solomon Rhine

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Solomon's birthdate and a description of him are included on his application for a passport in 1855.  His name appears on a couple of ships' manifests, but these trips occurred after he was a citizen in America. In her testimony before the Southern Claims Commission, his wife Fredericka stated that Solomon came to America alone at the age of 13, to join his brother in Holly Springs Mississippi. Solomon would have been 13 in 1841, however, Isaac was probably not in Holly Springs until 1845. The index to Solomon's naturalization indicates that he arrived in September 1845 to New York. He was naturalized in Holly Springs in 1851.

In 1858, he married Fredericka Herman  in Baltimore, Maryland. They settled in Holly Springs Mississippi, where Solomon had a successful Dry Goods business. They had four children: Grace, Ophelia, Sophia and David. 

In December of 1862, from his Headquarters in Holly Springs, General Ulysses S. Grant issued his little-known Orders Number 11, which expelled all Jews from Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.  (The orders were rescinded in less than a month). Apparently, that same year, Solomon left Holly Springs and went to Baltimore, Minnesota, and finally settled in Memphis Tennessee. 

Much information was gleaned from a claim Solomon filed against the Federal Government after the Civil War. He alleged that Federal Troops had stolen his goods in 1861. His wife testified in 1878 as part of the claim, laying out the  events. Ultimately the claim was denied. Solomon died in the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.