Dodge-Washington County GaArchives Biographies.....Herrman, Soloman 1859 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   SOLOMAN HERRMAN. The city of Eastman is proud of her mayor, and she has a
good right to be, for he is one of the most progressive men in this section of
the state and has contributed largely to the success of the city and the
surrounding country. His success has been due entirely to his own efforts, for
with the exception of a good education he started out in life with little to
help him in getting a start. His business ability, especially along financial
lines, is undoubted and his position as president of one of the most reliable
and prosperous banks in Eastman is a proof of this fact. No measure conducive to
the welfare of the people of Eastman is carried out without the aid or the
leadership of Mr. Herrman, and the people of Eastman showed their appreciation
of his services as well as their confidence in his sincere efforts to aid in the
development of the city, and the cause of good government, by electing him mayor.

   Soloman Herrman was born on August 20, 1859, in Dublin, Georgia. His parents,
both natives of Germany, were Henry and Henrietta (Goodman) Herrman. The father
emigrated from Bavaria, which was also the mother's native province, in 1849. He
located in New York, where he married his wife, and where they resided for a
short time. They came to Georgia about 1852, and located in Dublin, where Mr.
Herrman went into the mercantile business. Soloman Herrman is the eldest of a
family of four, the others being Dr. J. D. Herrman, Albert Herrman, who is in
the insurance business in Eastman, and Mrs. S. Harris. Henry Herrman died in
1875, aged fifty-three, and his wife reached the age of sixty-six, dying in 1893.

   Soloman Herrman received his earlier education in the schools at Dublin,
Georgia, and his later education in the public schools of New York City. His
parents moved back to this metropolis for the sake of giving their children a
better education than they could secure in Georgia, and when they had completed
their studies, the parents moved back to Georgia. Soloman Herrman entered the
business world as a merchant, the scene of his first efforts being Eastman,
though it was quite a different Eastman from the city today. He first came here
in 1872, when the immense cotton trade which now amounts; to about eighteen
thousand bales per year, was only about two hundred. There was not a brick
building in the place, where now there are between eighty and one hundred. Mr.
Herrman has therefore grown up with the town, and with each step forward that
she has made he has risen also. The biggest feat which Mr. Herrman has
accomplished in recent years is the organization of the Merchants and Farmers
Bank. This bank was founded in 1905, and Mr. Herrman was one of the leading
promoters who stood ready to support the enterprise should it show signs of
failing. However, nothing like that happened, and the bank was a success from
the very beginning. Mr. Herrman was elected vice-president, and held this
position until the bank was organized in 1910 into the First National Bank, when
he became president. This bank is one of the leading financial institutions in
this part of the state. The capital stock is $100.000, and the corporation owns
the building in which the bank is located, it having been built especially for
the purpose.

   Mr. Herrman was elected mayor in 1912 to succeed his brother, Doctor Herrman,
who had served as the chief executive of the city for the two preceding terms.
Soloman Herrman is also president of the Dodge Fertilizer Works, and is the
principal owner in this enterprise. He is also deeply interested in agriculture
and owns a plantation that supports about one hundred and fifty souls. About
twelve hundred acres of this land is under cultivation, being planted largely in
cotton. He handles about thirty plows, and raises on an average of three hundred
bales of cotton yearly. His deep interest in educational matters is shown by his
membership on the board of education for the city. He has been an active member
of the board for sixteen years, and the present state of the city schools is due
in no small measure to his efforts.

   Mr. Herrman was married on December 7, 1892, to Sophie Bashinski of Tennille,
Washington county, Georgia. She is the daughter of Sam Bashinski, a merchant of
that place. Mr. and Mrs. Herrman have four children. Joseph was born on February
19, 1895; Thelma's birthday was July 15, 1898: September 3, 1900, saw the birth
of Julian, and Jennie Claire was born on August 20, 1905.

   Mr. Herrman is a Royal Arch Mason, a charter member of the chapter at
Eastman, and a member of the blue lodge, also in Eastman. In his religious
beliefs he is a Hebrew.


Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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