Washington County Biographies



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Julius P. Gould

Julius P. Gould, farmer, Sec. 17, P. O. Hartford; has 68 acres of land; settled in the county in 1861; was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 19, 1835; is the son of Cyrus and Hannah (Brown) Gould; came to Wisconsin with his father in 1845; settled in Waukesha Co., where they remained till 1848, when they moved to the town of Rubicon, Dodge Co. The subject of this sketch was married at Hartford, Sept. 4, 1861, to Mrs. Lydia M. Rossman, daughter of John and Sally Mowry, and widow of George C. Rossman; she was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y.; three children were born of her first marriage-Electa, Georgie, and one lost; six children have been born of the present marriage, of whom three are living-Julia, Charles (died when 2 years of age), Fred (died when 8 years old), Mary, Inez (who died when 4 years of age), John. Mr. Gould enlisted in the fall of 1862, in Co. I, 29th W. V. I.; was appointed Orderly Sergeant of his company ; at the battle of Champion Hills, May 16, 1865, he received a gunshot wound, causing permanent disability; he was detailed on recruiting service, and received an honorable discharge, Oct. 19, 1864; on returning from the army, he resumed work on his farm, where he has continued to reside to this date.

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