James Gopsill
James Gopsill | |
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| 15th Mayor of Jersey City | |
| In office May 6, 1867 – May 3, 1868 | |
| Preceded by | Orestes Cleveland |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. O'Neill |
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| Born | July 22, 1823 New York City |
| Died | July 26, 1884 Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel |
| Children | Thomas Milburn Gopsill[1] |
| Residence | Jersey City, New Jersey |
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James Gopsill (July 22, 1823 – July 26, 1884) was the fifteenth Mayor of Jersey City from May 6, 1867 to May 3, 1868.
Biography[]
He was born in 1823 in New York City to an immigrant from England.[2] He worked as a clerk in a dry goods store. He moved to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1840 and set up his own dry goods store. Gopsill became the president of the and founded the . In the 1860s, he began publishing city directories.[citation needed]
Gopsill was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1868 Republican National Convention in Chicago and a member of the Republican National Committee from New Jersey from 1868 to 1872.[citation needed]
He died from angina while on vacation with his wife in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York on July 26, 1884.[3]
Legacy[]
He is the grandfather of Assemblyman .
References[]
- ^ Henry Whittemore, ed. (2003). History of Masonry in North America from 1730 to 1800. Kessinger Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-7661-5438-4. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Shaw, William H. (1 January 1884). History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 1145 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ex Mayor James Gopsill". New York Times. July 27, 1884.
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