http://newslink.org/msnews.html has links to Mississippi newspapers. [August 2005]

http://www.peddlersgrandson.com/ Cohen, Edward. Peddler's Grandson: Growing up Jewish in Mississippi. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1999. [COOK & McCAIN F 349 .J13 C64 1999]  [August 2005]

Feibleman, Julian Beck. An Oral History with Julian Beck Feibleman, Native Mississippian, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Sinai, New Orleans.  New Orleans: Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi,  1974. [McCAIN F341.5 .M57 v.80x]  [August 2005]

Inventory of the Church and Synagogue Archives of Mississippi.  Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. [McCAIN CD3320 .H48 J4]  [August 2005]

Isaacson, Abe. From the Russian Ghetto to the Mississippi Delta. Photocopy. Missouri Historical Society, 1970.  [McCAIN F350 .J5 I83x ]  [August 2005]

MUSEUM: http://www.msje.org/main.html  Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life [August 2005]

• Southern Memorial Park, Inc: {10607} The Conservative Congregation Beth Israel Section, 2076 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS (601) 388-3292. Used by Congregation Beth Israel at Camelia and Southern Avenues Biloxi, MS (601) 388-5574. The present Biloxi Jewish community dates from the 1950's when Congregation Beth Israel was founded. The present Jewish cemetery is a consecrated section of the Southern Memorial Park, perhaps the only ocean-front cemetery in the U.S. The section is separated by two rows of bushes and contains a beautiful stone sculpture of a "Mogen David". The sculpture was presented to Beth Israel in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Hillel Rosenblum. All markers are flat bronze, inground style. The earliest marker dates from 1967. All grave markers were recorded as of August 1996. Source: Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com. http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/ms/msphotos/harrison/soutmempk/soutmempk.htm has photos. [August 2005]
• Original Biloxi Jewish Cemetery: {10608} Founded in 1855, the cemetery is located at Reynoir and Elder Streets in the older section of Biloxi. A brick sign tower with a historical landmark marker reads: "Historical Landmark Original Biloxi Jewish Cemetery/One Of The Oldest Jewish Cemeteries In The South/ Established 1855". Only one tombstone, belonging to Michel Levy, remains in this cemetery. The inscription reads: "Michel son of V. & P. Levy/ Born In Paris, France/ Oct. 7, 188? /Died Sept. 22, 189?". The exact dates are no longer known, as the tombstone has been worn away by time. On the other side of the stone is a Hebrew verse. According to the caretaker of the synagogue, there are many more people buried in this cemetery. The tombstones were unfortunately bulldozed many years ago. The remaining area of the cemetery is fenced in and appears to be in good shape. Source: Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com

• Jewish Cemetery Located on East Monticello Street. Established in 1861 on land donated by Milton Jacob Whitworth, who was not Jewish but wanted to make the area attractive for prospective settlers. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005] Active November 1940 and visited by the Turitz [see top of page]. Jewish Cemetery; source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. 1919 Jewish population was 52 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583 in American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• B'nai Israel Cemetery: Lyons and Peace Streets. Active November 1940 and visited by the Turitz book [see top of page]. Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com". The Jewish section, established in 1870, is located in the Southwest corner of the cemetery, behind rows of Confederate graves. There is a narrow break in the Confederate graves to allow access to the Jewish section, and there is a white gazebo by the Jewish section. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]

  UPDATE: This very large, well kept cemetery is located on Lyon Street, between Fulton and Academy Streets, dates from 1777 to present. "It seems to have been the original cemetery for the town. Although the "new" cemetery was opened about 1853, the "old" one continued to be used almost until the end of the century. Many stones have disappeared, and there are countless unmarked graves. There are thirty-four graves with stones broken, unmarked, or otherwise illegible. There is a large old Jewish section in the southeast corner. The cemetery is used by people from all over Madison County, and has a Confederate Soldiers Section with about two hundred names listed. A number of years ago, the cemetery was saved from complete destruction through the efforts of Doctor John B. Howell, Sr. In the center of the cemetery square is a marker which reads: "In memory of those who sleep in unmarked graves. Erected by Dr. John B. Howell." Patrick Harrison (hamlet@flash.net) transcribed some of the headstones listed at site. Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/madison/cemeteries/canton4.txt [August 2005]

