Mikveh Israel Cemetery - Spruce Street (Partial), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* Mikveh Israel Cemetery (first cemetery) 8th and Spruce Streets Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Second oldest Jewish Cemetery in the United States Visits and Tours by appointments Contact: Ms. Sarah Goldberg Mikveh Israel Synagogue office Independence Mall East 44 N. 4th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 251 - 922 - 5446 Pennsylvania Historical Marker Marker Name: Mikveh Israel Cemetery County: Philadelphia Date Dedicated: 1957 Marker Type: City Location: Spruce Street between Schell and Darien Streets, Philadelphia Category: Religion, Ethnic and Immigration Marker Text Founded 1740. Notables buried here include Nathan Levy, whose ship brought the Liberty Bell to America; Haym Salomon, Revolutionary patriot; the Gratz family; and Aaron Levy, founder of Aaronsburg. Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments =============================================================================================================================== CARVALHO, Reverend (Rabbi) Nunes COHEN, Reverend (Rabbi) Jacob Raphael ELMALEH, Fanny Polano - w/o Rev. Leon H. Elmaleh 1966 ELMALEH, Reverend (Rabbi) Leon H. 1972 h/o Fanny Polano ETTING, Josephine 1913 ETTING, Reuben 1762 1848 GRATZ, Hyman - s/o Michael & Miriam 1776 1857 Founder of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts GRATZ, Jacob - s/o Michael & Miriam 1790 1856 Pennsylvania House of Representatives and State Senate GRATZ, Michael - h/o Miriam 1740 1811 GRATZ, Miriam - w/o Michael Daughter of Joseph Simon GRATZ, Rebecca 04 Mar 1781 27 Aug 1869 GRATZ, Simon - s/o Michael & Miriam 1773 1839 Founder of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts KEYS, Reverend (Rabbi) Abraham Israel LEVY, Aaron 1742 1815 LEVY, Nathan 1753 MORDECAI, Moses 1707 28 May 1781 NONES, Benjamin 1757 1826 PHILLIPS, Rebecca Machado - w/o Jonas 1746 1831 educator RUSSELL, Dr. Philip Moses 1747 11 Aug 1830 SALOMON, Haym - "The Good Jew" 1740 06 Jan 1785 45 years of age Merchant and Financier =============================================================================================================================== Added 3/22/2009 This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/cemeteries/mikvehisrael-spruce.txt