Benjamin Dores Lazarus^[1]

1800 - 1875  (75 years)

• Name	Benjamin Dores Lazarus  [2, 3]
  Born	5 Jul 1800	Charleston, SC   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	4120
  Died	23 Nov 1875  [2]
  Person ID	I4120	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 Benjamin was among the youngest of the numerous children born to Marks and Richa Lazarus. Among the older siblings that he had to look up to during his Charleston childhood were Emma and Joshua. His middle name— Dores— is a testament to his Sephardic heritage and to the process of acculturation: it condenses the Spanish "De Torres." His father was a middleclass shopkeeper. He had served during the Revolutionary War, eventually achieving the rank of major, in Lushington's company— known as Jews' company for their prevalence within its ranks.      In 1840 he married his niece, Cornelia Cohen, daughter of his sister Leah Lazarus Cohen and a wealthy Polish peddler-turned-planter Mordecai Cohen. The couple remained in Charleston and had six children. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S285] . [S4] PG.151 LAZARUS II (SOUTH CAROLINA) (Reliability: 3). QUAY 3 [S4] PG.35 COHEN VII (SOUTH CAROLINA) (Reliability: 3). QUAY 3 [S294] LAZARUS, BENJAMIN DORES (Reliability: 3).