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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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COHEN, L. H., physician; office, 61 N. 5th street; residence, 837 Vermont street. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 5, 1842; is a son of Simon P. and Harriet (Jonas) Cohen, of Devonshire, England; was educated in Glasgow; in 1854 his parents emigrated to America, and settled in Quincy; five years later he went to New Orleans, La., making his home with his uncle, Mr. George Jonas (deceased), late President of the Canal Bank, and member of the heavy cotton firm of Ward & Jonas; he graduated from the New Orleans School of Medicine, Feb. 15, 1862; the March following he was appointed one of the resident physicians at the Charity Hospital, but shortly afterward he enlisted in the Crescent Regt., Co. D, as a private; in the battle of Shiloh he fought with a musket; a week after he was detailed on medical duty at Corinth and Montgomery; in Sept., 1862, was commissioned as Assistant Surgeon, serving on hospital duty; he was in command of the sappers and miners, and after its transfer he was successively with the 5th Co. of Washington Artillery, 7th Mississippi and the 26th Tennessee Infantry; remained till the close of the war, when he was stationed at Columbus, Ga., acting as Medical Inspector; returned to New Orleans and held the position of Adjutant Professor of Chemistry in the New Orleans School of Medicine from 1865 till 1868, when he returned to Quincy; during the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, he practiced as a physician for the Hebrew Benevolent Association, and had charge of the Southern Hospital; has been Secretary of the Adams County Medical Society for six years; was chosen delegate to the American Medical Association from the society in 1873; was Secretary of the Board of Health two years; was a delegate to the National Public Health Association in Chicago in 1877; was at that time County Physician for the city of Quincy; he was appointed to the Chair of Chemistry in 1877-78, in the Louisville Medical College, on account of the death of Samuel Jonas. He is executor of his deceased uncle’s estate, in which he has a joint interest.

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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois

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