This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jamesbrunson54 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.afam.ms/33.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Too Whom It May Concern, Bingaman, as you know, is the mother of Walter Louis Cohen. Cohen is famous for the following reasons: 1)he was the post-Reconstruction black political boss of Louisiana, who survived into the late 1920s (In certain census reports, Captain Cohen identified as white; other times as colored); several Presidents appointed and reappointed him to U. S. positions; and 2) Cohen and his brothers are critical to the formation of black baseball in New Orleans. W. L. Cohen played and managed the Pickwick Base Ball Club (1876-1883); Cohen Base Ball Club (1885-1886); and P.B.S. Pinchbacks (1887-1890. He was the protege of P.B.S. pinchback, the first black governor of Louisiana. I've written a base ball article on him, if you wish to have it. An email address woould be needed. James Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.