Beni Israel Cemetery

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Beni Israel Cemetery
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Beni Israel Cemetery in 2012.
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Location1301 E. 2100 Rd., Eudora, Kansas
Coordinates 38°55′41″N95°06′45″W / 38.92806°N 95.11250°W / 38.92806; -95.11250 Coordinates: 38°55′41″N95°06′45″W / 38.92806°N 95.11250°W / 38.92806; -95.11250
Built1858
NRHP reference No. 12001118 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 2, 2013

Beni Israel Cemetery, also known as Cemetery Beni Israel, [2] is an historic Jewish cemetery located at 1301 E. 2100 Road in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas. It was founded in 1858 by German and Polish 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 Lubawa, Poland who founded a general store in Eudora ca. 1857 [3] and who is also buried here with his wife Sarah. After 1928, burials ceased for decades until 1978 when responsibility for the cemetery was taken on by the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation of nearby Lawrence. [4]

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On January 2, 2013, Beni Israel Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

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  1. 1 2 NRHP Weekly list Jan. 4, 2013
  2. Note: Beni Israel (meaning Sons of Israel) is the historic name which appears in the NRHP listing as well as on the bronze marker at the cemetery entrance. The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation on its website, however calls it by the more contemporary name B'nai Israel Cemetery
  3. NRHP Nomination Form for Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company Story
  4. NRHP Nomination Form for Beni Israel Cemetery

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