Hebrew Benevolence Society Cemetery 
Columbus, Colorado County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

 Location: 
Montezuma & Speakville Rd; Columbus 
at the SW City limits of Columbus at Montezuma and FM 806). 

Marker :
 Comprising one acre of land, this cemetery was begun 
in 1879 with the burial of M. A. Levy. Although its name suggests 
an affiliation with a Hebrew Benevolent Society, there was never a 
specific organization associated with the cemetery. Several of the 
city's Jewish citizens are buried here, including two infants who died 
in the 1880s and merchant Louis Rosenstein. The last burial was that 
of Pauline Lewin Nussbaum in 1938. Abandoned for many years, the 
cemetery was restored in 1988 by a Boy Scout troop from congregation 
Beth Israel in Houston.