Soule, Joshua, 1781-1867

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Dates:
Birth 1781-08-01
Death 1867-03-06

Biographical notes:

Joshua Soule, Methodist bishop and editor, was born 1 August 1781, in Bristol, Maine, and died 6 March 1867, in Nashville, Tennessee. He was ordained as an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church (1802); married Sarah Allen (1803); was an itinerant preacher in New England (1803-1816); was first editor of the METHODIST MAGAZINE (1818); was a pastor in the New York and Baltimore Conferences (1820-1824); made a bishop in the western and southern Conferences and lived in Lebanon, Ohio (1824-1844); and supported the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and served as its senior bishop (1844-1855).

From the description of Joshua Soule papers, 1816-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77783749

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Subjects:

  • Clergy as authors
  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church

Occupations:

  • Bishops
  • Clergy
  • Editors

Places:

  • Ohio (as recorded)
  • Kentucky (as recorded)
  • New York (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)