Augustus Soule

Augustus Lord Soule (April 19, 1827 – August 24, 1887) was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1877 to 1881.

Augustus Lord Soule
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office
March 27, 1877 – April 11, 1881
Personal details
BornApril 19, 1927
Exeter, New Hampshire
DiedAugust 24, 1887
Franconia, New Hampshire
NationalityUnited States
Spouse(s)Mary Gray Soule
Children2

Soule was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on April 19, 1827, to Gideon Lane Soule, the third principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.[1] He attended Phillips Exeter, where he graduated in 1837,[2][3] and went on to study at Harvard College,[4] where he was in the same class as Senator George Frisbie Hoar,[5] and from which he graduated in 1846. Soule later attended Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1849. He lived in Chicopee, Massachusetts, then in two years moved to Springfield.

In 1877, Governor Alexander H. Rice appointed Soule to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, from which Soule later resigned in 1881.[1]

Soule married Mary Gray Soule in 1853 in Springfield, with whom he had two daughters, Caroline and Mary Soule.[6] He died in Franconia, New Hampshire, on August 24, 1887, at the age of 60.[7][4][5]

References
  1. Davis, W. T. History of the judiciary of Massachusetts. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9781275567009.
  2. Academy, Phillips Exeter (1903). General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1783-1903. publisher not identified. p. 5. augustus lord soule.
  3. "Boston Evening Transcript - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  4. "Augustus Lord Soule Dead", The Paterson Morning Call (August 27, 1887), p. 7.
  5. "Personal and Political", St. Albans Weekly Messenger (September 1, 1887), p. 8.
  6. "Augustus Lord Soule (1827-1887) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  7. sjc (2013-10-30). "Augustus Lord Soule". Court System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Devens		 Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1877–1881		 Succeeded by
Charles Devens
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