The oldest unmarked grave in this cemetery is that of a Jewish peddler killed by Indians in 1840. His grave, supposedly beneath a large tree, was the reason why the surrounding land was designated a Jewish cemetery in 1911. The 1926 Jacksonville Jewish Year Book actually described the missing tombstone as having a Hebrew epitaph, "Here rests Gershom ben Yosef who was killed by the Indians in 5601 (1840)." Today, the oldest marked grave is from 1911, belonging to Abe Schneider, who was murdered along with the sheriff who deputized him, when they attempted to transport an escaped convict.

Information courtesy of Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.

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