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About Jacob I. Cohen
Founder of the banking house of J. I. Cohen, Jr., & Brothers, and was identified with the struggle for political rights of the Jews in Maryland (1818-26). This struggle terminating favorably to his coreligionists, Jacob was immediately elected (Oct., 1826) as the representative of the sixth ward in the first branch of the city council. He was repeatedly elected to this body; and for several successive years he acted as its president.
For the first nine years (1830-38) of its existence he served the board of public school commissioners as secretary and secretary-treasurer. Jacob was also one of the projectors of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad, and for a long time its vice-president, remaining a director until his death. He was also a director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and for twenty years president of the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company, besides being prominent in many public-spirited enterprises.
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Jacob I. Cohen's Timeline
| 1789 |
September 30, 1789
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Richmond, VA, United States
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| 1869 |
April 6, 1869
Age 79
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Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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