| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Tenth Generation193. Harvey McKentyre SOULE (<) (~) was born on 11 February 1846 in Dorset, Bennington County, VT.42,48,91 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Dorset, Bennington County, VT.41 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.43 Harvey appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.47 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.48 His occupation was listed as "clerk in store." About 1880 he was a realtor in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He was the first realtor in Tomah. Harvey appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.92 His household was on Stoughton Avenue and his occupation was "Agent, Real Estate and Insurance." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.93 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.94 He and three of his children lived at 1221 Stoughton Avenue. Harvey died on 20 August 1931 at the age of 85 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.6,42,91,95 Newspaper Article about the Dorset Valley School reunion in November 2002: "The history of Dorset School and Dorset Valley began around 1868, when land was purchased on Jan. 11 from James LaRue and Horace Hayward. Dorset was established in 1854 when Harvey Sowle, son of Hiram, came to Dorset from Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, along with three brothers and their families and the Hayward family. They named Dorset, Monroe County, after their home in Vermont. Dorset became a hub of the valley, with Sorge's Skimming Station; also Burr Hubbard had a cooper shop, making wooden barrels with wooden hoops. The railroad was available for products such as potatoes, hay and wood being shipped from a side rail located on the west end of Tunnel #1--located between Kendall and Wilton. A cemetery located on the hill opposite the school building, where burials were made of the early settlers' families and present day families. Many funerals were held in the school building, as many as three a week, because of the location. The school term was geared to the four winter months and three summer months, to accommodate the early working families. Later, around 1903, teachers were hired for a period of eight months, and then nine months. Teachers were required to build their own fires, and usually were boarded in homes located close to the school. The following wages were received monthly ranging in 1888, $18 to $50 by 1917, averaging about $25 to $30 during that period. The schoolhouse was closed in the spring of 1963, when the Wilton District consolidated with Kendall and Elroy School Districts."
In 1855, descendants of Pilgrim George Soule Sowle, of the Mayflower, left their homes in Dorset and Danby, Vermont, and started to travel in covered wagons looking for good farmland. Among those was nine year old Harvey McKentyre Sowle, a direct descendant of Pilgrim George Sowle. He traveled with his father, Hiram Sowle, and other relatives. When the descendants reached Portage, they left their tired wives, children and horses, and then the men walked until they found a valley they decided was their new settlement. They registered their land at the La Crosse office and brought their families to the valley, and they called the valley Dorset Valley, after the home they had left in Vermont. This valley is located in Wilton Township, 12 miles south of Tomah. Harvey McKentyre Sowle later settled in Tomah and was the first realtor in Tomah. One of the buildings he owned is still on Main Street, downtown in Tomah." . He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.96 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Harvey McKentyre SOULE (<) (~) and Edna King SMITH were married on 23 March 1878 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.42,91 Edna King SMITH, daughter of John SMITH and Margaret REYNOLDS, was born on 23 June 1859 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.48,91 She died on 27 April 1904 at the age of 44 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.27,91,97 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.96 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Harvey McKentyre SOULE (<) (~) and Edna King SMITH had the following children:
Harvey McKentyre SOULE (<) (~) and Luella Marilla JACKSON were married on 17 October 1869 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.42,53,91 Luella Marilla JACKSON was born in 1851 in Minnesota.91,96 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list her year of birth as 1850.) She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.47 She died on 3 October 1876 at the age of 25 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.27,91 Luella was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.96 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Harvey McKentyre SOULE (<) (~) and Luella Marilla JACKSON had the following children:
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