Franklin and Frederick Gould
Regions: Orleans, Jefferson Co., N.Y; Lima Village, Rock Co., WI
Source: History of Rock County, Wis.
FRANKIN GOULD, retired farmer, Lima Village; born in the town of Orleans, Jefferson Co., N.Y., in 1825, son of Amos and Cynthia GOULD. Mr. GOULD came to Wisconsin in 1848, and married Miss Mary A. FRAZER Sept. 27, 1848, a daughter of Jeremiah and Amy FRAZER, of Lima; Mr. and Mrs. GOULD returned to Jefferson Co., N.Y., the same year, and remained there till 1860, when they settled in Lima Center; they have three children - Amos F., Martin F. and Cynthia A. He is a Republican of the old Whig school; his first vote was cast for Gen. Harrison; he united with the Congregational Church of Lima about 1868; himself and wife are devoted Christians, and support the Gospel without regard to creed. Mr. G. has led a busy and honorable life, and has met with many bitter wrongs and disappointments; with his wife, he has probably made, during their married life, twenty tons of cheese and five tons of butter, and they have furnished as much as twenty-seven tons of milk in one year to the factories, and at least seventy-five tons during their lifetime; he has a pleasant home in the village, to the factories, and at least seventy-five tons during their lifetime; he has a pleasant home in the village, where, with his wife, daughter and youngest son, he is living quietly and in peace of mind and body.
FREDERICK GOULD, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 22; P.O. Lima Center; born in Jefferson Co., N.Y., in 1830; is a son of Amos GOULD, who was born in Worcester Co., Mass., in 1797. The father of Frederick GOULD, with his uncle, Martin GOULD, started in life with a few cooking utensils, locating on what was then known as Penette Square; made a "squatter's claim"; after a number of years, they were called upon by an agent of one Lafarge, who notified them of his principals' ownership, and told them where to go to buy the land; Mr. G. and brother bought 200 acres, afterward extending their purchase to a farm of 1,474; acres; Amos GOULD sold his share and came to Wisconsin in 1868, locating in Lima, where Frederick now owns a farm of 32 acres. Frederick GOULD has always been a Republican, and is liberal in his religious views. He married Miss Cynthia A. CARTER in 1861; they have two daughters - Mima A. and Orra D.