Biography
He was born on December 4, 1877 to Jay Gould and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889)
On December 1, 1901 he married Helen Margaret Kelly and had twin daughters, Helen Gould and Dorothy Gould (1904–1969). They divorced in 1908. The Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas, wrote: "Frank Jay Gould and his wife who was Helen Margaret Kelly have separated and it is said Mrs. Gould has brought action looking for a legal separation. Jealousy on the part of Mr. Gould, due, it is said, to the homage paid Mrs. Gould, who is a beautiful woman, by other men."
Gould's second wife was Edith Kelly, whom he married in 1910. Edith was the sister of Hetty Kelly, who was Charlie Chaplin's first true love. Gould's third wife was Florence La Caze (1895–1983).
In 1909, he founded the Virginia Railway and Power Company. The company would be renamed Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) in 1925. The company became Virginia Power in the 1980s and operates today under the name Dominion, serving Virginia, North Carolina with electric power and half a dozen other states providing natural gas services.
He died on April 1, 1956 in Juan-les-Pins.
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