Joshua Lazarus^[1]

1796 - 1861  (65 years)

• Name	Joshua Lazarus  [2]
  Born	18 Mar 1796	Charleston, SC   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	4092
  Died	1 Jun 1861	Cheraw, South Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I4092	aojd
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Mother	Richa Benjamin,   b. 25 Aug 1762, New York ,   d. 6 Nov 1847, Charleston, SC  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011 Joshua Lazarus, the son of Sephardic shop owners, grew up in Charleston— one in a huge family that included siblings Leah, Benjamin and Emma, the latter of whom with which he was very close.      In 1817 he traveled with his friend Jacob Clavius Levy to Europe. There the two Americans each fell in love with same girl— Fanny Yates. Rather than compete with his friend for her affections, Lazarus backed off. Levy married Yates in Liverpool, and soon after they returned to Charleston. Nearly twenty years later, in Liverpool, Lazarus married Fanny's sister Phebe, forty-one years old and two years his senior. They too sailed for Charleston, and would have one child.      Joshua served as the president of the Gas Light Company in Charleston and as president of a bank in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was very involved with congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, serving as chairman of the building committee that dedicated a new synagogue in 1841, and later as parnas.      Shortly after their marriage, the couple went on a trip to France, along with Lazarus' sister Emma. It was on this vacation that they had their portraits painted. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S285] . [S4] PG. 151 LAZARUS II (Reliability: 3). [S4] PG. 151 LAZARUS II (SOUTH CAROLINA) (Reliability: 3). [S294] LAZARUS, JOSHUA (Reliability: 3).