Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Kohn, SOLOMON 1842 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    SOLOMON KOHN, one of the leading business men of Selma, was born in Germany,
in 1842. He was well educated in his native land and emigrated to the Uuited
States in 1859. Here he learned to read and write English. When the war broke
out, he was at La Fayette, Chambers county, Ga., and he became a member of the
La Fayette guards, company A, and enlisted for twelve months. At the expiration
of that time of service the regiment was disbanded, and soon afterward Mr. Kohn
went to Burlington, Iowa, where he established himself in business; but in 1869
he sold his interest to his partner and removed to Selma, Ala., entering into a
co-partnership with Louis Greil, under the firm name of Greil & Kohn, which
immediately began a general merchandise business at Selma, which they have
continued to the present day as wholesale and retail dealers in dry goods,
clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes, etc., etc. From a small capital and a
small beginning they have increased their business and their capital, and at the
present day they are one of the leading firms in the city. Mr. Kohn is highly
respected, is of a progressive spirit and has been active in the improvement of
his chosen city. That he is held in high esteem is shown by the fact that he has
been nine times elected treasurer of the city of Selma, holding the office
eighteen years. In connection with Dr. Cawthorn and others, he was instrumental
in the establishment of the city infirmary, of which the city is justly proud.
He was also prominent in organizing the Hotel Albert company, of which he is a
director, and he and Dr. Cawthorn built the Summerfield Grove road a few years
ago. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Congregation Mishkan Israel,
and also of the Jewish Fraternal society. He is a master Mason and a member of
the A. O. U. W. In 1883, he married Miss Clara Meyer, by whom he has one son.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 882
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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