Breckenridge News, Cloverport, Ky., October 29, 1919, p. 1.
DEATH OF LOUIS COHEN IS SUDDEN
Owner of the Golden Rule Store Succumbs to Edema; Leaves Large Family
Mr. Louis Cohen, owner of the Golden Rule Store in this city, of which his
daughter, Miss Nannie Cohen is manager, died suddenly at his home in
Jeffersonville, Ind., last Tuesday evening at seven o'clock.
Mr. Cohen suffered a stroke of paralysis seven years ago but his death was
not due to this but to edema of the lungs with which he was stricken on his
way home from his office on Tuesday afternoon. The interment took place in
Louisville at the Adath Israel Cemetery on Friday afternoon.
Mr. Cohen was born in Gruesen, Germany, on June 15, 1845, and he came to the
United States at the age of 14. After residing for a short time at New
Bern, N. C., he went to Jeffersonville and located in 1868. He was first
engaged in the occupation of cigar maker and later entered the retail
business. In addition to owning the Golden Rule Store in this city, Mr.
Cohen owned a department store in Louisville, Cohen's Department Store, and
the Golden Rule Store in Jeffersonville, and other similar stores in towns
through Kentucky. He was eminently successful in his business ventures and
acquired considerable wealth in the course of an energetic life. Before
locating in Jeffersonville, he served with the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Mr. Cohen was twice married and had seven children of the first marriage and
four of the second, all of whom survive with his widow. Five of the sons
served in the World War in some capacity.
Mr. Cohen was a member of the Jewish Reformed Synagogue in Louisville.