Herbert Cohen was just 5 years old in this photo, taken when his family returned to St. Petersburg, Russia, to visit family. He's sitting on the floor, to the right, in this photo. Also in the photo are: Herbert's grandmother, 'Baba' Kagen (seated at left), Herbert's mother, Pauline Cohen (standing directly behind 'Baba'), and Milton Cohen, 8 years old (at the feet of his grandmother.) The only other person the family can identify is Marie (on the far left), who is Pauline's sister. Background posts: List growing of high state officials hailing from York County and Follow the Leader ... George Leader.
A yorktownsquare.com commenter wondered where he could find the "Builders and Heroes" profile on the Cohen/Schepp families of York County.
A series on this blog sampled four of the families, and a list of all 50-plus "family builders" pointed to a profile on this accomplished York family, the most noteworthy member being former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice and Attorney General Herb Cohen... .
