Beni Israel Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Beni Israel Cemetery

Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas
Listed
January 2, 2013
Type
Site
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
12001118

About this property

Beni Israel Cemetery, also known as Cemetery Beni Israel and today known as B'nai Israel Cemetery, 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 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. On January 2, 2013, Beni Israel Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

1301 E. 2100 Rd.
Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas
38.92833, -95.11285

Categories

SOCIAL HISTORYEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Sources

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When was Beni Israel Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Beni Israel Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Beni Israel Cemetery?

Beni Israel Cemetery is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Beni Israel Cemetery is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1869.

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