
|	|	|	  b. 17 Dec 1933, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 15 Mar 1997, Downey, CA
|	|	|	& Arlene -
|	|	|	1.3.6.10b James Willis BRONTE* (1933 - 1997)
|	|	|	  b. 17 Dec 1933, McCrory, AR
|	|	|	  d. 15 Mar 1997, Downey, CA
|	|	|	& Lynn
|	|	|	  b. Phillipines
|	1.4 Emma ECHOLS (1856 - )
|	  b. 1856, Mississippi
|	1.5 John ECHOLS (1858 - )
|	  b. 1858, Mississippi

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