Sarah Cantine Shrady who married Edwin Gould

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

Biography

Gould was born in Manhattan, New York City, to railroad financier Jay Gould on February 26, 1866. He studied at

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and was a member of the class of 1888 in the Columbia School of Mines. In 1896, he donated $18,000 to fund the crew team's boathouse, which is still named in his honor. For many years, Gould lived in

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, on a huge estate, Agawam, that sat along the

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. Gould was a generous benefactor to the small village, and one of his contributions, Gould Park, remains an important recreational site for village resident

He retired in 1926, and he died on July 12, 1933. After his dinner he complained of not feeling well, and died after midnight in his bed, at his estate Highwood in

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. He was buried in the family mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. ''

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'' magazine writes on July 24, 1933:

Family

He married Sarah Cantine Shrady (c. 1870–1951) on October 26, 1892. She inherited US$10 million upon his death. They had two sons: * Edwin Gould Jr., (1894–1917). He died from a hunting accident at the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia in 1917. *Frank Miller Gould (c. 1895–1945). He graduated from Yale in 1920 and married Florence Amelia Bacon on November 17, 1924. She was from

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. They had two children, and divorced in Reno, Nevada on May 6, 1944: **Marianne Gould (1926 – January 21, 1957); **Edwin Jay Gould (1932–1993). :Frank married Helen Dolores (Roosen) Curran at Macon, Georgia, on June 7, 1944. Frank died on January 13, 1945.

Accomplishments and social

In 1917–1918, he served with Squadron A,

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. In 1918, he was major of ordnance in the First Brigade of the New York Guard. He was chosen a captain in the Seventy-first regiment of the State National Guard. He served as secretary of the St. Louis, Arkansas, and Texas Railway until it was reorganized as the

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and later served as vice-president and president of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. He organized the Continental Match Company in 1894 (consolidated with the

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in 1899). He was president of the

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and vice-president of the

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and president of the Five Boroughs Realty Company. He was a director of many railroad and other corporations.

Social

He was a very active member of the Jekyll Island Club (aka the millionaires Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia, along with

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and William Rockefeller among others.

References

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Edwin The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died ...

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