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Philip Trounstine , 2014

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Identifier: B111.09.0009.0023

Abstract

Trounstine was born in Cincinnati in the mid-1840s. Before arriving in Denver, he served as an officer in the Union Army and courageously resigned his commission to protest General Grant's short-lived order to expel Jews from a large military district in Tennessee and Mississippi.. In Denver he was a merchant, investor, traveling merchant's agent, and fireman. He took leadership roles in Temple Emanuel, B'nai B'rith, Emanuel Cemetery, and other institutions. He was related by marriage to Abraham Jacobs, owner of the O.K. Clothing Store (which Trounstine managed for nearly 20 years) and to Abraham's wife, the highly-respected Frances Wisebart Jacobs, Trounstine's sister--in-law.

Dates

  • 2014

Extent

1 Items : Contains one (1) item.

Scope and Contents

File includes portions of the Intermountain Jewish News "L'Chaim - To Life" Community Directory, Rosh Hashanah Edition from September 19, 2014. This includes an article about Philip Trounstine.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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