Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Hiram GOULD, farmer; P. O. Wilmington; was born in New York, Dec. 25, 1827, son of James 
and Lydia (GOODWIN) GOULD. James GOULD, with wife and five children, came west, and settled 
in Ohio; here they remained about seven years engaged in farming; they then moved to Illinois, 
and settled in Wesley Twp., in 1844; here he first purchased 120 acres of land; he died Aug. 
29, 1876, at 76 years of age, leaving wife and eleven children; his wife (Lydia GOULD) died 
in 1878, at 71 or 72 years of age. Mr. Hiram GOULD was married in 1855 to Miss Elizabeth BINNEY, 
daughter of Richard BINNEY, who was among the early settlers of Wesley Twp.; came here about 
1841 or 1842. Mr. GOULD, in 1849, went to California; engaged in gold mining; was very successful; 
returned home in 1851; three children - two boys and one girl; he was a resident of Wilmington, 
but principally has been engaged in farming throughout life.