Congregation Children of Israel (C C of I) Cemetery
 

see Temple Israel Cemetery
 

Prior to 1885 the Jewish inhabitants of Memphis interred their dead in the cemetery

of the Congregation Children of Israel on Bass Ave at the head of Adams St. The new

cemetery established on the old Hernando Road which was at that time two miles from

 the city limits was for a while known as the "New Hebrew Cemetery" (Keating's History

of Memphis, Vol II, page 306)
 

The old cemetery of Bass Ave fell into disuse. The present ground on Hernando Road

was purchased in 1885, ten acres in all; and the new cemetery was dedicated on

October 11, 1885. The bodies interred in the old cemetery was transferred, and the

former property was sold for building lots. (now Temple Israel Cemetery)

A mortuary chapel was erected at the cemetery in 1886.

When the new property was dedicated, fifty nine family lots were sold ranging from

$10.00 to $25.00 in prices. (exerpts from Congregation of Israel).