Individual Details

Jane Parker Mower

(9 Nov 1821 - 27 Jan 1911)

Events

Birth	9 Nov 1821	Corinna, Penobscot, Maine
Marriage	1843	John Hardin Gould
Anniversary	4 May 1893	celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota - John Hardin Gould
Obituary	1911	unknown newspaper
Death	27 Jan 1911	senility with a contributory cause of slight bronchitis - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

Families

Spouse	John Hardin Gould (1821 - 1904)
Child	Hiram Melvin Gould (1844 - 1871)
Child	Ann Maria Gould (1846 - 1934)
Child	George Henry Gould (1849 - 1944)
Child	Alice Crosby Gould (1850 - )
Child	Charles Herring Gould (1854 - 1933)
Child	Florence Gould (1867 - 1959)

Father	Hiram Mower (1799 - 1879)
Mother	Sophia Parker (1800 - 1873)
Sibling	Ann Parker Mower (1825 - 1917)
Sibling	Hiram Gustavus Mower (1829 - 1910)
Sibling	George Henry Mower (1833 - 1865)

Notes

Obituary

Mrs. John H. Gould | Old citizens of Dexter will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Gould, which occurred at Minneapolis, January 27, 1911. Born at Corinna in 1821, she reached the ripe old age of four score and ten. Had she lived until Nov. 9, 1911, she would have been 90 years old. She was known in her girlhood days as Jane Parker Mower, and was the sister of Dexter's old and much esteemed citizen, the late Gustave Mower, whose grand tenor voice still rings in the ears of Dexter people, if his nots do not reverberate among your beautiful hills and forests. Jane Mower married John H. Gould in 1843, and at once settled on the old Gould farm on the St. Albans road, the farm later owned by Albert Ellms. They lived here for thirty-three years, rearing a noble family of boys and girls: Melvin, the oldest son, served all through the war of the rebellion from 1861 to 1865, and died in Dexter in 1872; Maria (now Mrs. H. L. Magoon) residing at Fort Benton, Mont.; George H. Gould, residing at Atlin, B. C., engaged in mining gold and silver; Alice (now Mrs. G. S. Butler) residing in Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles H. Gould, residing at Warroad, Minn.; Florence S. Gould, residing at Minneapolis with her sister, Alice. The children of John and Jane Gould are preeminently entitled to be classed in the list of high-grade citizens, and are such people as Dexter can be proud to claim as a production. The highest tribute that can be paid them is to say they are "chips off the old block." In early days, before marriage, John H. Gould and Jane Mower sang in the choir of the Baptist church, and it was doubtless here they formed the sincere attachment for each other that made their lives happy for over a half century. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1893. Mr. Gould died in 1904, their married life spanning the great period of sixty-one years. In the year 1876 they came to Minneapolis, and two years later went to Hutchinson, building a home where they lived for for twenty-eight years, respected and loved by the citizens of Hutchinson, in the same old way they were esteemed by the people of Dexter for the previous thirty-three years. In Dexter affairs, Mr. Gould always took a prominent part. He and his wife were recognized pillars of the Baptist church. Their religion was genuine, as shown in their daily lives, and it was instilled into their children in such a manner as to insure a citizenship in each of them beyond criticism. The town records bear witness of John Gould's connection with town affairs, as one of the selectmen, many times reelected. In visiting Mrs. Gould's sitting-room, I noticed framed upon the wall the following valuable relic, which it is Mrs. Butler's intention to forward to the public library in Dexter. It is certainly a very appropriate souvenier of the stirring times of 1865. | FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. The funeral of the late honored and beloved President of the United States will be performed at Washington tomorrow at twelve o'clock. In compliance with a recommendation from the Secretary of State, and agreeable to the wishes of a large majority of our citizens, the undersigned respectfullly request that people of Dexter, one and all, suspend their usual avocations tomorrow, Wednesday, April 19th, and attend public religious exercises, appropriate to the solemnity of the occasion, at the Town hall. It is understood that all religious denominations will unite in the services. The services will commence precisely at twelve o'clock. It will also be gratifying if all who can conveniently do so, will drape their dwellings and places of business with badges of mourning. J. H. GOULD, N. DUSTIN, T. P. SAWYER} Selectmen of Dexter. April 18, 1865 | The last six years of Mrs. Gould's life were spent with her daughter, Alice, at their Minneapolis home. Mrs. Gould's gentle, lovable nature won for her the love and admiration of all who knew her. She passes peacefully away, without the least suffering. Her memory lingers as a beautiful benediction to her old friends, who will always recall her character as one of the perfect things in creation. OLIVER CROSBY