Solomon Cohen Jr.

Solomon Cohen Jr. (August 15, 1802 – August 14, 1875) was a lawyer, prominent in Savannah, Georgia, where he was also postmaster, the state's first Jewish senator, a district attorney, a real-estate developer and banker. He established the first Jewish Sunday School in Georgia. He is mentioned in the memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman as being a "rich lawyer". Life and career Cohen was born on August 15, 1802, in Georgetown, South Carolina, to Solomon Cohen Sr. and Bella Moses. One of his siblings, brother Octavus, was a cotton merchant. His brother-in-law was Isaac Minis, husband of his sister Dinah. In 1836, he married Miriam Gratz Moses, niece of Rebecca Gratz, a philanthropist from Philadelphia. They had three known children, two of whom died relatively young (including Gratz, who was killed in the Battle of Bentonville, aged 20). Daughter Miriam Gratz lived until the age of 80. She was married to James Troup Dent Sr., a Confederate Army veteran.