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Buffalo Cemeteries, An Account of the Burial Places of Buffalo
From the Earliest Times
Read Before the Buffalo Historical Society, February 4, 1879
by WILLIAM HODGE
Pub. Bigelow Brothers, Buffalo, N.Y.; 1879

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                           JEWISH CEMETERIES
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        BETHEL CEMETERY, (Polish.) —The Bethel Society, organized in 1839,
     purchased about 1844 a burial place fronting on what is now Fillmore
     avenue, between Batavia and William streets. The whole lot contains
     three and one-half acres. They opened a portion of it only for
     burials.

        The Jacobson Society (German), was some years afterwards organized,
     and another and smaller portion of the above lot conveyed to them as a
     burying place.
        The Bethel Society, after the opening of the Pine Hill cemeteries,
     obtained a lot there, about two and a half acres in extent, and
     between 1862 and 1865, opened the ground which is now known by their
     name, in close proximity to the German and French cemetery.

        The Jacobson Society was succeeded by the Beth Zion, which also
     purchased a burying ground at Pine Hill, and when afterwards the
     Temple Society was formed, and united with Beth Zion as Temple Beth
     Zion, this ground became the property of the united societies and is
     known as

        TEMPLE BETH ZION CEMETERY. —This contains an area bounded by 60
     feet front and 450 deep, and can hardly be deemed adequate to the
     wants and ability of our Jewish population.
        The old cemetery lot on Fillmore avenue has been sold to private
     parties, with express provision that the burial places shall always
     be kept well fenced and guarded, according to the excellent Jewish
     saying, "Let the dead rest."

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