Eckley, Ephraim R
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1812, in Jefferson county, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio senate in 1843, 1845 and 1849, serving until 1851; and in 1853 was elected to the state house of representatives. During the rebellion he was a colonel, and at the battle of Corinth commanded a brigade. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican.