Levi S. Gould

Levi Swanton Gould
1st Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts
In office January 1, 1900 – January 1, 1901
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	John Larrabee
Chairman of the Middlesex County Commissioners
In office January 1897[1] – March 22, 1917[2]
Member of the Middlesex County Commission
In office January 1897[1] – March 22, 1917
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
In office 1868[3] – 1869[3]
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Melrose, Massachusetts [4]
In office 1885[4] – 1889[4]
Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Melrose, Massachusetts[4]
In office 1885[4][5] – 1892[5]
Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Melrose, Massachusetts[4]
In office 1869[4][6] – 1869[6]
Town Meeting Moderator of the Town Meeting for the Town of Melrose, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1865[1] – 1899[1]
Succeeded by	None - office abolished
Personal details
Born	March 27, 1831[3] Dixmont, Maine[3]
Died	March 22, 1917 Melrose, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican[4]
Spouse(s)	Mary Eliza Payne
Children	Mary Pearl Gould, b. September 5, 1862 ;[7] Annie Elizabeth Gould, b. April 30, 1866.[7]
Residence	280 Main Street, Melrose, Massachusetts[2]
Occupation	Shoemaker
Profession	Bookkeeper, Accountant; Furniture manufacturer
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Levi Swanton Gould (March 27, 1831 – March 22, 1917) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member, and chairman of the Middlesex County, Massachusetts county commission, and as the first mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts.

Early life and education

Gould was born to Dr. Levi Gould and Elizabeth Webb (Whitmore) Gould^[3] in Dixmont, Maine^[3] on March 27, 1831.^[3] When he was six months old his family moved to his father's home town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.^[3] In 1843 his family moved to the Town of North Malden, (now the City of Melrose,^[3]Massachusetts). Gould was educated in the public schools of North Malden and at Waitt's and Ingalls' academies in Melrose.^[3]

Family life

Gould married Mary Eliza Payne^[7] the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Vose) Payne^[7] on February 23, 1860.^[7] They had two children, Mary Pearl Gould, born on September 5, 1862,^[7] and Annie Elizabeth Gould, born April 30, 1866.^[7]

Business career

In 1866 Gould became connected with the F. M. Holmes & Company.^[8] F. M. Holmes & Company, was a business that manufactured and sold furniture.^[8] 1878 Gould purchased F. M. Holmes and Company^[8] and ran it as the F. M. Holmes Furniture Company.^[8] The F. M. Holmes Furniture Company factory was in Charlestown, and its warehouse and salesroom was in Boston.^[8]

F. M. Holmes Furniture Company advertisement from the March 1886 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.

Death

Gould died in Melrose, Massachusetts on March 22, 1917.^[9]

End notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Gould, Levi Swanton (1905), Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Served the County Since its Settlement, Somerville, Massachusetts: Somerville Journal Printer, p. 123. 
2. 1 2 LEVI S. GOULD OF MELROSE DEAD County Commission Head for Past 20 Years Served in Legislature--First Mayor of Home City, Boston, MA: Boston Daily Globe, March 22, 1917, p. 11.  |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mason P, Edward P. (1892), Massachusetts of To-Day, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 599. 
4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rand, John Clark (1890), One of a Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89, Volume III, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 260. 
5. 1 2 Goss, Elbridge Henry (1903), The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 281. 
6. 1 2 Goss, Elbridge Henry (1903), The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 280. 
7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cutter, William Richard (1908), Historic Homes & Places and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County Massachusetts, Volume IV, New York, New York: Lewis historical publishing company, p. 1411. 
8. 1 2 3 4 5 Cutter, William Richard (1908), Historic Homes & Places and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County Massachusetts, Volume IV, New York, New York: Lewis historical publishing company, p. 1410. 
9. ↑ Cutter, William Richard (1916), The Register of the Malden Historical Society, Number 5, Lynn, Massachusetts: Malden Historical Society Frank S. Whitten printer, p. 1410. 

Further reading

• Cutter, William Richard: Historic Homes & Places and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County Massachusetts, Pages 1410-1411, (1908).
• Gould, Levi S.: Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Served the County Since its Settlement. Somerville Journal Print: Somerville, Mass., (1905).
• Mason, Edward P.: Massachusetts of To-day: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Columbia Publishing Company, Pg. 599, (1892).
• Rand, John Clark, One of a Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men, Boston, Massachusetts First National Publishing Company, Pg. 260, (1890).