Kauffman Harris was one of the early business men and whose long residence on Pottawatomie street helped make that the leading Jewish residence street, head of a large family. Mrs. Charles Loeb is all that remains in Leavenworth. Henry Sellers a leading tailor was also a Pottawatomie street resident prominent in Jewish affairs. He left no children but his widow visits here occasionally. George Kohn, a early business man and politician.
Family now lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Marcus Sickel was another early resident, who became prosperous. His sons Edwin and Joseph are both member of the congregation. The high class clothing stores before the Civil war were the Woolf Brothers, Al and Sam, and the Rothchild Brothers, Phillip and Morris. These stores still retain this high classification in Kansas City, where they moved a number of years ago, the business being conducted by their heirs. In cigars and tobacco, Rothenberg and Schloss were well known, and still ear this distinction in Kansas City where they are now located.