Resident Moses Serfarty died in 1857 and was buried in Charleston, South Carolina because Jacksonville had no Jewish cemetery. Subsequently, Jacksonville Jews organized the Hebrew Benevolent Society and acquired what became the first cemetery designated for Jewish burial in Florida. Among the earliest burials were six victims of yellow fever in 1857 that included the Dzialynski family patriarch, Abraham, and two of his sons. Seven Confederate veterans are buried here.

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

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