- FRANKLIN 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,
where, with his wife, daughter and youngest son, he is living
quietly and in peace of mind and body.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 792.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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