Charles Ehrman
Charles Ehrman | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Warren County district | |
| In office January 1896 – January 1900 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1836 |
| Died | January 12, 1922 (aged 85) |
| Party | Democratic |
Charles Ehrman (April 9, 1836 - January 12, 1922) was a French-born American politician. He represented Warren County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1896 to 1900.
Early life
Charles Ehrman was born in France on April 9, 1836.[1][2] He emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine to the United States.[3] He served in the Confederate Army and was captured at Memphis, but later paroled.[4] He was a stock trader who lived in Vicksburg.[1] His family owned a large meat dealing business.[3] He represented Warren County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives starting on January 7, 1896.[5][1] Ehrman died on January 12, 1922, in Yazoo City, Mississippi.[6]
Personal life
Ehrman was Jewish.[1] He married Clara Elbert on July 27, 1855, in Mobile County, Alabama.[7] His son, Albert A. Ehrman, was born on July 1, 1860, in Hillsboro, Mississippi.[4] He had two other sons, Jake and Henry Moses.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "133190-broadside-01.tif - Miscellaneous Broadsides". da.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ "ISJL - Mississippi Vicksburg Jewish Cemetery List Encyclopedia". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ a b c Turitz, Leo; Turitz, Evelyn (1983). Jews in Early Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-87805-178-6.
- ^ a b Herndon, Dallas Tabor (1922). Centennial History of Arkansas. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 844.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1896). Journal. p. 3.
- ^ "The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi". Newspapers.com. 1922-01-13. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ King, Clinton P. (1985). Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1813-1855. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8063-1135-7.