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 26o GOVE. GOVE. field and Stoneham. He was first elected as selectman of Melrose in 1S69, was chair- man of the board of selectmen in 1SS5, '86, 87, '88 and '89, and has served fifty-five times as moderator of the town meetings, and with the adjournments, had presided over one hundred and four meetings up to May 22, 1889. He has been for many years a member of the board of health, one of the Overseers of the pour, and chairman of the highway surveyors of the town of Melrose. Four times he has been chosen worshipful master of Wyoming Lodge, F. & A. M. of Melrose. Mr. Gould was president of the New England Furniture Exchange in 1883 and '84, and president of the Furniture Club of Boston in 1SS6. lie is a member of the Boston Executive Business Association as a delegate of the New England Furni- ture Exchange, ami a director of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company of Kan- sas. For forty-six years Mr. Gould has re- sided in Melrose, where he has always been known as active and energetic in all social and town matters, and an earnest Repub- lican politician. GOVE, Jesse Morse, son of Dana b. and Susan (Morse) Gove, was born in Weare, Hillsborough county, N. H., De- cember n, 1852. The American ancestry of Mr. Gove is easily traced back to John Gove, who came from London in 1646, and settled in Charlestown. Me died in 164S, leaving two sons, John and Edward Gove. Edward subsequently went to New Hamp- shire, and there settled, becoming one of the leaders in a rebellion against some of the coercive measures of the crown. He was with one of his sons arrested and sent to England and imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was pardoned and re- turned to his home. From Edward Gove, Jesse M. is of direct descent. He was educated at the public and pri- vate schools of Lowell, and in 1872 he commenced the study of law in the office of his father, being admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1875, since which time he has prac- ticed law in Boston. Mr. Gove was elected a member of the Boston common council in [881 ; a mem- ber of the state Legislature in 1883, '84 and '85 ; a member of the Boston ward and city committee in 1886, '87 and '88 — for the last two years holding the position of president of the same. He was elei ted a delegate to the national Republican conventions at Chicago in 1884 and in '88. Upon In- return in t884, he was tendered a banquet by the Republicans of the 4th congressional district, for his fealty to them in supporting their choice at the conven- tion, as against the wishes and choice of all other delegates from Massachusetts, during the contest, he having been the only delegate from Massachusetts who voted for James G. Blaine as candidate for the presidency. His native shrewdness and positive views upon the political situa- tion gave him at once a national prominence as "the original Blaine man." During his presidency of the ward anil city committee, the prominent members of the Republican party of Boston tendered him a banquet in JESSE M. GOVE. honor of his exertions in their behalf. Like honor was conferred by the 4th Con- gressional District Club at one of their monthly gatherings. Mr. Gove is at present a member of the hoard of aldermen. lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Knights of Pythias. He was married at Lowell, August 17, 1882, to Agnes lv, daughter of James and Jane Ballantyne. Of this union are two sons : Dana 11. and Edward J. Gove. Mr. (love is a man of strong convictions, is forcible in his utterances, and believes in earnest work to accomplish the desired results.