Editing Jay Gould (section)

==Early life and education==
Gould was born in [[Roxbury, New York]], to Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=James S. |title=The Industrial Revolution: Key Themes and Documents |last2=Kenny |first2=Shannon L. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61069-975-4 |language=en}}</ref> His maternal grandfather, Alexander T. More, was a businessman, and his great-grandfather, John More, was a Scottish immigrant who founded the town of [[Moresville, New York]]. Gould, however, grew up in poverty and had to work at his family's small dairy farm.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tucker |first=Spencer C. |title=The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History [3 volumes] |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-85109-952-8 |pages=251 |language=en}}</ref> Gould studied at the Hobart Academy in [[Hobart, New York]],<ref name="tycoon">{{cite book |last=Alef|first=Daniel  |date=2010 |title=Jay Gould: Ruthless Railroad Tycoon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yz-uPPnoHQUC&q=jay+gould+Hobart+Academy&pg=PP5 |publisher=Titans of Fortune Publishing |isbn=9781608043064  }}</ref> paying his way by bookkeeping.<ref>[http://hobart-ny.com/history/hobart_high_school.cgi  History of Hobart High School]</ref> As a young boy, he decided that he wanted nothing to do with farming, his father's occupation, so his father dropped him off at a nearby school with fifty cents and a sack of clothes.<ref>H. W. Brands "Masters of Enterprise"</ref>