Jewish Cemetery (Port Gibson, Mississippi)

The Jewish Cemetery, also known as the Gemiluth Chassed Cemetery,[2] is a historic Jewish cemetery in Port Gibson, Mississippi. The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 22, 1979.[3]

Jewish Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery (Port Gibson, Mississippi) is located in Mississippi
Jewish Cemetery (Port Gibson, Mississippi)
Location900 Marginal St., Port Gibson, Mississippi
Coordinates31°57′22″N 90°58′45″W
Arealess than one acre
MPSHistoric Cemeteries of Port Gibson TR
NRHP reference No.79003415[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1979

History

The cemetery was established in 1871 by Louis Kiefer, Mayer Bock, and Moses Kaufman.[4] Members of the Jewish Cemetery of Port Gibson Association paid an annual fee of US$2.50.[5] They subsequently established a trust fund held by the Southern Mississippi Bank of Port Gibson.[5] It was restored in 1986.[4]

Other Jewish cemeteries in Mississippi that are listed in the National Register include Beth Israel Cemetery in Meridian; and the Anshe Chesed Cemetery in Vicksburg.[2][6] The Natchez City Cemetery includes Jewish Hill, a section dedicated to Jewish burials; and other Jewish cemeteries in Mississippi are the Beth Israel Cemetery in Jackson, and the Hebrew Union Cemetery in Greenville.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Anshe Chesed Cemetery". National Park Service. 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  3. "Jewish Cemetery". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  4. "Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities – Congregation Gemiluth Chassed – Port Gibson, Mississippi". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. Turitz, Leo; Turitz, Evelyn (1983). Jews in Early Mississippi. Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 38. ISBN 9780878051786. OCLC 9197261.
  6. Sanders, William L. (2014-03-03). Carved in Stone: Cemeteries of Claiborne County, Mississippi. Dorrance Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4809-0883-3.
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