Edwin Gould I

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Edwin Gould I : biography

February 26, 1866 – July 12, 1933

Edwin Gould (February 26, 1866 – July 12, 1933), was an American capitalist and railway official.

He was born in New York City to railroad financier Jay Gould on February 26, 1866. He studied at Columbia University and he died in Oyster Bay, New York in 1933 of a heart attack.

TIME magazine writes on July 24, 1933:

Social

He was a very active member of the Jekyll Island Club (aka The millionaires Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia along with JP Morgan and William Rockefeller among others.

Death

He retired in 1926, and he died on July 12, 1933. After dinner he complained of not feeling well, and died after midnight in his bed, at his home in Oyster Bay, New York. He was buried in the family mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Family

He married Sarah Cantine Shrady (c. 1870-1951).; Time (magazine); July 31, 1933New York Times; October 15, 1951, Monday; Mrs. Edwin Gould Dies in Hospital; Widow of Financier’s Son Was Daughter of Surgeon Who Attended President Grant. She inherited $US 10,000,000 upon his death. They had two sons:

  • Edwin Gould, Jr., (1894-1917). He died tragically from a hunting accident at the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia in 1917.; Time (magazine); July 24, 1933New York Times; February 26, 1917, Monday; Edwin Gould, Jr., Killed on Hunt with Own Gun; Was Clubbing ‘Coon Caught in Trap When Trigger Caught, Firing the Weapon. Shot Severed Artery. Young Hunter Died Before His Sole Companion on Lonely Island Could Give Aid. Father is Bringing Body. Mother Prostrated at News of Tragedy, Which Occurred Near Jekyll Island. Left the Body and Called Help. Followed a Local Custom. Mother Prostrated by the News. Edwin Gould, Jr., Killed on Hunt. Had Chosen a Business Career. Brunswick, Georgia, February 25, 1917. Edwin Gould, Jr., 23 years old, who was staying at his father’s Winter home on Jekyll Island, was killed last night by the discharge of a shotgun in his hands while he was trying to kill a raccoon found in a trap he had set.
  • Frank Miller Gould (c. 1895-1945). He graduated from Yale in 1920 and married Florence Amelia Bacon on November 17, 1924. She was from Dallas, Texas. They had two children: Marianne Gould (1926- Jan. 21, 1957); and Edwin Jay Gould (1932- 1993)http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/26/obituaries/edwin-j-gould-61-real-estate-investor-in-manhattan-dies.html. Frank died on January 13, 1945.New York Times; January 14, 1945; Frank M. Gould, 45 Dies at Oyster Bay; Son of Edwin and Grandson of Jay Was Rail Executive. Owned Prize Horses. Oyster Bay, Long Island; January 13, 1945. Frank Miller Gould, only surviving son of the late Edwin Gould and a grandson of Jay Gould, financier and railroad builder, died at his home here today after a long illness. He would have been 46 years old on February 6.

Accomplishments and Social

  • Chosen a captain in the Seventy-first regiment of the State National Guard.
  • Served as secretary of the St. Louis, Arkansas, and Texas Railway until it was reorganized as the St. Louis Southwestern Railway.
  • Served as Vice-President and President of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway.
  • Organized the Continental Match Company in 1894 (consolidated with the Diamond Match Company in 1899).
  • President of the Bowling Green Trust Company.
  • Vice-president of the American Writing Paper Company.
  • President of the Five Boroughs Realty Company.
  • Director of many railroad and other corporations.
  • In 1917-1918, he served with Squadron A, New York National Guard.
  • In 1918, he was major of ordnance in the First Brigade of the New York guard.