• Beth Israel Cemetery. Located just north of town on Friar¹s Point Road, south of the Lee Drive intersection. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]
• Hebrew Cemetery: inactive by at least November 1940. 340437N 0902959WTutwiler [August 2005]

• Adath Israel: Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com". active November 1940; by the Turitz book [see top of page] Temple: 201 S. Bolivar Ave., Cleveland - National Register: 02001499 (12/12/2002): "The Adath Israel Congregation was organized in 1923 as an outgrowth of a Hebrew Sunday School established the previous year. Initially meeting in the Cleveland Consolidated School, the congregation built the Adath Israel Temple in 1927 in the Byzantine style. The first congregation president was J.S. Borodofsky, and Jacob Halevi served as the first resident rabbi. The Adath Israel Sisterhood was organized in 1922. A temple annex, designed by architect Harold Kaplan of Greenville, was completed in 1949-'50." Cleveland, A Centennial History: "... members of the Hebrew community from all over the Delta drove to Cleveland for services."

• B'nai Israel Cemetery: 1845; active; by the Turitz book [see top of page]. Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com".
Congregation B'nai Israel - Reform, 717 Second Avenue North Columbus, Mississippi 39701 Tel: 662-329-5038 http://ms002.urj.net/ [August 2005] "In Columbus, Mississippi, where German and Alsatian Jews were already settling by the 1830s, the local Jewish community organized congregation B'nai Israel perhaps as early as 1845, and it purchased a cemetery in 1850." [Source: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/97-2.htm - link no longer available]
• Covenant Cemetery: 1919 Jewish population was 52 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583 in American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920, volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld
• Friendship Cemetery: 4th St S And 13th Ave. Quite a number of Jews lived here dating back to the Civil War when Friendship was established. As far as I know, the Jewish area of this cemetery is still maintained. Source: Michelle Abramson; mabramson@sprintmail.com
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslownde/Friendship/Friendship.html has history. This cemetery was the site of the first Memorial Day celebration on April 25, 1866. [August 2005]

• Jewish Cemetery: South Main Street, Greenville, Mississippi. http://humphreys1625.homestead.com/Soldier14.html shows two confederate soldier burials. The 1919 Jewish population was 350 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583 in American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld. Jewish Cemetery: MAP: County: Washington; State/County PIPS Code 28151, Topographic Map Name: Greenville; Map Reference Code 33091-D1; Source: Geographic Names Database submitted by Herbert Unger (deceased)   

     Temple Israel (Hebrew Union Temple): active November 1940; from Turitz book: In 1878, eighteen Jews were casualties of Yellow Fever as were 33% of town's approximate 2,000 inhabitants. They found empty ground. All gravestones now are piled around the base of a large tree. An elegant brick and stone Neoclassical building similar to the temple in Natchez. http://isjm.best.vwh.net/Buildings/records/BR236.htm [August 2005]

     For Hebrew Union Congregation, documents exist in (AJA) American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488; phone (513) 221-1875, Microfilm No. 2592:

  • Congregational minutes, 1922-1939;
    
  • financial records, 1927-1939;
    
  • cemetery records, 1904-1938;
    
  • records of Olympia Club, including a visitor's register, 1900-1928, and financial records 1919-1926.

• Ahavath Hayim Cemetery: founded 1893; 2 active (see Turitz book at top of page] and Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com". http://www.rootsweb.com/~msleflor/Ahavath_Rayim_Cem.html has a few burial listings. [August 2005]
  

• B'nai Israel Cemetery: Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com".
• Highland Park Cemetery (Jewish Section): {10515} 3401 W. 7th St.. See: Forrest County MS Tombstone Inscriptions, 1986, p. 540, vol. IV, Source: Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com .

