BEN COHN
COHN, BEN: Merchant; b Minsk, Russia Sept 18, 1891; s of Joe Cohn-Bessie ----; ed Minsk Russia; night sch, Madison Wis; m Jennie Saltzman May 30, 1920 Council Bluffs; d Dorothy Bernice, Elaine, Geraldine; 1913-15 cap & hat maker, Cleveland Ohio; 1915-18 fruit salesman, Madison Wis; 1918-21 groc, Omaha Neb; 1921- in groc & meat business, Harlan; Comm Club; AF&AM 321; B’Nai B’Rith; hobby: travel; off & res Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1112. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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