City: Memphis
COHN, Robert, cotton merchant; born Bremen, Germany, August 11, 1874, son Siegmund and Henrietta (Lowenwarter) COHN; educated Bremen, Germany; graduate High School; married Alma NEWBURGER, June 6, 1907; member Scottish Rite and Shriner Al Chymia, Memphis Lodge No. 118, A. F. & A. M.; lived in Bordeaux, France, 1893-95; lived in Liverpool and Bradford, England, 1895-97; he came to Memphis in the fall of 1900; engaged in business September, 1903, under the firm style R. Cohn & Co.; active member of the City Club, and served on various committees; delivered various addresses; “Parks and the Taxpayers of Memphis,” “Police Protection of Memphis,” “Street Pavements and Health of Memphis.”
