Levi Swanton Gould | |
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| 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 (aged 85) Melrose, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican[4] |
| Spouse | Mary Eliza Payne |
| Children | Mary Pearl Gould, b. September 5, 1862 ;[7] Annie Elizabeth Gould, b. April 30, 1866.[7] |
| Residence(s) | 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.
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ a b Levi S. Gould of Melrouse 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
- ^ a b c d e Mason P, Edward P. (1892), Massachusetts of To-Day, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 599
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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
- ^ a b Goss, Elbridge Henry (1903), The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 281
- ^ a b Goss, Elbridge Henry (1903), The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 280
- ^ a b 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