Julius Cohn was a man who loved the fraternity of Odd Fellows and his adopted country. Born in Edin, Tror Posen, Germany, where he spent his early years in penury and under the lash of intolerance. He emigrated to the United States in Jun 1860. He spent a short time in New York before traveling to Chicago where he remained for several years. He came to Stockton, California in the late 1860s where he met and married Hannah Levy in 1872. He opened a Tailor Shop opposite the Old Yosemite Hotel, after a few years he conducted a second-hand store opposite the Stockton Independent Newspaper office. He began peddling dry goods in the country, making regular visits with his wagon to the Linden Ballots and Woodbridge-New Hope sections. The next venture was an Orange peddler. After taking his orange wagons off the routes, Julius became a member of the Stockton police force, serving for five years under Chief Langmaid. He retired from the police force to become proprietor of the Paradise Fruit Store.
He traveled to Germany in 1897. On his return to the United States, he sought to speak of the sentiments that filled his heart as he sailed up New York harbor and caught sight of the Statute of Liberty. Neither the phlegmatism of the German nor the practical mind of the Jew was sufficient to restrain his tears.

Julius Cohn was a man who loved the fraternity of Odd Fellows and his adopted country. Born in Edin, Tror Posen, Germany, where he spent his early years in penury and under the lash of intolerance. He emigrated to the United States in Jun 1860. He spent a short time in New York before traveling to Chicago where he remained for several years. He came to Stockton, California in the late 1860s where he met and married Hannah Levy in 1872. He opened a Tailor Shop opposite the Old Yosemite Hotel, after a few years he conducted a second-hand store opposite the Stockton Independent Newspaper office. He began peddling dry goods in the country, making regular visits with his wagon to the Linden Ballots and Woodbridge-New Hope sections. The next venture was an Orange peddler. After taking his orange wagons off the routes, Julius became a member of the Stockton police force, serving for five years under Chief Langmaid. He retired from the police force to become proprietor of the Paradise Fruit Store.
He traveled to Germany in 1897. On his return to the United States, he sought to speak of the sentiments that filled his heart as he sailed up New York harbor and caught sight of the Statute of Liberty. Neither the phlegmatism of the German nor the practical mind of the Jew was sufficient to restrain his tears.