Upshur County, West Virginia          Biography of ARTHUR M. GOULD

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 425

ARTHUR M. GOULD represents one of the old established
families of Upshur County, has followed the traditional
occupation of farming, and was one of the organizers of
the Bank of Adrian, which began business January 7, 1920.
Mr. Gould is president of this bank, which is capitalized at
$25,000, and is one of the growing and prosperous bank-
ing institutions of Upshur County.

Mr. Gould was born on Bull Run, West Virginia, Jan-
uary 26, 1853, son of Benjamin and Eliza D. (Morgan)
Gould. His father was born at French Creek in 1822, son
of Gilbert Gould, who settled on French Creek from Massa-
chusetts. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, was a
successful farmer and large land owner there, and died in
1877. His wife was Mehitable Taylor, and they were the
parents of eight children. Benjamin Gould grew up in
the French Creek community, acquired about three hundred
acres of his father's estate, and was a leading and success-
ful farmer for many years. He was a Presbyterian and a
republican. Of his seven children, four sons and three
daughters, three are now living: Arthur M.; Albert G., a
farmer near Weston; and Percy B., a farmer in Upshur
County.

Arthur M. Gould grew up on his father's farm and had
a common school education. For many years he has owned
and operated a fine farm of 140 acres, a mile and a half
west of Adrian. His activities have extended beyond his
home farm to various community affairs, including the Bank
of Adrian. He has served as president of the Board of
Education, is an active republican, and, like his father
and grandfather before him, is an elder in the Presbyterian
Church. On November 21, 1889, Mr. Gould married Mary
Louise Sexton, a native of Upshur County and a daughter
F. F. and Virginia (Craig) Sexton, farming people of
the French Creek District.