LOGAN COUNTY OHIO - BIBLE: David Nees SOULES in Logan County
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Date: August 17, 1999
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From: DJulien@aol.com
To: Wizzofozl0@aol.com

Dear Gerald,
                    I talked to my Dad today. He said he never knew anything
about Grampa Soules early history. In my searching, I found that he had 3
children. My parents only knew of one, My Dad's mother's mother named Maude
Soules.
                    I know that David Nees Soules is the correct spelling.
My
Dad says he was always told that Grampa Soules was born in Bellefontain,
Ohio. I found that he was in the 96th Regiment OVI in the Civil War from
1862
till 1865. He joined in Delaware County, Ohio. I have forms to send and get
his Civil War records, which I will do real soon. Sometime after the war, he
moved to Pleasantville, In. and married Louisa J. Smith. I haven't found
those records yet- there are 2 Pleasantvilles. With her he had the 3
children. Maude Soules, Lizzie Soules, and #3. Maude Soules married William
Toliver and they had one child, my GrandMother. She was born Iris Glenn
Toliver in 1892. Maude died in 1903 and William died in 1906. So Grandma
went
to live with Grampa Soules. We know very little about her parents.
                    Grampa Soules had moved to Clay City Illinois where he
bought the old Courthouse and made it his home. His Death Certificate says
he
lived there for 64 years. Louisa had died and he remarried Mary Alice Enlo
Soules. There may have been another wife in there. Mary Alice was married 4
times altogether. I have his will. He left half to Mary Alice + the house,
and the other half to 2 guys named VanMatre. We don't know who they are. He
got mad at Grandma and left her $1 in the will. The VanMatre guys were to
inherit the house after Mary Alice died. Mary Alice was never married to
anyone named VanMatre. More mystery.
                   There was a newspaper article about Grampa Soules in The
Clay County Advocate in 1976. It was submitted by a man who I don't know and
he has died with no known family. Grampa Soules was the oldest living Civil
War Veteran in Clay City. He died in 1937, 4 days before he was to turn 95
of
Pneumonia. He is written about in two Illinois books- Sailor Springs History
and The History of Clay County, Illinois. Here is the interesting part. He
was a harness maker by trade. One book said he could be found a stitchin and
a mendin. He was called Uncle Davey by the townspeople. Here is another
interesting fact- He was a little guy-weighed 96 pounds. Dad says he was
quite a character. I have several pictures of him.
                   It is quite interesting how I acquired the Bible. I will
tell you sometime when I have more time. It almost got thrown out in 1958. I
saved it. I was in the fourth grade. There are also some pictures of people
whom I suspect might be Gordons. We have a lot of sharing to do sometime. I
hope to meet you sometime. More Later.


Barb & Dale Julien






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