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Beni Israel Cemetery

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Jews who were a part of the German Immigrant Settlement Company from Chicago that had founded Eudora in 1856. One-year-old Isaac Cohn who died September 5, 1858, was the first person buried in the cemetery. He was the son of Asher Cohn (1828–1890), an immigrant businessman from
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On January 2, 2013, Beni Israel Cemetery was added to the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Beni Israel Cemetery is located in Kansas
Beni Israel Cemetery is located in the United States
Eudora, Kansas
38°55′41″N 95°06′45″W / 38.92806°N 95.11250°W / 38.92806; -95.11250
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Jewish cemetery
Eudora
Douglas County, Kansas
German
Polish
Lubawa
Lawrence
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Kansas


NRHP Weekly list Jan. 4, 2013
NRHP Nomination Form for Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company Story
NRHP Nomination Form for Beni Israel Cemetery

Beni Israel Cemetery
Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation website
Beni Israel Cemetery
Find a Grave
Beni Israel Cemetery listing on Kansas Historic Resources Inventory
NRHP Registration Form for Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company Store
Eudora History: Cemeteries
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cemetery Beni Israel

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