Land for the B'nai Israel Cemetery was purchased in 1896. Remains from the older cemetery, south of East Madison Street were moved to B'nai Israel Cemetery. The cemetery is affiliated with Congregation B'nai Israel, a Reform Congregation since 1885.
Data provided courtesy of Lynn Franklin and Bob Sweeney’s “Southern Jewish Databases and Cemetery Listings” Please see their site for headstone photos, additional cemetery information and other Southern Jewish databases at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssjdb/ and choose the appropriate cemetery.
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