• Jewish Cemetery: Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com".

   The 1919 Jewish population was 126 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583 in American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld. active as of November 1940 when visited by Turitz. See the Turitz book mentioned at the top of this page.

• Beth Israel Cemetery: dates from 1860 at North State St. at Pinehurst. Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com". and Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com The Beth Israel cemetery was formed in 1860. It is still the only Jewish cemetery in Jackson. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]

         UPDATE: Beth Israel Cemetery: Beth Israel Congregation Office at 601-956-6215, 5315 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS 39211. The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in Utica probably has information. [January 2003] "... in the Hinds County cemetery book. However, I suggest you contact the Beth Israel Congregation Office at 601-956-6215, 5315 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS 39211, to see if they can offer any help. The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience is here in Utica, MS (SW Hinds County), at Henry Jacobs Camp. ... The Museum is excellent, and they are serving as an archives for closing Jewish synagogues and congregations all over the South. The number at Jacobs Camp/Museum is 601-885-6042  and the Jackson number is 601-362-6357. The Museum's mailing address is 3963 Morrison Road, Utica, MS 39175." http://www.rootsweb.com/~mshinds2/bitsandpieces.html [August 2005]
  

• Jewish Cemetery : (Congregation House of Israel) dates from 1854 according to Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877.

• Hickory Grove - Lake Park Cemetery: {10695} Jewish Section, Old Bay Springs Road between 12th and 15th streets. Congregation Knesseth Israel was organized in 1906. A synagogue was built in 1932 at 802 Fifth Avenue in a residential section near the Lauren Rogers Art Museum. The congregation was originally Orthodox but joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform) in 1940. A B'nai B'rith Lodge was organized in Laurel in 1 91 0. The synagogue probably closed in the 1980's; the building later was demolished. The Jewish Section of the Hickory Grove-Lake Park Cemetery is located near a small lake and is well maintained. There are a few unmarked graves. The earliest grave marker is 1916. Source: Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com active November 1940; [See Turitz book mentioned at the top of this page.]

• Hickory Grove-Lake Park Cemetery Old Bay Springs Road Between 12th and 15th Streets. The Jewish section is on top of a hill overlooking the lake. There are no above-ground markers, so it is not visible from the street. The earliest grave is from 1916. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]

Active November 1940 [See Turitz book mentioned at the top of this page.] 1919 Jewish population was 83 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583 in American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld

• Jewish Cemetery: County: Pike: State/County PIPS Code 28113, Topographic Map Name: McComb North; Map Reference Code 31090-C4; Geographic Coordinates: 311720N0902752W; Biblio. Ref. Code: MS- T56/p644 source: Geographic Names Database, submitted by Herbert Unger (deceased)

• Beth Israel Cemetery: {10136} 5th Avenue, west of Highway 39 North; Established: 1869. Listed as a historical site in 1989, an historical marker marks the entrance to the cemetery. A wall surrounds the cemetery. The gates are usually open during daylight hours. This very elegant site has many extravagant monuments and family plats. Well landscaped and manicured, Temple Beth Israel, a Reform congregation founded in 1869, owns the site. For further information, contact the synagogue at 3641 46th St., Meridian, MS: Phone (601) 483-3193. Sources: Turitz from 1868; (data entry by Shelly Nord), Eric J. Brock, and Turitz burials updated by Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com 2/7/1996.
       Henry Birnbrey; HBirnbrey@compuserve.com may have additional information.
  Congregation Beth Israel documents exist in (AJA) American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488; phone (513) 221-1875:
  
  • Death record book, 1852-1940; list of grave plot assignments and letter of requirements for having a plot, 1937; and letter from committee on the cemetery, stating regulations for removal of bodies from their graves, 1897. Small Collections
    
  • Letter from the Historic Preservation Division of Archives and History stating that Beth Israel Cemetery has been placed in the National Register of Historic Places. Jackson, MS, Apr. 10, 1989. Correspondence file
    
