Dr. Charles H. Solier is one of the distinguished physicians of Wyoming who has specialized in the treatment of mental and nervous diseases and is now occupying the responsible position of superintendent of the Wyoming State Hospital for the Insane, located at Evanston. He was born on the 18th of September, 1861, in Lockport, Ohio, a son of the late Francis Solier, who was a native of France and came to America in 1832, when a young man. He first took up his abode in the state of New York, where he resided for a short time, but afterward became one of the early settlers of Williams county, Ohio, where for years he engaged in the milling business, conducting a water power grist mill. During the latter years of his life he successfully devoted his time and energies to merchandising and passed away in 1868. at the age of fifty-two years. He was active in political affairs in his community and was recognized as a man of considerable influence in both political and civic circles, holding at all times to high standards of citizenship and endorsing every plan or measure which he believed would prove a matter of civic virtue and of civic pride. He married Catherine Barber, also a native of France, who had come to the United States in early girlhood, and she, too, had taken up her abode in New York, where she met Mr. Solier, who sought her hand in marriage. To them were born six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom three are yet living.
    Dr. Solier is indebted to the public school system of Stryker, Ohio, for the early educational privileges which he enjoyed, and afterward he entered Oberlin College of Oberlin, Ohio, in which he completed a classical course with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884. Following his graduation from that institution, in which he had acquired a good literary foundation for his professional training, he entered the Long Island College Hospital at Brooklyn, New York, where he won his M. D. degree upon graduation with the class of 1888. Dr. Solier located for the practice of medicine in Kansas, where he continued for a year and a half, and then removed to Wyoming, settling at Rawlins on the 10th of October, 1889. He opened an office in that city and engaged in general practice, at the same time acting as local surgeon for the Union Pacific Railway Company, with which he continued until August 1, 1891. He then removed to Evanston and has since been in active practice in the city where he still resides. In all the intervening years he has remained a close student of his profession, keeping in touch with the trend of modern thought and investigation along those lines which have to do with the laws of health. He was appointed superintendent of the Wyoming State Hospital for the Insane on the 1st of August, 1891, and has continued in that position throughout the intervening period, covering more than a quarter of a century. He has made a close study of mental and nervous diseases and as superintendent has so directed the interests of the institution as to make it one of great worth to the state. That his efforts have been highly satisfactory to the state in general is indicated by his long retention in the office. Combined with his broad scientific knowledge is a humanitarian spirit that prompts him to put forth the most earnest and effective effort to restore to normal conditions those under his charge. With this end in view he has taken post-graduate work in New York, where he has largely concentrated upon the study of mental diseases. He belongs to the Wyoming State Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association, which is also a national organization, in 1904 he was honored with the presidency of the Rocky Mountain Medical Association and occupied that position for two years. In addition to his professional activity, he has also extended his efforts to some extent into business lines and is now a director of the Evanston National Bank and president of the Evanston Electric Light Company. This was organized in 1888 and is one of the oldest electric light plants in the state. Its stock is controlled by the original incorporators and from the beginning the enterprise has been conducted along progressive lines leading to substantial success. Dr. Sober is also president of the Wyuta Cattle Company and is thus connected with one of the important sources of Wyoming's development and upbuilding.
    On the 3d of June, 1896, in Evanston, Dr. Solier was united in marriage to Miss Julia B. Winslow, a native of Wyoming, who was born in Evanston, a daughter of the late I. C. Winslow and Martha (Hughes) Winslow, who were prominent pioneer people of the state. The father was for many years successfully engaged in merchandising. He was a stanch democrat in his political views and filled various public offices, the duties of which he discharged with promptness and fidelity, serving as mayor, as county commissioner and in other positions. Dr. and Mrs. Sober have become parents of a son, Charles W., who was born in Evanston, April 30, 1897.
    In his fraternal relations Dr. Solier is a Mason, having joined the order in Evanston, since which time he has been a faithful follower of the craft. He commands the confidence of all by reason of his upright career, and enjoys the respect and admiration of his colleagues and contemporaries in the medical profession by reason of his marked devotion to the highest professional standards and also on account of his successful achievements in practice.