James Alford Gould (1828 - 1905) was born at Four Mile, Shelby, Alabama on August 21, 1828 to his proud parents, David James Gould (1794 - 1865) & Rebecca McAdams (1806 - 1880).
James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) married Margaret Ann Simpson (1829 - 1891) in Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama on February 26, 1852. 7 children were born from this union: William Sanders Gould (1853 - 1924), Green Graham Gould (1855 - 1919), Arlevia Polly Gould (1858 - 1861), James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941), Madora Gould (1866 - 1897), George Francis Gould (1868 - 1954) & Herbert Loftin Gould (1872 - 1955).
Pvt. James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) proudly fought for the Confederacy from 1862 - 1865 during the American Civil War and served with the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Company "B" and rode with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade. He saw action in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina but he experienced his heaviest action during the Atlanta / Dalton Campaign in and around Atlanta, Georgia from May 1864 - September 1864 where he suffered a mild flesh wound getting shot through the shoulder on July 4, 1864 during a skirmish against Federal Cavalry at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia. He was among the last Confederate Soldiers in Atlanta on September 2, 1864 with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson and participated with the surrender of Atlanta on that day. After the fall of Atlanta James A. Gould & the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment harassed the rear of Union General William Tecumseh Shermans 70,000 man Army on his famous March, "From Atlanta to the Sea" all the way into Savanna and then North into South Carolina and North Carolina where they broke off and escorted Confederate President Jefferson Davis out of harm's way to North Carolina to safety in Washington, Georgia via Abbeville, South Carolina soon thereafter in May 1865, the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment laid down its arms & disbanded in Forsyth, Georgia 450 men strong.
James Alford Gould relocated from Shelby Springs, Shelby, Alabama to Lake, Scott, Mississippi in 1898, which is where he later died at the age of 76 years on May 2, 1905 while living at the home of his third son, James Richard Thomas Gould. Per his final request, his body was escorted back to Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama where he was laid to rest at Summer Hill Baptist Cemetery, beside his wife, Margaret Ann Simpson Gould who had preceded him in death on June 13, 1891.
The vast majority of the direct descendants of James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) & Margaret Ann Simpson Gould (1829 - 1891) either remained in Shelby, Alabama or relocated to Lake, Scott, Mississippi with some relocating further to Bossier City, Louisiana & Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas.
James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) married Margaret Ann Simpson (1829 - 1891) in Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama on February 26, 1852. 7 children were born from this union: William Sanders Gould (1853 - 1924), Green Graham Gould (1855 - 1919), Arlevia Polly Gould (1858 - 1861), James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941), Madora Gould (1866 - 1897), George Francis Gould (1868 - 1954) & Herbert Loftin Gould (1872 - 1955).
Pvt. James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) proudly fought for the Confederacy from 1862 - 1865 during the American Civil War and served with the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Company "B" and rode with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade. He saw action in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina but he experienced his heaviest action during the Atlanta / Dalton Campaign in and around Atlanta, Georgia from May 1864 - September 1864 where he suffered a mild flesh wound getting shot through the shoulder on July 4, 1864 during a skirmish against Federal Cavalry at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia. He was among the last Confederate Soldiers in Atlanta on September 2, 1864 with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson and participated with the surrender of Atlanta on that day. After the fall of Atlanta James A. Gould & the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment harassed the rear of Union General William Tecumseh Shermans 70,000 man Army on his famous March, "From Atlanta to the Sea" all the way into Savanna and then North into South Carolina and North Carolina where they broke off and escorted Confederate President Jefferson Davis out of harm's way to North Carolina to safety in Washington, Georgia via Abbeville, South Carolina soon thereafter in May 1865, the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment laid down its arms & disbanded in Forsyth, Georgia 450 men strong.
James Alford Gould relocated from Shelby Springs, Shelby, Alabama to Lake, Scott, Mississippi in 1898, which is where he later died at the age of 76 years on May 2, 1905 while living at the home of his third son, James Richard Thomas Gould. Per his final request, his body was escorted back to Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama where he was laid to rest at Summer Hill Baptist Cemetery, beside his wife, Margaret Ann Simpson Gould who had preceded him in death on June 13, 1891.
The vast majority of the direct descendants of James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) & Margaret Ann Simpson Gould (1829 - 1891) either remained in Shelby, Alabama or relocated to Lake, Scott, Mississippi with some relocating further to Bossier City, Louisiana & Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas.
