Job Male
Job Male was the first Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, serving from 1869–1870 and 1877–1878 and finally 1887–1890.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.
He died in 1891, and left an unsigned will.Legacy
His former home was converted into the Plainfield Public Library.
