GOULD, John 1870-1902

GOULD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/14/2015 at 22:54:58

John Gould 1870-1902

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GOULD.

At his mother's home in Otranto township, Iowa, Monday morning May 11, 1902, of consumption, John Gould, aged 31 years. He was well known to the writer and to many of our readers as the editor of the Lyle Tribune.

He was born near St. Ansgar, Nov. 25, 1870. He attended the Mona schools and finished at the Cedar Valley Seminary. He taught school for several terms and then attended Highland Park College at Des Moines.

After teaching school for some terms he entered the office of the Lyle Tribune and in November, 1896, in partnership with R. Reierson, bought out the paper. In April, 1898, he became sole proprietor. He published the paper until last New Year's, when he had become so weak that he leased the paper and went home to his mother's, seeking returning health in vain.

Our relations with deceased were very pleasant. We remember especially our trip to Montreal and other Canadian points together. He was kind hearted in disposition and independent in his views, and everywhere won friends by his frank and cordial ways.

Funeral services, conducted by Rev. M. W. Kenney, were held at the M. E. church, Lyle, Wednesday afternoon. Interment at Mona.

Source: The Mower County Transcript, 21 May 1902, page 5, column 4, under the heading "Died"

Credit: Mitch Helle, Sept. 2015
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The sad news of the death of John Gould reached here Monday, he having been found dead in bed Monday morning. He had been in poor health for a number of years, suffering from consumption and early last winter he became so bad that he could no longer attend to business and leased the Lyle Tribune, of which he was proprietor, to R.A. Ferris. In fact, he got so he could scarcely walk at all. Then he commenced taking treatment of Dr. Culmsee and had been slowly and steadily improving.

He was down to St. Ansgar to take treatment Saturday. Sunday he felt so well that he told his mother she could drive with him to Mona to take the train the next morning and he would walk back in the afternoon. He had walked that distance – two miles before so much had he improved.

He ate a hearty supper and went to bed about 11 o'clock. About two his mother heard him cough a little as he often did in the night, but thought nothing of it. But alas, when they went into his room at six he was cold in death, having passed away without a struggle. His death is supposed to have been due to heart failure. -- St. Ansgar (Iowa) Enterprise.

From The Adams Review, 1902

Contributed by Janet Stephenson

Credit: Mitch Helle, Sept. 2015
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NOTES: According to the cemetery listing for Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Mitchell County, Iowa, on IAGenWeb/Mitchell:

Gould, John -- 25 NOV 1870 - 12 May 1902