Bio of ISAACS, Benjamin (b.1885), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

BENJAMIN ISAACS - Vol III, pg 417
Benjamin Isaacs is numbered among the prominent business men of Minneapolis. He
is secretary and treasurer of the Traffic Underwriters Association,
Incorporated, which positions he has filled for five years. Benjamin Isaacs was
born in Chicago, Illinois, on the 15th of February, 1885, a son of Abraham and
Ethel (Harris) Isaacs, the former of whom was born in Poland and came to the
United States in 1871. He engaged in the jewelry business in Minneapolis
thirty-five years ago and has achieved substantial success in its conduct. He is
now in his sixty-third year. His wife was the daughter of Louis Harris, whose
demise occurred in Prussia, at the age of ninety-three years.
The public schools of Minneapolis afforded Benjamin Isaacs his early education
and after graduating from the North high school he took a two-year business
course in a college in this city. Upon the completion of his education he
learned the machin­ist's trade, which he followed for four years, and then
engaged in the iron business, buying and selling, for a period of ten years. He
became secretary and treasurer of the Traffic Underwriters Association,
Incorporated, and since that time he has been an active factor in the success of
this corporation. He devotes his entire time and attention to the many duties
devolving upon him and he stands high among the representative business men of
this city.
On the 20th of June, 1920, occurred the marriage of Mr. Isaacs to Miss Bessie
Yeager, whose parents have both passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Isaacs have a
daughter, Jean, who is sixteen months old.
Politically Mr. Isaacs gives his allegiance to the republican party and although
he has never sought nor desired public preferment his influence is ever on the
side of advancement and improvement and no movement for the upbuilding of the
city seeks his aid in vain. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and he is a member of the Traffic Club of Minneapolis
and the O. B. A. During the World war he was active in all Liberty Loan drives
and in the promotion of other worthy causes. Mr. Isaacs finds recreation in the
great outdoors and he is an enthusiastic follower of football and other sports.
He is also very fond of hunting and fishing. A man of genial and pleasing
personality, he has the genius for making and keeping friends and is highly
esteemed for his integrity and sterling worth. Mr. Isaacs owns a very beautiful
home in this city, which is valued at eight thousand dollars.