Family
He married Sarah Cantine Shrady (c. 1870-1951). She inherited $US 10,000,000 upon his death. They had two sons:
- Edwin Gould, Jr., (1894-1917). He died on Jekyll Island in 1917.
- Frank Miller Gould (c. 1895-1945). He graduated from Yale in 1920 and married Florence Amelia Bacon on November 17, 1924. She was from Dallas, Texas. They had two children: Marianne Gould (1926- Jan. 21, 1957); and Edwin Jay Gould (1932- ). Frank died on January 13, 1945.
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