August Kohn

Background

Kohn, August was born on February 25, 1868 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Theodore and Rosa (Wald) Kohn.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, South Carolina. College, Columbia, 1892.

Career

Reporter, 1892-1894, in charge of the Columbia bureau, 1894-1919, Charleston News and Courier. President Standard Warehouse Company (Columbia, South Carolina.). Vice president National Loan and Exchange Bank (Columbia, South Carolina.), Argus Investment Company, City Development Company, et cetera

Trustee University of South Carolina.

(chairman finance committee), Hebrew Orphans’ Home, Atlanta, Georgia. Lieutenant colonel staff of Governor Doctorate. C. Heyward.

President South Carolina. State Press Association (2 years).

Achievements

• August Kohn has been listed as a noteworthy newspaperman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Irene Goldsmith, April. Children: Mistress Julian Hennig, August, Theodore.

Father:

Theodore Kohn

Mother:

Rosa (Wald) Kohn

Spouse:

Irene Goldsmith

child:

Theodore Kohn

child:

August Kohn

child:

Mistress Julian Hennig Kohn