Herman Day Gould, 1799
Herman Day Gould was born 16 January, 1799 Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to
He died at Delhi, Delaware County, New York 26 Jan 1852 (aged 53) and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware County, New York, [findagrave;7783274]
He married at ___ 1825-6? Ann Eliza Sherwood, daughter of Samuel Sherwood and Laura Bostwick. She was born 27 Jan 1801, Harpersfield, Delaware County, New York, and died 28 Dec 1872 (aged 71) Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and is buried Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware County, New York, [findagrave;100842896]
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Children:
- Herman Day Gould born October, 1839; he died 1 May 1892 (aged 52) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and is buried Woodland Cemetery Delhi, Delaware County, New York, [findagrave;194188765]
- Sherwood Downs Gould 1831–1897
- Charles H Gould 1841–1874
Obituary Record of Graduates of Amherst College, Amherst, 1904:
Samuel Augustus Gould the son of Hon. Herman and Anne E. (Sherwood) Gould, was born in Delhi, N.Y., May 31, 1836, and was fitted for college at Delaware Academy in his native place.
After graduation he resided part of the time in Delhi and part of the time in New York City for twenty years, having studied law in the latter place in the office of his grandfather, Hon. Samuel Sherwood, but never practicing his profession. In 1875 he took up journalism in Jacksonville, Fla., being connected with the Florida Union, Florida Agriculturalist and Florida Immigrant and corresponding for several other newspapers. Leaving Jacksonville in 1879, Mr. Gould spent three years in Peoria, Ill. He then removed to Chicago where he was employed as a bookkeeper until 1893. For the next ten years he was engaged in real estate business, retiring from business on account of ill health in 1903. The rest of his life was spent in East Orange, N.J. Westwood, N.J., and New York City where he died of tuberculosis, June 28, 1911.
Mr. Gould was married, July 6, 1889, to Louisa, daughter of Ferdinand Wetstien of Peoria, Ill., who survives him. No children.
Biography
Herman Day Gould US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent New York's 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, and served from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. A Connecticut native, Gould spent most of his life in Delhi, New York, where from 1819 he was active as a merchant. He co-founded the Delhi National Bank and was its first President (1839 to 1849), and was also a member of the town's Board of Supervisors in 1842 and 1843. Gould unsuccessfully ran for the United States House twice (1840, 1844) before winning a seat in the Thirty-first Congress; he declined to seek a second term in 1850. He died in Delhi 10 months after leaving office. [findagrave;7783274]
Obituary
The death of Mr. Gould—Hon. Herman D. Gould died at his residence, in Delhi, on Monday last. Mr. G. represented the Ulster and Delaware district in the last Congress, with much ability and fidelity. He was one of the most prominent citizens of the county, and in all public business matters, was emphatically a leading spirit. His loss will be severely felt both at home and abroad. (Kingston Journal.)
In Delhi, Delaware county, on the 26th instant, Herman D. Gould, late Representative in Congress from that district, aged 53 years. Mr. Gould was born at Sharon, Connecticut, on the 16th of June, 1799. He received the benefit of an early New England Education at the Common Schools. He was placed in a store as a clerk at the age of 15, and he was with his uncle, Able Downs, some three years before 1819. At the age of 20 he commenced his business career at the village of Delhi; Mr. Downs was his patron, and furnished him with whatever capital he needed. In 1824, Mr. Downs died, the victim of paralysis, appointed Mr. Gould one of his executors. At the establishment of the Delaware Bank, in Delhi, he became the presiding officer, and devoted himself with great assiduity to its success, until he was elected to Congress for the district of Ulster and Delaware, in November, 1848. —Brooklyn Eagle
Sources
- Albany Evening Journal (Albany, New York) 06 Feb 1852, Friday Page 2
- The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 31 Jan 1852, Sat., Page 2
