Job Male

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]

Job Male
Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey
In office 1869 (1869) – 1870 (1870)
Succeeded by	John H. Evans
Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey
In office 1877 (1877) – 1878 (1878)
Preceded by	Dr. John C. Sutphen
Succeeded by	Nathan Harper
Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey
In office 1887 (1887) – 1890 (1890)
Preceded by	George W. Rockefellow
Succeeded by	Alexander Gilbert
Personal details
Born	(1808-08-24)August 24, 1808 Somersetshire, England
Died	January 29, 1891(1891-01-29) (aged 82) Plainfield, New Jersey
Political 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

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]