BIO: James E. SOULSBY, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 782 & 785.
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  JAMES E. SOULSBY,* a well known agriculturist of Knox township, Clearfield 
county, Pa., residing on his valuable farm of seventy-six acres, situated two 
miles east of Olanta, was born on this farm, February 25, 1861, and is a son of 
James and Sarah (Bauman) Soulsby.
  James Soulsby was born at Altoona, Pa., was educated in the public schools and 
then went to work on the railroad and became a passenger conductor on the 
Pennsylvania line between Altoona and Pittsburg.  While in the performance of 
duty he was taken ill suddenly and was placed in a hospital in Pittsburg and 
died there when aged but twenty-eight years.  His burial was in Fairmount 
cemetery, Pittsburg.  He married Sarah Bauman, a daughter of Daniel Bauman, of 
Juniata county, and they had one son, James E.  Some years later Mrs. Soulsby 
married E. P. Trout, of Schuylkill county, who was a veteran of the Civil war.  
Five children were born to this union, the one survivor being a son, Alonzo 
Trout, who married Edith Richards, a daughter of H. Richards.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Trout live at Juniata, Westmoreland county, the mother of Mr. Soulsby being a 
member of the family.  She belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.
  James E. Soulsby obtained his education in the Pleasant Ridge and Turkey Hill 
schools and later he went to work as a farmer and as a lumberman.  Following his 
marriage he bought twenty-five acres of land in Knox township and after selling 
that place purchased his present farm of seventy-six acres, a part of the old 
family homestead.  About fifty acres of his land is under cultivation, four 
acres having been cleared by himself.  Mr. Soulsby had the misfortune to lose 
all his buildings and their contents by fire and the substantial structures now 
standing were all put up by himself at considerable expense.  He carries on 
general farming and raises stock for his own use.
  On June 7, 1879, Mr. Soulsby was married to Miss Flora Rowles, a daughter of 
Price A. and Sarah Ann (Rowles) Rowles.  The father of Mrs. Soulsby was born in 
Clearfield county and spent his life here, owning a farm of 100 acres, on which 
his death occurred in 1902, at the age of sixty-eight years.  He married Sarah 
Ann Rowles, a daughter of Richard Rowles, of Woodward township, Clearfield 
county, and they had eleven children, Mrs. Soulsby being the second in order of 
birth.  The mother of Mrs. Soulsby resides in a handsome residence on the corner 
of Barklay and Hannah streets, West Clearfield.  In politics, the late Price A. 
Rowles was a Democrat and for fifteen years was a justice of the peace in Knox 
township.  He was a leading member of the Lutheran church.
  To Mr. and Mrs. Soulsby the following children were born:  Matilda, who 
married Frank Soulsby, of Cambria county, resides at Bakertown, Pa.; Harry, who 
married Myrtle Coates, a daughter of John Coates, has three children - Albert, 
Della and Mary; Frank, who married Verna Bauman, a daughter of Stacy Bauman, 
resides at Clearfield; Julia, who is the wife of Stanley Taylor, of Akron, O.; 
Bert, who assists his father; McClelland, who lives at Akron; Cora, George and 
Maude, all of whom are attending school; and Elva May, who died when seven 
months old.  Mr. and Mrs. Soulsby attend Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal church.  
In politics he is nominally a Democrat but casts his vote independently.  Both 
he and his wife are interested members of the Grange and the P. O. S. of A., 
Mrs. Soulsby being ex-ruler of the latter lodge at Olanta.  They are 
representative people of Knox township.