Millersburg Beckons

Gould became a professor and administrator at Millersburg Female College, eight miles north of Paris and thirty-seven south of Maysville. He had to take out loans from his father-in-law and others to purchase a share in the college. These debts put him in a financial bind for the next twelve years but did pave the way for a new career. In 1873 he acquired an honorary M. A. from Kentucky Wesleyan College, also located in Millersburg, and in 1877 a Doctor of Divinity from the Kentucky Military Institute, then in Frankfort. Gould became president of his school in 1875, buying out his partner. The school was supported by the Kentucky Conference of the Southern Methodist Church, which was impressed with his administration. In December 1878, the school was destroyed by fire. Gould spent 1879 raising funds to rebuild it, and it opened on schedule in September.