  • Record book of deaths of members of Temple Beth Israel. Sept. 28, 1869-Oct. 17, 1975. Vital Statistics file
  • http://www.americashistoricplaces.com/historymississippi/BethIsraelCemetery.htm:
    
• Ohel Jacob Cemetery: Orthodox {10210} 5th Avenue West of Highway 39 North. This cemetery, just down the road from Beth Israel Cemetery, belongs to Congregation Ohel Jacob, founded in 1880 and closed March 1991. A chain line fence surrounds the small well-kept, still maintained cemetery. The gate is locked at all times, but a key is available at Webbs Funeral Home on 7th Street & 26th Ave. in downtown Meridian. The current representative of the remaining Orthodox community in Meridian is David S. Shapiro. Sources: Turitz [see top of this page] compiled circa October 1978 and updated 2/7/1996 by Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com
       Documents exist in (AJA) American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488; phone (513) 221-1875 in Vital Statistics File: Tombstone inscriptions from Jewish cemeteries in Claiborne and Eufaula, AL and correspondence concerning these towns. Claiborne, AL and Meridian, MS and various places. Nov. 22, 1978 and July 3, 1979.

• Old City Cemetery: Jewish sections are listed in National Register of Historic Places: lst, l828; According to Postal & Koppman "Jewish Tourist's Guide to U.S.", p.267 (Jewish Publ. Soc., Phila., PA 1954) this is a walled-in strip of the city cemetery, dating from the 1840's and either called or belonging to B'nai Israel, Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/natchez_city.html has photos of historic marker, cemetery, and gravestones in "Jewish Cemetery" portion from 1822-1899.
  http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/ncc-db-index.htm and
  http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/burial-index.htm have burial information. [August 2005]
  

UPDATE: Jewish Hill, Old City Cemetery Jewish section located near the center of the cemetery. Includes the grave of Rosalie Beekman, the only Natchez casualty of the Civil War. The 7-year-old girl was hit during shelling by the U.S.S. Essex. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]

• Jewish Cemetery:"The year 1859 also saw establishment of congregation Gemiluth Chassed in Port Gibson, Mississippi, and that assembly purchased a cemetery in 1871 and erected a wonderfully exotic temple in 1892." Source: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/97-2.htm - link no longer available with cemetery entry photo. "Temple Gemiluth Chassed (Acts of Righteousness) was built in Port Gibson, between Vicksburg and Natchez, in 1891". ... "(The grave for Leopold Levy in Port Gibson is marked with reverse Hebrew letters. The stone cutter was unaware that Hebrew reads right to left.)" Source: http://www.southernnationalist.org/hebrew_heritage.htm. http://www.rootsweb.com/~msclaib3/portgibson.htm has town photos. Historic Site: Jewish Cemetery (added 1979 - Site - #79003415) 900 Marginal St., Port Gibson, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 [August 2005]

• "German-Jewish Cemetery." Just 150 yards over the Louisiana border, on a dirt road to the east side of Highway 51 is the small Jewish cemetery. The Jewish community likely dates back to about 1854, and was hard hit by the 1878 Yellow Fever outbreak. Two inventories made in the 1950s and 1960s list about 110 graves, though the latter census had 20 fewer names, likely due to vandalism and deterioration. Most graves are 19th century. The cemetery has been inactive for many years and is not maintained. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]      

  Information is available from the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in Jackson, MS. Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com" and Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com

