James Gopsill

James Gopsill
15th Mayor of Jersey City
In office May 6, 1867 – May 3, 1868
Preceded by	Orestes Cleveland
Succeeded by	Charles H. O'Neill
Personal details
Born	July 22, 1823 New York City
Died	July 26, 1884 Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
Political party	Republican
Spouse	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 Hudson Insurance Company and founded the Children's Home for Orphans. 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 Thomas Gopsill.

References

1. 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.
2. Shaw, William H. (1 January 1884). History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 1145 – via Internet Archive.
3. "Ex Mayor James Gopsill". New York Times. July 27, 1884.

Political offices
Preceded by Orestes Cleveland	Mayor of Jersey City 1867–1868	Succeeded by Charles H. O'Neill