Benjamin I. Cohen^[1]

1797 - 1845  (48 years)

• Name	Benjamin I. Cohen  [2]
  Born	17 Sep 1797	Richmond, Henrico, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	4335
  Died	20 Sep 1845	Baltimore, MD   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I4335	aojd
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2011

  
  

  Mother	Judith I. Solomon,   b. 1766,   d. 5 Apr 1837  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Edward Cohen,   b. 15 Nov 1835, Baltimore, MD ,   d. 18 Jan 1888, Pennsylvania  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F1543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011 Benjamin I. Cohen was born in Richmond, Virginia to Israel I. Cohen and Judith I. Solomon Cohen in 1797. His father and his uncle had come over from Oberdorff, Germany in the middle years of the eighteenth century and established themselves in business and civic life while climbing the ranks of the Masonic order. Several years after Israel's death in 1803, Judith moved with her seven children, including Benjamin, Mendes and Jacob to Baltimore.      Benjamin, like his older brother Jacob, went into banking, and in 1837 established the Baltimore Stock Exchange with his younger brother David. He became very active in the German Society of Maryland, serving as its treasurer for twenty years and as co-chairman of the celebration committee for the revolution of 1848.      In 1819 he married Kitty Etting, daughter of Solomon Etting and Rachel Gratz Etting, from Baltimore's other leading Jewish family. His son Israel followed in his footsteps with active participation in the German Society of Maryland, serving as treasurer for over thirty years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S285] . [S4] PG. 32 COHEN II (BALTOMORE) (Reliability: 3). [S4] PG. 164 LEVY V (2) (Reliability: 3).