  There are two cemeteries in Osyka. A Christian cemetery, still active, is well maintained. Adjoining this cemetery is a Jewish cemetery, inactive since 1906 and not maintained, now completely grown over with trees and undergrowth. The Jewish cemetery is approximately 100 by 200 feet and completely enclosed by what once was a very ornate brick and wrought-iron wall. Twenty-eight interments in the facility are visible from headstones that are all quite substantial. Most were ordered from a single firm (Kursheedt and Bienvinue) in New Orleans. The information on the stones tells much. The Jewish community in Osyka probably was established in 1854, the year the railroad from New Orleans reached Osyka. The community obviously was hard hit by the Yellow Fever Epidemic that swept the area in 1878. "Regular" interments cease around 1900. I surmise that for some reason, the Jewish settlers decided to leave the town at that time. A sampling of the dates and places of birth follows: Lazar Wolf...born Buschweiler, Alsace, 1826, Mina Wolf...born Lambsheim, Bavaria, 1830, Mary Hart...born Povidz, Prussia, 1828 Adolf Cahn...born Gorsheim, Bavaria, 1849, Jules Moyse... born Les Etangs, France, 1852". Source: Chuck Sanders; chassan@ksu.edu. br> http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/tangipahoa/cemeteries/german.txt has Jewish section burial listings and history: "The German Association was formed by a group of immigrants of both Catholic and Jewish faith, who started their own cemetery in Kirksville, rather than use the town of Osyka's cemetery.  According to family history passed down through generations, the Catholic and Jewish people were not allowed to bury in the Osyka town cemetery. Later in the early 1900's, both Irish and Italian Catholic immigrants moved to the area and also began to bury their dead at the German Cemetery. In the northeast corner there is a brick walled area of 75ft. x 75ft. known as the Jewish cemetery. To separate their burial space in accordance with Jewish religious practice, the Jewish members built the brick wall. The cemetery was in use as early as 1859. There are a few very old graves that have no headstone or other identifying markers. They were probably made of wood and did not survive the ages. The oldest graves that have markers are in the Catholic area.  It was reported in error that the Jewish cemetery was the oldest portion; the first graves there are in 1878. The German Cemetery has the graves of many people who died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1878.  Osyka had 53 deaths recorded from this epidemic. Yellow fever and small pox struck again in 1905. The cemetery has been in constant use over the years and is still in use today. There are two families that use the cemetery to bury, the Sassone family of Osyka and the Ricks family of New Orleans.  The cemetery has recently received a facelift with a new fence and trimming back of the trees and brush." http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/RegionalStudies/archivalcoll/P-Q/photos-c.html has photo references: CROSSING JORDAN -  Slides of cemeteries of Kentwood and Tangipahoa, Louisiana done by Michael Varnado for Dr. Joy Jackson's Photographic Methods Class, Spring 1981. Slide 0--Title Slide (6 copies) "The German-Jewish Cemetery is located approximately 4 miles north of Kentwood to the right of Highway 51. The cemetery consists of a walled section containing the graves of early Jewish settlers of the Osyka, Mississippi community. Surrounding the walled section are the graves of more recent non-Jewish burials. Cemetery had its origins in a yellow fever epidemic which hit Osyka in the 1870s." [August 2005]

• Jewish Cemetery: County: Claiborne: State/County PIPS Code 28021, Topographic Map Name: Port Gibson; Map Reference Code 31090-H8; Geographic Coordinates: 315721N0905846W; Biblio. Ref. Code: MS-M126 Source: Geographic Names Database were submitted by Herbert Unger (deceased).
• Karl Weil, Cemetery & Synagogue of Port Gibson may have a cemetery list. Source: Julian Falk, JGS Pittsburgh
• Gemilluth Chessed: 1859; Listed in National Register of Historic Places; Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. ericjbrock@aol.com".
• Jewish Rest Cemetery: Before 1870, Port Gibson used the Natchez cemetery. The congregation bought this site on Marginal Street for $300 in 1871. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic synagogue building is now being used by a "messianic" congregation. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]

