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Howard Gould ( 1871 - 1959 ) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould .


MARRIAGE

He married Katherine Clemmons (c1880-1930) on October 12, 1898. She was a member of Buffalo Bill 's circus troupe. They divorced in 1909 and Howard charged her with infidelity.


HOME

Howard Gould purchased undeveloped land in Sands Point to build a new home for his wife, Katherine Clemmons. After Howard and Katherine separated in 1909, he continued to build the estate, using Hunt & Hunt to design an English Tudor style mansion. The 40 room house, one of the most elaborate of the Gold Coast estates, is 225 feet long and 125 feet wide, with an 80 foot tower. The first and second floors measure over 1 and 1/2 acres. Howard moved to Europe in 1917 and sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim and his family. The estate, which had cost Gould over $1 million, sold for only $600,000, including the furnishing.


DEATH

Time (magazine) wrote on September 28, 1959:

Died. Howard Gould, 88, third and last surviving of the four sons of Railroad Baron Jay Gould, a yachtsman and globetrotting chum of European royalty who developed a weakness for actresses, married a jaunty member of Buffalo Bill's circus troupe named Katherine Clemmons who in 1909 enlivened a separation trial by complaining that it was hard to dress well on $40,000 a year; in Manhattan.



TIMELINE

  • 1871 Birth of Howard Gould

  • 1898 Marriage to Katherine Clemmons

  • 1907 Start of divorce

  • 1909 Divorce final

  • 1917 Move to Europe

  • 1930 Death of Katherine Clemmons

  • 1959 Death of Howard Gould



REFERENCES

  • New York Times; October 13, 1898; pg. 01; "Howard Gould marries"

  • New York Times; May 13, 1907; pg. 06 "Mrs. Howard Gould sues for divorce"

  • New York Times; May 24, 1907; pg. 01 "Peabody confesses in Gould case"

  • Covington Sun; April 16, 1908, pg 01 "Sordid troubles of the rich"

  • New York Times; Jun 11, 1909; pg. 16 "Mrs. Howard Gould tells of marital woes"

  • New York Times; Jun 12, 1909; pg. 03 "Mrs. Gould's jaunts with Dustin Farnum"

  • New York Times; Dec 25, 1930; pg. 21 "Mrs. Howard Gould dies in Virginia"

  • New York Times; May 19, 1937; pg. 20 "Howard Gould, son of financier, weds"

  • New York Times; Jan 14, 1947; pg. 27 "Howard Gould Divorced"

  • New York Times; September 15, 1959; pg. 39; "Howard Gould dies here at 88; last surviving son of Jay Gould, rail financier -- yachtsman, auto racer"



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