Solomon Cohen, Jr.

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Solomon Cohen, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Georgetown, Georgetown, SC, United States
Death: August 14, 1875 (72)
Savannah, Chatham, GA, United States
Place of Burial: Savannah, Chatham County, GA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Solomon Cohen and Belle Cohen
Husband of Miriam Gratz Cohen
Father of Pvt. (CSA), Gratz Cohen; Miriam Gratz Dent and Belle O'Driscoll
Brother of Divinah Minis; Moses Cohen; Abraham Cohen; Isaac Cohen; Jacob Cohen and 5 others

Managed by: Robin Lent
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About Solomon Cohen, Jr.

Solomon Cohen, Jr. (1802-1875), the son of Solomon Cohen, Sr (1757-1835) was the first Portuguese Jew born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He became a lawyer and later moved his widowed mother Bella Moses Cohen and wife Miriam Gratz Moses to Savannah, Georgia circa 1840, around the time of the so-called "Organ Controversy," involving the installation of a musical organ and music in Kahal Kodosh Beth Elohim, then an Orthodox place of worship in Charleston.

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Solomon Cohen, Jr.'s Timeline

1802
August 15, 1802
Georgetown, Georgetown, SC, United States
1844
November 3, 1844
Savannah, Chatham County, GA, United States
1850
June 25, 1850
Savannah, Chatham County, GA, United States
1875
August 14, 1875
Age 72
Savannah, Chatham, GA, United States
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Savannah, Chatham County, GA, United States