Sedalia Union Hebrew Cemetery-Sons of Israel:
Pettis County, Missouri Cemetery Records by the Osage Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1986-87: p. 176, entitled: "Sedalia Union Hebrew Cemetery-Sons of Israel.
This small cemetery, located just south of 28th Street on Grand Avenue, is well-kept and fenced. Seventy Jewish families settled in Sedalia around 1860. On October 11, 1868, Sons of Israel purchased on acre for their cemetery. The early soft sandstone headstones are unreadable and inscribed in Hebrew. The Jewish population of Sedalia in 1986 was down from seventy families to seventeen families. Rachel Vetter at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. has burial index.