Born 01 August 1781, in Bristol, Maine.
Son of Capt.Joshua & Mary (Cushman).
Married to Sarah Allen on 18 Sept 1803 in Providence, Rhode Island.
He was the 1st editor of Methodist Magazine 1818.
Bishop Soule was buried first in the Old City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN, then reinterred at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. He shares the monument with Bishop William McKendree.
Direct line descendant of George Soule and wife Mary (Buckett), he a Mayflower passenger.
Life of Joshua Soule, by Horace M. Du Bose, D.D. (M.E. Church, South, Nashville, Tenn. 1916)
1781 - born in Bristol, Maine
1797 - became a member of the Methodist Church
1798 - licensed to preach, Maine District
1803 - ordained an elder
1824 - ordained a Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States of America; residence: Lebanon, Ohio
1846 - Bishop of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, South; residence: Nashville, Tennessee
1867 - died. Gallatin Pike, City Road Chapel, now Madison TN, buried in the old City Cemetery
1876 - reinterred at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery, Nashville TN
BURIAL:first in the old City Cemetery, Nashville, TN; then reintered Oct 1876, on campus of Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery. There is a large rectangular, monument, which also has name of Bishop William McKendree, reference "The Life of Joshua Soule, pg 280.
Courtesy of Neil Gest: The Bishop Soule Photo (on Find a Grave)is an engraving of a painting by William Gush who made this portrait when Bishop Soule was in England in 1846. The engraving appeared in the Methodist Magazine in both England and America.
Son of Capt.Joshua & Mary (Cushman).
Married to Sarah Allen on 18 Sept 1803 in Providence, Rhode Island.
He was the 1st editor of Methodist Magazine 1818.
Bishop Soule was buried first in the Old City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN, then reinterred at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. He shares the monument with Bishop William McKendree.
Direct line descendant of George Soule and wife Mary (Buckett), he a Mayflower passenger.
Life of Joshua Soule, by Horace M. Du Bose, D.D. (M.E. Church, South, Nashville, Tenn. 1916)
1781 - born in Bristol, Maine
1797 - became a member of the Methodist Church
1798 - licensed to preach, Maine District
1803 - ordained an elder
1824 - ordained a Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States of America; residence: Lebanon, Ohio
1846 - Bishop of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, South; residence: Nashville, Tennessee
1867 - died. Gallatin Pike, City Road Chapel, now Madison TN, buried in the old City Cemetery
1876 - reinterred at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery, Nashville TN
BURIAL:first in the old City Cemetery, Nashville, TN; then reintered Oct 1876, on campus of Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery. There is a large rectangular, monument, which also has name of Bishop William McKendree, reference "The Life of Joshua Soule, pg 280.
Courtesy of Neil Gest: The Bishop Soule Photo (on Find a Grave)is an engraving of a painting by William Gush who made this portrait when Bishop Soule was in England in 1846. The engraving appeared in the Methodist Magazine in both England and America.
Born 01 August 1781, in Bristol, Maine.
Son of Capt.Joshua & Mary (Cushman).
Married to Sarah Allen on 18 Sept 1803 in Providence, Rhode Island.
He was the 1st editor of Methodist Magazine 1818.
Bishop Soule was buried first in the Old City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN, then reinterred at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. He shares the monument with Bishop William McKendree.
Direct line descendant of George Soule and wife Mary (Buckett), he a Mayflower passenger.
Life of Joshua Soule, by Horace M. Du Bose, D.D. (M.E. Church, South, Nashville, Tenn. 1916)
1781 - born in Bristol, Maine
1797 - became a member of the Methodist Church
1798 - licensed to preach, Maine District
1803 - ordained an elder
1824 - ordained a Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States of America; residence: Lebanon, Ohio
1846 - Bishop of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, South; residence: Nashville, Tennessee
1867 - died. Gallatin Pike, City Road Chapel, now Madison TN, buried in the old City Cemetery
1876 - reinterred at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery, Nashville TN
BURIAL:first in the old City Cemetery, Nashville, TN; then reintered Oct 1876, on campus of Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery. There is a large rectangular, monument, which also has name of Bishop William McKendree, reference "The Life of Joshua Soule, pg 280.
Courtesy of Neil Gest: The Bishop Soule Photo (on Find a Grave)is an engraving of a painting by William Gush who made this portrait when Bishop Soule was in England in 1846. The engraving appeared in the Methodist Magazine in both England and America.
Son of Capt.Joshua & Mary (Cushman).
Married to Sarah Allen on 18 Sept 1803 in Providence, Rhode Island.
He was the 1st editor of Methodist Magazine 1818.
Bishop Soule was buried first in the Old City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN, then reinterred at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. He shares the monument with Bishop William McKendree.
Direct line descendant of George Soule and wife Mary (Buckett), he a Mayflower passenger.
Life of Joshua Soule, by Horace M. Du Bose, D.D. (M.E. Church, South, Nashville, Tenn. 1916)
1781 - born in Bristol, Maine
1797 - became a member of the Methodist Church
1798 - licensed to preach, Maine District
1803 - ordained an elder
1824 - ordained a Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States of America; residence: Lebanon, Ohio
1846 - Bishop of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, South; residence: Nashville, Tennessee
1867 - died. Gallatin Pike, City Road Chapel, now Madison TN, buried in the old City Cemetery
1876 - reinterred at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery, Nashville TN
BURIAL:first in the old City Cemetery, Nashville, TN; then reintered Oct 1876, on campus of Vanderbilt University Divinity School Cemetery. There is a large rectangular, monument, which also has name of Bishop William McKendree, reference "The Life of Joshua Soule, pg 280.
Courtesy of Neil Gest: The Bishop Soule Photo (on Find a Grave)is an engraving of a painting by William Gush who made this portrait when Bishop Soule was in England in 1846. The engraving appeared in the Methodist Magazine in both England and America.
Inscription
JOSHUA SOULE, Born August 1st 1781, Ordained Bishop May 28th 1824; Died March 6th 1867.
Gravesite Details
Bishop Joshua's grave was removed from Nashville City Cemetery and interred with new Monument on Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, TN. Family Monument is in Nashville City Cemetery.
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