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 1763 - 1848 (85 years)
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| Name |
Mordecai Cohen [2] |
| Born |
1763 |
Zamosc, Poland  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
3881 |
| Residence |
1788 |
Charleston, SC [2] |
| in Charleston by |
| Died |
8 Jul 1848 |
Charleston, SC [2] |
| Person ID |
I3881 |
aojd |
| Last Modified |
11 Nov 2011 |
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| Notes |
- (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011
Born in Zamosc, Poland, by 1788 Mordecai Mordecai Cohen had made his way to Charleston, where he found work initially as a peddler. From there he became a shopkeeper, then a merchant, a planter, until eventually he was one of the wealthiest men in Charleston, well established among the planter elite. He owned a plantation on the Ashley River and a three-story brick house in town, among his numerous other properties. In 1795 Cohen married Leah Lazarus, daughter of a prominent, though financially struggling, Sephardic family. They had five children. [3]
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- [S285] .
- [S4] PG.35 COHEN VII (Reliability: 3).
QUAY 3
- [S294] COHEN, MORDECAI (Reliability: 3).
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