William Henry Harrison Gould was "conductor on the special train that was to carry President Lincoln's body from Baltimore to Harrisburg."   Mr. Gould recounts the experience in “The Funeral Train of President Lincoln: Reminiscences by Wm H.H. Gould" published in The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, vol. XXII (1917). 

William Henry Harrison Gould, born in Topsfield, Massachusetts on June 25, 1836,  is a descendant of Zaccheus Gould who arrived in the United States in 1639.  William married Sarah E. Stone of Maryland on August 21, 1862.  William's family tree is detailed in the book, The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield by Benjamin Apthorp Gould.  (Gould, p. 79) 

Lincoln Special at Harrisburg Station (Norton)

Mr. Gould died March 31, 1917 in Washington, D.C. View newspaper article William H. H. Gould dies after long illness here. 

U.S. Census records accessed via ancestry.com reveal that:

Sarah Stone was born in Maryland. (1870 U.S. Census) 

William and Sarah lived with their children Martha H. (7), Ida May (5), William C. (3), and Henry G. (1) in the 5th Ward, Baltimore, Maryland in 1870.  The children were all born in Maryland. (1870 U.S. Census)

 

William and Sarah E. lived with their children Martha (16), Ida (15), William (13), Henry (9), John A. (9), Edward D. (7), Anna L. (3), and Sarah C. (10m) at 494 Maine Ave., Washington, D.C. in 1880. (1880 U.S. Census)

 

William and Sarah lived with their children Mattie H. (34), Ida M. (31), Harry G. (29), John A. (27), Anne L. (22), Charles S. (16), Josephine T. (16) at 11th St.SW, Washington, D.C. in 1900. (1900 U.S. Census)

 

In 1910, census records show that William and Sarah lived with their children Martha H. (44), Harry G. (38), John A. (35), Amy L. (30), Chas S. (24), and Joseph T. (24) at 11th St. SW, Washington, D.C.

The 1900 and 1910 U.S. Census documents show some of the first names of the children were recorded incorrectly.

References / Further Reading

Ancestry.com. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Retrieved November 14, 2013.

Find A Grave. "William H. H. Gould Dies After Long Illness." Retrieved September 29, 2020 from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180450298/william-henry_harrison-gould.

Gould, B. A. (1895). The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield.  Lynn, Mass. : T. P. Nichols.  View record in the Library Catalog ; read online at the Internet Archive 

 Gould, W. H. H. (1917) “The Funeral Train of President Lincoln: Reminiscences by Wm H.H. Gould" in Topsfield Historical Society. (1917). The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, v.XXII. (pp. 128-132). Topsfield, Mass. : The Society, 1895-  View record in the Library Catalog ; (Click here for PDF) ; Read this volume online at the Internet Archive 

Norton, R. J. (1996-2013) Lincoln Special at Harrisburg Station [photo]. The Route of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train. Lincoln’s Assassination. Retrieved November 15, 2013 from  http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln51.html

Topsfield Historical Society. (1917). Vital records of Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1903. 1,To the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical society, 1903-16.  View record in the Library Catalog

External Links

Massachusetts Vital Records Project. (2005-2013).  Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849-FC

Contents

Topsfield Times: A Community and Local History Resource

WKT