• Anshe Chesed: Anshe Chesed: 2414 Grove St. Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, next to Temple Anshe Chesed. Located at the eastern end of Grove St., at the dead-end in the middle of the Vicksburg Battlefield, near the Visitor's Center. Established about 1860 when some graves were moved to Anshe Chesed from an earlier cemetery, whose location is unknown, but was probably somewhere in the current Vicksburg downtown area. Used by congregation Anshe Chesed. Contact person: Richard Marcus, Marcus Furniture (601) 636-7531. Mr. Marcus has a reasonably complete listing of burials for the 500 - 1000 graves. Perhaps about 25 burials have occurred since 1986 in this all-Jewish cemetery. Sources: David Chapin, 3312 Gary Dr., Plano, TX 75023-1120; dchapin@computek.net and Dan Orzech orzech@well.com.
       Anshe Chessed is listed as dating from 1841 in the National Register of Historic Places. Source Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877.
       The Henry Jacobs Museum has regional historical information and locations of many more burial grounds. Source: Dan Orzech orzech@well.com.
       Congregation Anshe Chesed documents exist in (AJA) American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488; phone (513) 221-1875:
  
  • listing of the persons interred in the congregation's cemetery as of Feb 1986. Small Collections
    
  • Letter from Julien D. Saks to Malcom H. Stern describing visits to cemeteries at Vicksburg, MI, Natchitoches, LA and Monroe, LA, including tombstone inscriptions. Houston, TX. 1960. SC-8702 and Microfilm No. 3002.
  UPDATE: Located next to Temple Anshe Chesed. Located at the eastern end of Grove St., at the dead-end in the middle of the Vicksburg Battlefield, near the Visitor's Center. The cemetery land was where the Second Texas Lunette fought the Union during the 1863 Siege of Vicksburg. The Kierskys sold the land to the Jewish community in 1864.
  Two rabbis are buried here. Bernard Gotthelf was a chaplain for Union soldiers, and died in the 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic while ministering to the community. One-third of the congregation ‹ 46 Jews ‹ died in the epidemic. Herman Bien was rabbi in Vicksburg for 10 years but retired to pursue other interests. He applied for the vacant pulpit in Birmingham in 1895, but upon learning he would not get the job (Temple Emanu-El hired Morris Newfield, who served the congregation for 45 years), he killed himself in his hotel room. There are six Jewish Confederate veterans buried here, including Philip Sartorious, the first Confederate soldier wounded in the siege. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]

• Beth Israel Cemetery: {10003} On the outskirts of city, the site dates from 1849 according to p. 267 of Postal & Koppman "Jewish Tourist's Guide to U.S." (Jewish Publ. Soc., Phila., PA 1954) Documents exist in (AJA) American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488; phone (513) 221-1875:
        Records of Beth Israel Cemetery, published in The Louisiana Genealogical Register. Baton Rouge, LA. Sept. 1977. Vital Statistics file. and gravestone inscriptions from the Jewish cemetery. Woodville, MS, 1814-1969. 1979 Vital Statistics file.
        UPDATE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin/wville.htm: "The Jewish Cemetery - Used extensively by our Jewish population from the War Between the States until WWI. Many inscriptions are in Hebrew." In the County Museum at Jewish Life in Wilkinson County, 1820-1920, "Views of a Vanished Community" Edited by Marsha Oates, 1996 and Jews in Early Mississippi by Leo and Evelyn Turitz. Accounts of Jewish settlement across Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi, 1995. http://www.ssrc.msstate.edu/grr/wilkhm.html has photo of the historic marker reading: "BETH ISRAEL CEMETERY - Jewish community flourished in Woodville 1820-1920. Est. cemetery 1848. Synagogue built on Natchez St. 1878, rebuilt 1896, burned 1930’s. Jewish community enriched Town’s economic/artistic life." Location: in front of cemetery on Sligo Street, 601-888-3338, [January 2003]

  UPDATE: Sligo Street, south of downtown. Jewish cemetery is on the right. In 1849, peddlers Jacob Cohen and Jacob Schwartz hastily bought a piece of land to bury fellow peddler Henry Burgance, who died unexpectedly. The museum and town care for the cemetery. Two years ago, a large tree in the cemetery was uprooting some older graves, so the town planned to cut it down and use it as the city¹s Christmas tree that year. Source: Larry Brook, editor@deepsouthjewishvoice.com [May 2005]