Jacob Gould
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Jacob Gould | |
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| 2nd Mayor of Rochester, New York | |
| In office July 1835 – December 1836 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Child |
| Succeeded by | Abraham M. Schermerhorn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1794 Boxford, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | November 18, 1867 (aged 73) Rochester, New York, United States |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Ruby Swan
(m. 1816; died 1840)Sarah T. Seward (m. 1847) |
| Profession | Shoemaker, businessman |
Jacob Gould (February 10, 1794 – November 18, 1867) was the second overall and first Democratic mayor of Rochester, New York.
Jacob Gould was born in Boxford, Massachusetts on February 10, 1794.[1]
He 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 the University of Rochester as one of the school's first trustees.[2]
He is also notable for having fought against the acquisition by the city of the land for Mount Hope Cemetery. Gould declared 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.[3]
