He was born to Ambrosio José Gonzales and Harriott Rutledge Elliott.

Sometime between 1909 and 1912, Gonzales was the Editor of The State newspaper and used the paper's reach to help raise $11,000 in private subscriptions for the purposes of erecting the South Carolina Monument to the Women of the Confederacy.

[1] The South Carolina General Assembly appropriated another $7,500 for the monument.

[3] He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina.

The Gonzales Fountain was erected in Arsenal Hill in his memory.