U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gould, Benjamin (1822-1901) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 458-459 BENJAMIN GOULD, born March 10, 1822, and died December 19, 1901. Was a son of Captain Gilbert Gould and Mehitable (Taylor) Gould. Captain Gould was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife was Eliza (Dustin) Morgan, daughter of Ezra and Rhoda (Bryant) Morgan, to whom he was married October 26, 1843. Her death occurred February 23, 1889. Children: Charles Henrico, born August 4, 1844, was a soldier in Company M, Third West Virginia Cavalry, and died with fever June 5, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. His remains are now interred in the French Creek Cemetery. Rhoda Ellen, born May 26, 1847, was a teacher in the Public Schools of County till January 12, 1882, when she married Henry J. Hefner, and their children were: Bessie, Laura, and Henry Stanley. She died January 3, 1894. Arthur Morgan, born January 26, 1853, married Louisa Sexton, daughter of Freeman E., and Virginia M. (Graig) Sexton, November 21, 1889. Albert Granville, born January 13, 1857, married Sarah E. Britton, of Illinois, November 26, 1885. Children: Blanche Lillian, William Roscoe and Agnes. Percy married Ina Cooper, of Lewis County. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------