Thomas N. Cohen came to Carrollton, Alabama from Union County, South Carolina in 1845. As an adult, he owned a dry goods store with Henry B. Latham, called Cohen & Latham Co. He entered the Civil War on the Confederate side in Columbus, MS as a private in the 24th Alabama Infantry, Company C. After the war, he married Ophelia E. Nevitt. He was killed on Feb 24, 1875, along with his wife and a baby daughter, Mary Ophelia Cohen, when their home in northern Pickens County was destroyed by a storm. His son, Benjamin Cohen, about six years old at the time, survived the storm.
Thomas N. Cohen came to Carrollton, Alabama from Union County, South Carolina in 1845. As an adult, he owned a dry goods store with Henry B. Latham, called Cohen & Latham Co. He entered the Civil War on the Confederate side in Columbus, MS as a private in the 24th Alabama Infantry, Company C. After the war, he married Ophelia E. Nevitt. He was killed on Feb 24, 1875, along with his wife and a baby daughter, Mary Ophelia Cohen, when their home in northern Pickens County was destroyed by a storm. His son, Benjamin Cohen, about six years old at the time, survived the storm.
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