Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Soule, Charles E 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

CHARLES E. SOULE, M. D.

The true western spirit of progress and advancement finds exemplification in 
Charles E. Soule, who is one of the leading physicians of Morris. In his 
profession he keeps thoroughly abreast of the times and is familiar with all 
the discoveries made in connection with the medical science and the theories 
advanced as to its use in administering to the needs of suffering humanity. He 
is a very able practitioner and has a large patronage, which indicates his 
position in the front rank of the medical fraternity.

Dr. Soule is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Rochester, 
Racine county, June 11, 1863. His parents were Elvirus and Mary J. (Thomas) 
Soule, the former a native of Schoharie county, New York, the latter born in 
Wales. The paternal grandfather, George Soule, was a native of the Empire 
state, and was descended from French ancestry. When four years of age Mrs. 
Soule came to the United States with her parents, who located in Racine 
county, Wisconsin, where they resided until 1871, at which time they removed 
to Kansas, where their last days were spent. Elvirus Soule accompanied his 
parents to Racine county in 1845, and after attaining his majority was 
married. He was born in 1830, and died in that county in 1898. However, he 
spent considerable time in the west, crossing the plains to California in 1849 
and remaining upon the Pacific slope until 1861, when he returned to the 
Badger state. In 1864 he responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting 
in the Thirty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry, with which he served one year. Upon 
his return from the south he resumed farming, devoting his energies to that 
occupation until his death. His widow still resides on the old homestead in 
Wisconsin. There were three children in their family, Edith A., Stella A. and 
Charles E.

Under the paternal roof Dr. Soule was reared to manhood. He early became 
familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, 
and having acquired his preliminary education in the district schools he 
attended the Rochester Seminary, where he was graduated in 1884. Subsequently 
he engaged in teaching for three years and then devoted three years to the 
study of medicine, being graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
in Chicago on the 26th of February, 1889. He then located in Mount Vernon, 
Wisconsin, where he practiced until 1892, when he opened an office in 
Sheridan, Illinois. In May, 1899, he came to Morris, where he has already 
secured a liberal patronage. He is a member of the LaSalle County Medical 
Society, the North Central Illinois Medical Association, the Illinois State 
Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

In 1885 Dr. Soule was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Hollister, a native 
of Wisconsin, and their union has been blessed with two children-Eula E. and 
Edgar M. In politics Dr. Soule is a Republican, and socially a Master Mason. 
He seeks no public office, preferring to devote his energies to his 
profession, in which he has attained a position of distinction.

Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p779-780

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