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Henrietta Mumford Gould
Other Name:
Henrietta Saltonstall Mumford
Gender:
Female
Born:
December 21, 1811
Died:
November 11, 1889
Home Town:
Cayuga, NY
Later Residences:
New York, NY
Marriage(s):
Charles Gould (May 6, 1835)
Biographical Notes:
Henrietta Mumford Gould was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Smith Gould of Cayuga, New York. Born on December 21, 1811, Henrietta attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1825 and 1826. On May 6, 1835 she married Charles Gould, fellow female academy student and son of James Gould, lecturer at the Litchfield Law School. After their marriage Henrietta and Charles had seven children. They lived in New York City, where Charles worked as a banker and served as President of the New Jersey Southern Railroad. Henrietta passed away on November 11, 1889.
Education
Years at LFA:
1825-1826
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Charles Gould
Husband
LFA (1823-1824) - William Woolsey Mumford
Brother
LLS (1815,1817) - Mary Mumford Dakin
Sister
LFA (Unknown) - Helen Mumford Vought
Sister
LFA (c.1811) - Mary Smith Mumford
Mother - Thomas Mumford
Father
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:
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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