Born on 6 March 1810 in Leeds, Maine to parents Robert Gould and Anna Parcher, both of Saco, Maine , Oren married Ellen Legg in Lagrange, Indiana on 10 Oct 1836. He died in Dwight, Illinois on 29 Oct 1882 and is buried there at the Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Sources
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F49R-N7V : 4 December 2014), Robert Gould in entry for Oren Gould, 06 Mar 1810; citing Leeds, Maine; FHL microfilm 9,793.
"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVC-FQ6 : 17 October 2017), Oren Gould, Birth 06 Mar 1810; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,002,600.
Marriage
1836 Marriage to Ellen Legg in Lagrange, Indiana
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKNN-C2Y : 10 December 2017), Orrin Gould and Ellen Legg, 10 Oct 1836; citing Lagrange, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,871,247.
Census Records
1850 Census;
Living in Naausay, Illinois with wife Ellen and their four children Eliza, Julia, Augustus and Erastus
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RM-VT8 : 12 April 2016), Orin Gould, Naansay, Kendall, Illinois, United States; citing family 64, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1855 Census
Living in Naausay, Illinois.
"Illinois State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61ZT-WN2 : 8 November 2014), Orrin Gould, Naausay, Kendall, Illinois; citing p. 94, State Archives, Springville; FHL microfilm 976,184.
1860 Census
Living in Livingston, Illinois with wife and five children Eliza, Julia, Erastus, Augustus, and Oren
1870 Census
Living in Illinois with wife and four children Julia, Erastus, Augustus, and Orren.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H3-4SZ : 12 April 2016), Orren Gould, Illinois, United States; citing p. 12, family 92, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,746.
1875 Census
Living in Kansas with sons Erastus and Oren, and wife Ellen.
1880 Census
Living in Livingston, Illinois with wife Ellen and daughter Julia.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVD-XXD : 15 September 2017), Oorin Gould, Dwight, Livingston, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 121, sheet 350C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0226; FHL microfilm 1,254,226. [Transcription error: as born in Mass not Maine]
[There is another Oren Gould born ~1810 in Maine, who was in California in 1850 and Kansas in 1870]
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Gould-4644 and Gould-2042 appear to represent the same person because: I believe that the Oren Gould you have moved to Indiana where he met and married his wife Ellen Legg of England.