1821
Chestnut Street Cemetery
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The fulfillment of this request meant the establishment of the first Jewish cemetery west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Eighty-five individuals found their final resting places within its borders, with new interments coming to an end in 1849 following a cholera epidemic that swept through the city.