Samuel White Soule was born 1785, the fourth child of John Souleand Abigail White (Mayflower Families Through Five GenerationsVol. 3, p. 159) page reproduced in Soule family notebook, 1990Page 336. The family was in Pembrooke, Maine in the 1790census; Turner Maine in the 1810 census. The above referencestates that the family moved to Canada before arriving inMichigan. Samuel White Soule married Elizabeth Soule (born1805?) on November 3, 1827 in Avon, Maine. The family leftMaine about 1837 with three young children; Caroline, Peleg,Alexander, and a fourth on the way (Eleanor). This informationwas sent by Veda Timko for the 1992 Soule notebook, and is froma manuscript by Samuel White Soule's son, Alexander, whichBlake Soule now has. Samuel White Soule had two brothers, onewhose name was Aaron, and two sisters, Lydia and Abigail. Hewas a sailor for forty years. His last trip began in Portland,Maine. He sailed around Cape Horn to Oregon and back tradingwith Indians along the way. This trip took three years. Samueland Elizabeth left Avon, Maine by horse and wagon with theiryoung children for Michigan sometime around 1837. They hadmisfortune and settled near the Thames River not far fromLondon, Canada. Samuel took up farming there until his death.His children migrated to Michigan starting with Alexander in1858. The family is listed in the 1851-52 census of upperCanada, Middlesex County, Westminster twp. Ward 3. (This ispresent day London, Ontario), on the south bank of the ThamesRiver and traversed by Plingnan's Creek. He is a shoemaker.Alexander, born in the U.S. and David, Riley and Martha born inCanada. Martha is possibly Mary whose gravestone was broughtto Soule Cemetery in Michigan Caroline, Peleg and Eleanor werenot in the census, but these children were old enough to be ontheir own. The story of Samuel White Soule's death on July 26,1857, is reported in the July 28, 1857 issue of the London FreePress and Daily Western Advertiser, p. 2, col. 4. (SUDDENDEATH - an inquest was held yesterday by Dr. Moore, Coroner, onthe remains of Mr. Samuel Soule, age 71, one of the oldestsettlers in the Township of Westminster. The evidence went onto show that the deceased left his home on Sunday morning athalf-past five, to go to a friends' some distance off. On theway he got some liquor, whiskey, and after going a few yards,fell down, and soon expired. Deceased had for a long timeborne an exemplary character for honesty and integrity, but forsome months past had become much addicted to liquor. It is notsupposed however, that he was in liquor at the time of hisdeath. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died fromapoplexy caused by habitual intemperence.) Microfilm recordswere found in the London Room of the London, Ontario PublicLibrary. Elizabeth Soule, Samuel W. Soules widow, is mentionedtwice in the London, Ontario Free Press Index; In 1870, shesued GTR Co. for injury caused by negligence and won 500 poundsor dollars. In 1877, when she was 72, two burgulars enteredher room. She ordered them out. They left. She died August4, 1888. The headstones of Samuel White Soule, ElizabethSoule, and their daughter Mary are in the Tyre, MichiganCemetery. The information from Alexander Soule's manuscript assent by Veda Timko for the 1992 edition of the Soule notebookstates that Alexander Soule moved Samuel's and Mary'sheadstones from London, Ontario in 1858. The manuscript alsostates that Alexander Soule moved to Michigan in 1857homesteading 80 acres near Tyre, Michigan. Alexander Soule,son of Samuel and Elizabeth, and his family are listed in the1860 and 1870 U.S. census in Austin Twp. which was much largerthan present day Twp. Sanalac County, Michigan.