Dana Silverius Gould was born in Litchfield, Minnesota on June 20, 1891. He moved with his parents to Bemidji about 1900. He attended the Bemidji high school and was a star end on the BHS football team.
Dana Gould was a member of the Bemidji Fire Department running team in 1911 at the annual tournament of the Northern Minnesota Firemen’s Tournament association which was held at Ada on on July 3, 4 and 5, 1911. He continued to be a regular member of the Bemidji Volunteer Fire Department.
He was married to Hattie Hamerik in 1912 in Bemidji. He worked for Gamble Robinson in 1917 at the time of the World War I registration.
He went into business with his father, E. J. Gould & Son, but the business ended in bankruptcy in 1913.
Dana S Gould accepted a position as solicitor for D. Moore, insurance agent in October 1916.
In July 1917, Dana S. Gould purchased the E. L. Woods grocery store at Ninth street and America Avenue and began business under the new name of Gould’s Grocery. They owned a grocery store and home at 906 Irvine Avenue in 1920. They owned a home at 312 Tenth St., Bemidji in the 1930’s.
After his wife’s death in 1939, he lived briefly with his brother Charles at the Gould family home at 717 America Avenue. He then moved to Chula Vista, California. He died at San Diego, California on Jan 11, 1965.