James Alford Gould (1828 - 1905) was born at Four Mile, Shelby, Alabama on August 21, 1828 to his proud parents, David James Gould (1794 - 1865) & Rebecca McAdams (1806 - 1880).
James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) married Margaret Ann Simpson (1829 - 1891) in Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama on February 26, 1852. 7 children were born from this union: William Sanders Gould (1853 - 1924), Green Graham Gould (1855 - 1919), Arlevia Polly Gould (1858 - 1861), James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941), Madora Gould (1866 - 1897), George Francis Gould (1868 - 1954) & Herbert Loftin Gould (1872 - 1955).
Pvt. James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) proudly fought for the Confederacy from 1862 - 1865 during the American Civil War and served with the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Company "B" and rode with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade. He saw action in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina but he experienced his heaviest action during the Atlanta / Dalton Campaign in and around Atlanta, Georgia from May 1864 - September 1864 where he suffered a mild flesh wound getting shot through the shoulder on July 4, 1864 during a skirmish against Federal Cavalry at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia. He was among the last Confederate Soldiers in Atlanta on September 2, 1864 with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson and participated with the surrender of Atlanta on that day. After the fall of Atlanta James A. Gould & the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment harassed the rear of Union General William Tecumseh Shermans 70,000 man Army on his famous March, "From Atlanta to the Sea" all the way into Savanna and then North into South Carolina and North Carolina where they broke off and escorted Confederate President Jefferson Davis out of harm's way to North Carolina to safety in Washington, Georgia via Abbeville, South Carolina soon thereafter in May 1865, the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment laid down its arms & disbanded in Forsyth, Georgia 450 men strong.
James Alford Gould relocated from Shelby Springs, Shelby, Alabama to Lake, Scott, Mississippi in 1898, which is where he later died at the age of 76 years on May 2, 1905 while living at the home of his third son, James Richard Thomas Gould. Per his final request, his body was escorted back to Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama where he was laid to rest at Summer Hill Baptist Cemetery, beside his wife, Margaret Ann Simpson Gould who had preceded him in death on June 13, 1891.
The vast majority of the direct descendants of James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) & Margaret Ann Simpson Gould (1829 - 1891) either remained in Shelby, Alabama or relocated to Lake, Scott, Mississippi with some relocating further to Bossier City, Louisiana & Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas.
James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) married Margaret Ann Simpson (1829 - 1891) in Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama on February 26, 1852. 7 children were born from this union: William Sanders Gould (1853 - 1924), Green Graham Gould (1855 - 1919), Arlevia Polly Gould (1858 - 1861), James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941), Madora Gould (1866 - 1897), George Francis Gould (1868 - 1954) & Herbert Loftin Gould (1872 - 1955).
Pvt. James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) proudly fought for the Confederacy from 1862 - 1865 during the American Civil War and served with the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Company "B" and rode with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade. He saw action in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina but he experienced his heaviest action during the Atlanta / Dalton Campaign in and around Atlanta, Georgia from May 1864 - September 1864 where he suffered a mild flesh wound getting shot through the shoulder on July 4, 1864 during a skirmish against Federal Cavalry at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia. He was among the last Confederate Soldiers in Atlanta on September 2, 1864 with Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson and participated with the surrender of Atlanta on that day. After the fall of Atlanta James A. Gould & the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment harassed the rear of Union General William Tecumseh Shermans 70,000 man Army on his famous March, "From Atlanta to the Sea" all the way into Savanna and then North into South Carolina and North Carolina where they broke off and escorted Confederate President Jefferson Davis out of harm's way to North Carolina to safety in Washington, Georgia via Abbeville, South Carolina soon thereafter in May 1865, the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment laid down its arms & disbanded in Forsyth, Georgia 450 men strong.
James Alford Gould relocated from Shelby Springs, Shelby, Alabama to Lake, Scott, Mississippi in 1898, which is where he later died at the age of 76 years on May 2, 1905 while living at the home of his third son, James Richard Thomas Gould. Per his final request, his body was escorted back to Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama where he was laid to rest at Summer Hill Baptist Cemetery, beside his wife, Margaret Ann Simpson Gould who had preceded him in death on June 13, 1891.
The vast majority of the direct descendants of James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) & Margaret Ann Simpson Gould (1829 - 1891) either remained in Shelby, Alabama or relocated to Lake, Scott, Mississippi with some relocating further to Bossier City, Louisiana & Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas.
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