Levi Swanton Gould (March 27, 1831 – March 22, 1917) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member, and chairman of the Middlesex County, Massachusetts county commission, and as the first mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts.

[3] When he was six months old his family moved to his father's home town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.

Gould was educated in the public schools of North Malden and at Waitt's and Ingalls' academies in Melrose.

[9] F. M. Holmes & Company, was a business that manufactured and sold furniture.

[9] The F. M. Holmes Furniture Company factory was in Charlestown, and its warehouse and salesroom was in Boston.