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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. |
| | | Epitaph: He established "one man, one
vote" as a principle of American law. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Julian Bloch (1893-1974) —
also known as Charles J. Bloch —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
10, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1927-28;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Jewish.
Died in August, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Meldrim Brash (1874-1939) —
also known as Solomon M. Brash; Sol Brash —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Born in Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla., May 23,
1874.
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Apalachicola,
Fla., 1897-1907; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Apalachicola,
Fla., 1905-07.
Jewish.
Died in Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla., July 5,
1939 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Brash and Henrietta (Cohn) Brash; married 1900 to Sadie
Lichtenstadter; married 1907 to Rita
May Lichtenstadter. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Sanford Cohen (1870-1935) —
also known as John S. Cohen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1935 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Solomon Cohen (1802-1875) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., August
15, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1840-42; postmaster at Savannah,
Ga., 1853-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1860.
Jewish.
Organized a relief fund to support the family of Jefferson
Davis while he was in prison after the Civil War.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
14, 1875 (age 72 years, 364
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Cohen (1757-1835) and Bell (Moses) Cohen; married to
Miriam Gratz Moses. |
| | | Epitaph: "The Memory of the Just is
Blessed." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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David Emanuel (1744-1808) —
of Georgia.
Born in 1744.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1780; Governor of
Georgia, 1801.
Jewish.
Died February
19, 1808 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elliott Harris Levitas (b. 1930) —
also known as Elliott H. Levitas —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
26, 1930.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1975-85.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Phillips (1807-1884) —
of Cheraw, Chesterfield District (now Chesterfield
County), S.C.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
13, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1844-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1852;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1853-55.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
14, 1884 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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