Prussia (Germany)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Scope Note: Bio/Hist: For subject use on all works about this place without regard to date. For corporate names of government bodies, use the appropriate name for the time period(s) involved: Prussia (Duchy) est. 1525; since 1618 administered by the Electorate of Brandenburg; Prussia (Kingdom) created from electorate of Brandenburg and other territories, 1701-1871; Prussia (Germany) 1871-1947.
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Louis Cohn, 1837 December 3-1899 July 31
File
Identifier: B111.02.0002.0021
Abstract
Louis Cohn (1837-1899) was born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland), and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1861. He traveled the Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and opened a general merchandise store in the early 1860s. Cohn moved to San Luis, Colorado, in the early 1870s, and in 1876 married widow Juanita Mary Ruperta Valdez Cohn (1855-1895). In 1880, Cohn was elected as a delegate to the Colorado Democratic Convention, and was later elected to the Colorado House of...
Dates:
1837 December 3-1899 July 31