Marks Lazarus
109 Tradd Street
Marks Lazarus (1757–1835) was a veteran of the June 1776 Battle of Sullivan’s Island. Taken captive when Charleston fell to the British in May 1780, he was held prisoner for the last two-and-a-half years of the war. A merchant, Marks Lazarus had married the powerhouse Rachel DeTorres Benjamin (1762–1847) in 1776. Marks Lazarus bought this lot with a “valuable house” in 1818 for $6,200, a substantial sum at the time. (After his death, his widow kept the house as a rental property.) In 1820, although Marks Lazarus was a member of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim’s conservative adjunta, his sons were reformers, and Michael Lazarus served as vice president and then president of the Reformed Society of Israelites.
The Battle of Fort Moultrie by White
The Battle of Fort Moultrie by White
Marks Lazarus (1757–1835) was a veteran of the June 1776 Battle of Sullivan's Island, depicted here in the painting (1826) The Battle of Fort Moultrie by South Carolina native John Blake White (1781–1859). U.S. Senate Collection.
Lazarus family silver
Lazarus family silver
Kiddush cup of Aaron Lazarus, Tiffany, ca. 1850; rice spoon, ca. 1830; cake knife, attributed to Wood and Hughes, New York, ca. 1850. Private collection.
Havdalah spice box