Individual Details

John Hardin Gould

(9 Jan 1821 - 18 Nov 1904)

Events

Birth	9 Jan 1821	Maine
Marriage	1843	Jane Parker Mower
Anniversary	4 May 1893	celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota - Jane Parker Mower
Death	18 Nov 1904	valvular heart disease due to arteriosclerosis - Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota
Obituary	19 Nov 1904	The Minneapolis Journal - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

Families

Spouse	Jane Parker Mower (1821 - 1911)
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	William Gould ( - )
Mother	Olive ( - )

Notes

Anniversary

The celebration of a golden wedding is an occasion of great joy, and a family party Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Gould, 1704 Clinton avenue, to observe the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of John H. Gould and Jane P. Mower, of Hutchinson, Minn., which took place in Dexter, Maine, May 3, 1843. The married couple were the recipients of numerous costly presents, and the event was attended by several happy features. The entire family was present with the exception of one granddaughter and four great-grandchildren. Among the guests was William Gould Bray of Chicago, who had known the family in childhood. S. P. Crosby, of St. Paul, paid a graceful tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Gould and Wilmot Parcher read an original poem written for the occasion. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Magoon, Miss Florence S. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Loye, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot Parcher, George E. Ricker, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Crosby, of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Olim Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Will Curtiss, Mrs. Johnson.

Obituary

John H. Gould is Dead | Octogenarian of Hutchinson a Legislative Colleage of Blaine | Special to The Journal. Hutchinson, Minn., Nov. 19.-John H. Gould, one of Hutchinson's best known citizens, died suddenly last evening. He had returned from a fishing trip and as he sat down at his home was seized with a pain in his chest and expired in a few minutes. Altho 84 years old, he had always been in excellent health. Three years ago, with Mrs. Gould, who survives him, he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. He was a native of Maine and was a prominent republican. His first vote for president was for Andrew Jackson. He was a member of the Maine house of representatives when James G. Blaine was its speaker, and was a close personal friend of Blaine. He had lived in Hutchinson for thirty years. Five sons and daughters survive him: Mrs. G. S. Butler, Mrs. H. L. Magoon, and Charles Gould of Minneapolis, George Gould of Atlin, B. C., and Miss Florence Gould, Hutchinson.

Endnotes

1. John H. Gould, death certificate unnumbered (1904), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.

2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 143.

3. "Cupid's Corner," (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, 7 May 1893, p. 10, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 September 2018).

4. John H. Gould, death certificate unnumbered (1904), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.

5. "John H. Gould is Dead," The Minneapolis (Minnesota) Journal, 19 November 1904, p. 6, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 September 2018).

6. "John H. Gould is Dead," The Minneapolis (Minnesota) Journal, 19 November 1904, p. 6, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 September 2018).