James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941) was born on June 24, 1861, in Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama to his proud parents, James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) & Anne Simpson (1829 - 1891).

James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941) was born "Richard Thomas Gould" but only days before his Father, James A. Gould (1828 - 1905) left to fight for the Confederacy during the American Civil War & not having a namesake, being very uncertain of his fate during the War, he placed his given name of "James" in front of his new born sons name of "Richard Thomas Gould" thereby making him known as "James Richard Thomas Gould" from that point forward.

James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941) at the age of 20 years in 1881, relocated from Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama to Lake, Scott, Mississippi by Horse Back with his first Cousin, Frank Gould who was the son of Thomas Monroe Gould (1835 - 1902) whose young family had relocated there years earlier in 1865 just after the American Civil War.

James Richard Thomas Gould (1861 - 1941) married Margaret Laura Moore (1864 - 1897) in Lake, Scott, Mississippi on November 28, 1885, from which 5 children resulted from this union: "Baby Girl" Gould (1886 - 1886), Crecie Ann Gould (1888 - 1954), Isaac Gould (1889 - 1939), Herbert Gould (1891 - 1987) & Charles J. Gould (1895 - 1896). Margaret Laura Moore Gould passed away at her home on June 20, 1897.

James Richard Thomas Gould remarried on March 23, 1898 to Rhoda Virginia James (1880 - 1961) at Lake, Scott, Mississippi. This union produced 11 children: Sylvester Gould (1899 - 1989), Dora Virginia Gould (1900 - 1999), Nina Roxie Gould (1902 - 1994), Nora Nicea Gould (1903 - 1976), Maymie Larcenia Gould (1905 - 1967), James Lee Gould, (1907 - 1918), Earnest Vernon Gould (1909 - 2000), Vivian Estelle Gould (1911 - 1987), Edith Gould (1913 - 1913), Richard Herman Gould (1916 - 1918) and Mary Frances Gould (1922 - 2006).

On March 10, 1941 at the age of 79 years, James Richard Thomas Gould died at his home and was buried at the Lake City Cemetery, Lake, Scott, Mississippi and was laid to rest beside his first wife, Margaret Laura Moore Gould (1864 - 1897) who preceded him in death on June 20, 1897.