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Solomon Cohen Jr.

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In addition to his home at 116–120 West Liberty Street, Cohen also built properties at 124 West Liberty Street (1851) and 17
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17 West Bay Street in Savannah is known as the Solomon Cohen Building. It was built for Cohen in 1869
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and Bella Moses. One of his siblings, brother Octavus, was a cotton merchant. His brother-in-law was
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Cohen and his family, around 1854. His children are Gratz (left), Miriam (center) and Belle (right)
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Cohen was a slave-owner. At one point, he owned eight slaves and hired out an additional fifteen.
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Shortly before his death, Cohen had built the home at today's 116–120
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Cohen died in 1875, aged 72. He is interred in Savannah's
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Becoming Southern: The Jews of Savannah, Georgia, 1830–70
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Georgetown, South Carolina
Savannah, Georgia
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Gratz Cohen
Solomon Cohen Sr.
Savannah, Georgia
Georgia
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Georgetown, South Carolina
Solomon Cohen Sr.
Isaac Minis
Rebecca Gratz
Philadelphia
Gratz
Battle of Bentonville
Confederate Army
Grace Aguilar

Mordecai Myers
Georgia Historical Society
Congregation Mickve Israel
West Liberty Street
West Bay Street
Laurel Grove Cemetery




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