Richland County · Marker 40-11
Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society
Corner of Gadsden & Richland Sts., Columbia
Front inscription
In this cemetery, 2 ½ blocks south on Gadsden Street, are buried many distinguished Jewish citizens, including two mayors of Columbia: Mordecai Hendricks DeLeon (1791-1849) and Henry Lyons (1805-1858). The Benevolent Society was organized in 1822; chartered 1834.