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JEWISH CEMETERIES IN ROCKDALE, TEXAS:

Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale
South Main Street (FM 908)
Rockdale, Milam County, TX 76567
Jewish Section # 10454
First Jewish burial: Arthur Loewenstein,  August 1877
Land was purchased and dedicated  as a Jewish burial ground by the Hebrew Benevolent Association - November 1877
Isaac Emsheimer, committed suicide in 1884, and buried in a separate part of the cemetery. 
Isaac Crown died in a fire in 1888, buried here.
Final burial: Morris S. Cohn, 1939
Last updated: August 2, 2020
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       Lynna Kay Shuffield compiled the burial list of the cemetery established in 1877. She photographed 19 of the 21 graves in this cemetery.  They all needed to be cleaned and may have been. Two pre-1890's stone awaited repair directions from the Texas Historical Commission.
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Historical Marker, Jewish Cemetery Rockdale:

"Jewish Cemetery. The International & Great Northern Railroad reached the new town of Rockdale in January 1874. Among the early residents were brothers Benjamin and Joseph Loewnstein, who opened a mercantile from a tent before the railroad arrived. They and their families were part of a larger contingent of Jewish settlers in the area. By 1879, a reported 100 Jewish residents lived in Rockdale, which boasted an active B'nai B'rith lodge.

In August 1877, Benjamin and Carrie Loewenstein's son Arthur died and was buried at this site. The following November, the Hebrew Benevolent Association bought the land for use as a dedicated Jewish burial ground.

Among those interred here are Henry Goldsticker, a confederate veteran, and Isaac Crown, who died in a disastrous fire in 1888 at Rockdale's Mundine Hotel.

One grave, that of Isaac Ensheimer, was placed in a separate part of the cemetery; Ensheimer committed suicide in 1884. The final burial occurred in 1939 and is that of Morris Cohn. The site is a reminder of Rockdale diverse history."

Historic Texas Cemetery. 2004

1. Arthur Loewenstein, Birth: 30 Sep 1876, Death: 8 Aug 1877 (aged 10 months), Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
2. Hattie Phillipson, Birth: 7 May 1881, Death: 4 Jun 1881 (aged 28 days), Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
3. Samuel Cohen, Birth: 13 Apr 1835, Death: 24 Aug 1882 (aged 47). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
4. George Goldsticker, Birth: 20 Sep 1882, Texas, USA. Death: 22 Aug 1883 (aged 11 months), Milam County, Texas, USA. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
5. Isaac Emsheimer, Birth: 1848. Death: 29 Apr 1884 (aged 35–36). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
6. Rosa Rosenfield, Birth: 26 Jun 1877, Death: 26 May 1886 (aged 8), Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
7. Isaac Crown, Birth: 1 Jan 1858, Death: 4 Jun 1888 (aged 30). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
8. Henry Goldsticker, Birth: 4 Jul 1843, Germany. Death: 9 Aug 1888 (aged 45), Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
9. Henrietta Block, Birth: 29 Jun 1866, Death: 7 Oct 1892 (aged 26), Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
10. Theresa “Theralia” King Block, Birth: 21 Jan 1835, Germany. Death: 29 Jul 1898 (aged 63). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
11. Hyman Block, Birth: 22 Dec 1825. France. Death: 18 Jan 1899 (aged 73). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
12. Annie Collins, Birth: 12 Apr 1889, Death: 18 Sep 1900 (aged 11), Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale. Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
13. Dr H. V. Lowenstein, Birth: unknown. Death: 31 Aug 1904. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA. No Gravemarker. Husband of Sarah (Cohen) Lowenstein.
14. Salomine Malsch, Birth: 4 Nov 1826, Germany. Death: 16 Nov 1907 (aged 81), Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA. Gravesite Details Wife of Matthew Malsch. Mother of Carrie (Malsch) Loewenstein.
15. Joseph E. Loewenstein, Birth: 26 May 1875, Death: 21 Jul 1908 (aged 33). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
16. Benjamin “Ben” Loewenstein, Birth: 2 Mar 1845, Germany. Death: 11 May 1923 (aged 78), Texas, USA. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale. Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
17. Abe Steinberg, Birth: 8 Apr 1843, Death: 25 Feb 1928 (aged 84), Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale. Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
18. Jacob Kestenbaum, Birth: 9 Mar 1874. Death: 30 Apr 1932 (aged 58). Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale. Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
19. Carrie Malsch Loewenstein, Birth: 29 Sep 1851, Germany. Death: 8 Jun 1932 (aged 80), Texas, USA. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale. Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA
20. Max Collins: Birth: Dec 1872, Death: Oct 1933 (aged 60), Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA. Burial: Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA. No Gravemarker. Listing here per his obit in The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1933 Page: 6 of 6
21. Morris S. Cohn, Birth: 16 Apr 1856, Death: 30 Apr 1939 (aged 83). Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA

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Jewish Sources and External Links:

1. The Jewish Cemetery in Rockdale, Texas - by Milam County Historical Commission, Milam County, Texas
2. Rockdale City Cemetery
3. Kroll, Edward (Eliezer), "We Remember: The Children of Abbe and Goldie Baum - The Baum-Crohn-Webster Family (1842-2000) - The Saga of an American Jewish Family - published in Israel, Jan 2002.
4. In Memory of Lynna Kay Shuffield, Feb 3, 1957 - Dec 12, 2018
5. The Loewenstein Family of Milam County, Texas - by Lynna Kay Shuffield
6. The International & Great Northern Railroad - by George C. Werner
7. History of Rockdale, Milam County, Texas

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