Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Soule, James N. February 5, 1927
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Sentinel-Standard (Pg. 1) - Monday, Feb. 7, 1927

                   WAS VETERAN OFFICER AT REFORMATORY
             James N. Soule Served Michigan for Forty Years

James N. Soule, known at the "Veteran Keeper", of the Michigan reformatory, 
died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Cushing, 1090 West main 
street, Saturday evening. Mr. Soule, who was better known to the officers and 
inmates of the Michigan reformatory as "Uncle Jimmie", resigned from the 
position which he held at the institution February 14, 1921. Except for a few 
years under the Parsell wardenship, Mr. Soule was in the employ of the state 
from 1878, and at the time of his resignation in 1921 he had given 40 years of 
service to the state of Michigan.

Mrs. Soule died six years ago Monday, on February 7, 1921. Mr. Soule is 
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles Cushing, and two grandsons, James 
Cushing, of Lansing, and Louis Cushing, who is in the South.

The funeral service will be held from the residence , 1090 West Main street. 
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. Alfred Trenerry will officiate. Burial will be 
made at Oak Hill cemetery beside his wife. 

Additional Comments:
Funeral: Tuesday 8, February 1927
Oak Hill cemetery

Ctf. b. 1840 New York - son of Jacob

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