The Confederacy or the Church?

Abstract

Focus now shifts to George T. Gould, one of the men who assaulted Green on the train in 1883. Born in North Carolina in 1842, he moved with his family to Louisville in 1853. He attended Kentucky University in Harrodsburg, preparing for a ministerial career in the Southern Methodist Church. He obtained his preaching license in 1861. When the Confederates began their brief incursion into Kentucky in August 1862 he considered joining them but opted for the church instead. He married Ella Fullenwider in 1865, but the marriage soon turned sour. He had several adulterous affairs, often with black servants, and became an alcoholic He served various pastorates in Kentucky before coming to Maysville in 1871. In September 1872, he began looking for a different way of making a living.