When Emerson W. Gould , Jr. was born on 30 April 1852, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Emerson W. Gould , Sr., was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Chipley, was 25. He married Minnie Lee Triplett on 31 July 1885, in Mexico City, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 November 1925, in Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Vernon, Mamakating, Sullivan, New York, United States.