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Joseph Aloysius Goulden (August 1, 1844 – May 3, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from New York. ==Biography== Born on August 1, 1844 in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, he attended the schools of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Taneytown, Maryland, graduated from Eagleton Institute in Taneytown, and received his certification as a teacher when he was 18. Goulden was present when Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, and heard the speech in person.〔United National Association of Postal Clerks, (The Post Office Clerk magazine ), Volumes 13-14, June, 1915, page 6〕 Goulden served during the American Civil War as a member of the United States Marine Corps in 1864 and 1865. Goulden rose to the rank of Sergeant, and saw combat in battles including Drewry's Bluff, where the ship he was on received fire from the shore and he was wounded.〔New York Times, (J. A. Goulden Drops Dead: Bronx Congressman Had Just Arrived in Philadelphia ), May 4, 1915〕 After the war Goulden was a teacher and principal at public and parochial schools in Emmitsburg, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia, and served as a member of the board of managers of Pennsylvania's state reformatory in Morganza, Pennsylvania. In 1870 he relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he established himself in the insurance business as a manager for Penn Mutual Life Insurance. From 1882 to 1886 he served on the military staff of Governor Robert E. Pattison with the rank of Colonel.〔Pennsylvania Society of New York, (Year Book ), 1916, pages 58-59〕 In 1889 Goulden moved to New York City, where he pursued business investments in addition to remaining active in insurance. Among his ventures was the Chelan Consolidated Copper Company, of which he was President.〔Horace J. Stevens, (A Manual of the Coper Industry of the World ), Volume X, 1911, page 594〕 He was also the principal of an insurance agency, J. A. Goulden & Son.〔The Standard, (High Compliment for J. A. Goulden ), Volume 73, August 30, 1913, page 215〕 Goulden later moved to The Bronx. He was active in several veterans' and civic causes, including the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association.〔Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, (Bulletin of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association ), Volumes 7-9, 1914, page 9〕 and the state and city school systems and the College of the City of New York.〔College of the City of New York, ( Proceedings of the Board of Trustees ), 1895, page 71〕 He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a member of the board of trustees of the Bath, New York soldiers' home, and secretary of the commission that erected the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Riverside Drive.〔D. Appleton and Company, (Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia ), Volume VII, 1903, pages 426-427〕〔Directory of Social and Health Agencies of New York, (New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home ), 1909, page 135〕 Goulden also spent summers and holidays at Glenburn, a country home in Taneytown which had been in his family for several generations.〔Tyler J. Boone, (Taneytown ), 2004, page 63〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph A. Goulden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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