Rufus Soule
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Rufus Soule (July 16, 1785 - September 22, 1867) was a prominent boat builder in Maine and served for several years in the state legislature.[1]
Rufus Soule was born July 16, 1785 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, the fourth son of Captain John Soule (1740-1814) and Elizabeth née Mitchell (1747-1794).
Soule bought the yard at Porter's Landing in 1834[2] and became one of the most eminent shipbuilders in Maine. He built 85 vessels during his career. His son Rufus C. Soule joined him in the trade.[3]
Soule served as a representative in the Maine Legislature from 1832 until 1838. A Democrat, he was a State Senator from Cumberland County in 1838.[4] He also served as a justice of the peace.[5]
He married Susan Mitchell on June 2, 1805 and they had eleven children together. After Susan died in 1853 he married Philomela Talbot and then married Hannah Bailey Small, a niece of his first wife. He died in 1867, at the age of 82, and is buried in the Porter's Landing Cemetery, Freeport, Maine.[1][4]
In 2018 the Freeport Historical Society purchased a painting of Soule and his wife at auction.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Kellerman, Arielle (2018). "Recent Acquisition at Freeport Historical" (PDF). Maine Archives and Historical Quarterly. 21 (3). Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/de3c2388-a31f-48e8-94f0-3ec1ff38dd69
- ^ Society, Holly K. Hurd with Freeport Historical (October 15, 2018). "Freeport through the Years". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
- ^ a b http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Rpts/PubDocs/PubDocs1838/PD1838_00E.pdf
- ^ a b Saun, Jocelyn Van (April 11, 2018). "'Soule-Mates' help acquire portraits of Freeport's past".
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