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词条 Levi S. Gould
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Family life

  3. Business career

  4. Death

  5. End notes

  6. Further reading

  7. External links

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| name =Levi Swanton Gould
| image =Levi S. Gould.png
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| office =1st Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts
| term_start =January 1, 1900
| term_end =January 1, 1901
| predecessor =None
| successor = John Larrabee
| office2 = Chairman of the
Middlesex County Commissioners
| term_start2 =January 1897[1]
| term_end2 =March 22, 1917[2]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 =Member of the
Middlesex County Commission
| term_start3 =January 1897[1]
| term_end3 =March 22, 1917
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office5 =Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[4]
| term_start5 =1868[4]
| term_end5 =1869[4]
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 =
| office6 =Chairman of the
Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Melrose, Massachusetts [3]
| term_start6 =1885[3]
| term_end6 =1889[3]
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| office7 =Member of the
Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Melrose, Massachusetts[3]
| term_start7 =1885[3][4]
| term_end7 =1892[4]
| predecessor7 =
| successor7 =
| office8 =Member of the
Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Melrose, Massachusetts[3]
| term_start8 =1869[3][16]
| term_end8 =1869[5]
| predecessor8 =
| successor8 =
| office9 =Town Meeting Moderator
of the Town Meeting for the
Town of Melrose, Massachusetts[1]
| term_start9 = 1865[1]
| term_end9 =1899[1]
| predecessor9 =
| successor9 =None - office abolished
| birth_date =March 27, 1831[6]
| birth_place =Dixmont, Maine[6]
| death_date =March 22, 1917
| death_place =Melrose, Massachusetts
| nationality =
| party =Republican[3]
| spouse =Mary Eliza Payne
| relations =
| children =Mary Pearl Gould, b. September 5, 1862 ;[7] Annie Elizabeth Gould, b. April 30, 1866.[7]
| residence =280 Main Street, Melrose, Massachusetts[2]
| alma_mater =
| occupation =Shoemaker
| profession =Bookkeeper, Accountant; Furniture manufacturer
| religion =
| signature =Levi S. Gould signature.png
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

Levi Swanton Gould (March 27, 1831 – March 22, 1917) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member, and chairman of the Middlesex County, Massachusetts county commission, and as the first mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts.

Early life and education

Gould was born to Dr. Levi Gould and Elizabeth Webb (Whitmore) Gould[6] in Dixmont, Maine[6] on March 27, 1831.[6] When he was six months old his family moved to his father's home town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.[6] In 1843 his family moved to the Town of North Malden, (now the City of Melrose,[6]Massachusetts). Gould was educated in the public schools of North Malden and at Waitt's and Ingalls' academies in Melrose.[6]

Family life

Gould married Mary Eliza Payne[7] the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Vose) Payne[7] on February 23, 1860.[7] They had two children, Mary Pearl Gould, born on September 5, 1862,[7] and Annie Elizabeth Gould, born April 30, 1866.[7]

Business career

In 1866 Gould became connected with the F. M. Holmes & Company.[38] F. M. Holmes & Company, was a business that manufactured and sold furniture.[38] 1878 Gould purchased F. M. Holmes and Company[38] and ran it as the F. M. Holmes Furniture Company.[8] The F. M. Holmes Furniture Company factory was in Charlestown, and its warehouse and salesroom was in Boston.[8]

Death

Gould died in Melrose, Massachusetts on March 22, 1917.[9]

End notes

1. ^{{Citation |last=Gould |first=Levi Swanton| title =Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Served the County Since its Settlement| page = 123. | publisher = Somerville Journal Printer| location = Somerville, Massachusetts| year = 1905}}
2. ^{{Citation |first= | title = LEVI S. GOULD OF MELROSE DEAD County Commission Head for Past 20 Years Served in Legislature--First Mayor of Home City | page = 11. | publisher = Boston Daily Globe| location = Boston, MA | date = March 22, 1917}}
3. ^{{Citation |last=Rand | first=John Clark| title = One of a Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89, Volume III | page = 260. | publisher = First National Publishing Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1890}}
4. ^{{Citation |last=Goss | first=Elbridge Henry| title = The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts | page = 281. | publisher = First National Publishing Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1903}}
5. ^{{Citation |last=Goss | first=Elbridge Henry| title = The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts | page = 280. | publisher = First National Publishing Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1903}}
6. ^10 {{Citation |last=Mason P |first=Edward P.| title =Massachusetts of To-Day| page = 599. | publisher = Columbia Publishing Company| location = Boston, MA| year = 1892}}
7. ^{{Citation |last=Cutter |first=William Richard| title =Historic Homes & Places and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County Massachusetts, Volume IV| page = 1411. | publisher =Lewis historical publishing company| location = New York, New York| year = 1908}}
8. ^{{Citation |last=Cutter |first=William Richard| title =Historic Homes & Places and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County Massachusetts, Volume IV| page = 1410. | publisher =Lewis historical publishing company| location = New York, New York| year = 1908}}
9. ^{{Citation |last=Cutter |first=William Richard| title =The Register of the Malden Historical Society, Number 5| page = 1410. | publisher = Malden Historical Society Frank S. Whitten printer| location = Lynn, Massachusetts| year = 1916}}

Further reading

  • Cutter, William Richard: Historic Homes & Places and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County Massachusetts, Pages 1410-1411, (1908).
  • Gould, Levi S.: Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Served the County Since its Settlement. Somerville Journal Print: Somerville, Mass., (1905).
  • Mason, Edward P.: Massachusetts of To-day: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Columbia Publishing Company, Pg. 599, (1892).
  • Rand, John Clark, One of a Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men, Boston, Massachusetts First National Publishing Company, Pg. 260, (1890).

External links

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9 : 1831 births|1917 deaths|Mayors of Melrose, Massachusetts|Businesspeople from Massachusetts|People from Melrose, Massachusetts|Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|People from Dixmont, Maine|19th-century American politicians|People from Stoneham, Massachusetts

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