- Jacob Gould
Infobox Mayor
name = Jacob Gould
image_size = 100
caption =
office = 2nd Mayor of Rochester, New York
term_start =1835
term_end =1836
predecessor =Jonathan Child
successor =Abraham M. Schermerhorn
birth_date =1794
birth_place =Massachusetts
death_date =November 18 ,1836
death_place =Rochester, New York
nationality =
party = Democratic
spouse = Sarah T. Seward
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =
occupation =
profession = Shoemaker, Businessman
religion =
website =
footnotes =General Jacob Gould (
1794 -November 18 ,1867 ) was the second overall and first Democratic mayor of Rochester, New York. Gould arrived in Rochester from Massachusetts as a school teacher and became one of the area's first shoemakers. He was a General in the New York State Militia. After his one year term as mayor Gould went on to work for Rochester banks, railroads, and at theUniversity of Rochester as one of the schools first trustees. [ [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v26_1964/v26i1.pdf Rochester Mayors Before the Civil War - Rochester History] ]He is also notable for having fought against the acquisition by the city of the land for Mount Hope Cemetery. Gould declared the the hilly land was not "fit for pasturing rabbits." Despite this he became one of the first people to buy a plot in the new cemetery. [cite book |title=Buried Treasures in Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, New York - A Pictorial Field Guide |last=Reisem |first=Richard O. |year=2002 |publisher=The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery |isbn=0-9641033-3-8 |pages=p. 19 ]
References
External Links
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
