Job Male Explained

Job Male
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Office:Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey
Office2:Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey
Office3:Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey
Successor:John H. Evans
Predecessor2:Dr. John C. Sutphen
Successor2:Nathan Harper
Predecessor3:George W. Rockefellow
Successor3:Alexander Gilbert
Birth Date:24 August 1808
Birth Place:Somersetshire, England
Death Place:Plainfield, New Jersey
Party:Republican
Spouse:Maria Glaze
Occupation:Union Ferry Company, 1838-1845
New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, 1853-1859
Profession:President of Hudson County National Bank, 1873-1878

Job Male (August 24, 1808 – 1891) was the first Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, serving from 1869 to 1870 and 1877–1878 and finally 1887–1890.[1]

Biography

Male was born on August 24, 1808, in Somersetshire, England. He emigrated to the United States in 1816 at age 8, with his parents. He worked at a toll booth on the road between Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey, later becoming a carpenter and then a superintendent of construction. He was appointed to the board of the Hudson County National Bank, in 1873 becoming president, which post he held until 1878. He built the original Plainfield library, and donated the building and land, and later joined the board. In 1875, he donated land for the building of Muhlenberg Hospital.[1]

He died in 1891, and left an unsigned will.[2]

Legacy

Male donated land for the Plainfield Public Library and built the library building in 1886. It was then named the Job Male Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum.[3] His home on Crescent Avenue and many of the houses he designed and built are in the Crescent Area Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Job Male, Plainfield's Grand Old Man . 2011-11-07 . .
  2. News: Job Male's Unsigned Will . The will of ex-Mayor Job Male, the octogenarian millionaire, was to-day offered for in the Unton County Surrogate's office. ... . . March 10, 1891 . 2011-11-14 .
  3. Web site: History of the Plainfield Public Library . Plainfield Public Library.
  4. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80002523}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crescent Area Historic District ]. National Park Service. Charles H. . Detwiller Jr. . Marilyn . Rupp . October 1979 . With