George Soulé

George Soule (sometimes written as Soulé; May 14, 1834 – January 26, 1926) was a Louisiana author, educator, and soldier best known for establishing Soule Business College in New Orleans around the time of the American Civil War, and presiding over that institution for over sixty years.

Early life, education, and career Born in Barrington, New York, his father, Ebenezer Soulé, died when Soule was three years old. Soule's mother later remarried to William H. Babcock, and in 1842 the family moved to DeKalb County, Illinois, where Soule lived on a farm until he was fourteen. He then entered Sycamore Academy at Sycamore, Illinois,

Personal life and death On September 6, 1860, Soule married Mary Jane Reynolds of Summit, Mississippi, with whom he had nine children, of whom six survived to adulthood. Soule's wife died in 1918.

Soule died eight years later, in his home in New Orleans, at the age of 91. At the time of his death, it was noted that Soule College was "probably the oldest institution of its type in the South".