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Charles Gould

Gender:
Male
Born:
September 11, 1811
Died:
September 8, 1870
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Later Residences:
New York, NY
Marriage(s):
Henrietta Mumford Gould (May 6, 1835)
Biographical Notes:
Charles Gould was the son of James Gould, educator at the Litchfield Law School, and his wife Sally Tracy Gould. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1811, Charles was sent to receive his early education at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in 1823 and 1824. On May 6, 1835 Charles married Henrietta Mumford Gould, who had also been a student at the Female Academy. After their marriage the couple lived in New York where Charles worked as a banker and served as the President of the New Jersey Southern Railroad, and they went on to have seven children. On September 8, 1870 Charles passed away.
Education
Years at LFA:
1823-1824
Profession / Service
Profession:
Business
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
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In the Ledger:
help The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation.

Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1822 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).

1823 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).

1824 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
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