Soule, George

Soule, George, a Congregational minister, was born at Willington, Conn., Oct. 12, 1823. He studied at Amherst College, and, completing the course, graduated in 1847. Soon after he entered the East Windsor Theological Seminary, Conn., where he remained two years, and then went to the Union Theological Seminarv, where he remained one year, and returned to the East Windsor Seminary, where he graduated in 1851. He was ordained Oct. 18, 1851, and became a stated supply of the Congregational Church at Ashford, Conn., where he remained two years; after which he supplied the pulpit of the church at Hampton, and was installed pastor in 1853, and continued in this relation, honored, beloved, and successful, until his death, Oct. 4, 1867. (W.P.S.)