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Cemetery Information

Cemetery Identification
Cemetery ID: USA-07980
Cemetery Name: Riverside Cemetery
Section: Congregation Beth Ha Tephila
Cemetery Location
Country: USA
State:North Carolina
City: Asheville
Street: 53 Birch Street
Cemetery Details
Number of Burials: 459
Number of Photographs: 0
Cemetery Description:

This cemetery section was established in 1902 when a portion of Riverside Cemetery was purchased by Congregation Beth HaTephila. Congregation Beth HaTephila was Asheville's first synagogue, founded in 1891.

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.rootsweb.com/~ssjdb/genealogy/ and choose the appropriate cemetery.

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Data last updated: 06/08/2018

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