Jacob Abraham Levy

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Jacob Abraham Levy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Death: April 23, 1878 (73)
Richmond, Virginia, United States (terminal pneumonia after being paralyzed for 2 years from stroke)
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Levy, ben Levie and Sarah Rachel Cornelia Levy
Husband of Martha Ezekiel
Father of Rebecca Levy; Abraham Levy; Zeke Levy (CSA); Rachel Cornelia Levy; Adeline Hyneman Jacobs and 5 others
Brother of Lewis Abraham Levy; Julia Solomon; Rebecca Hyman; Esther Isaacs; Moses Albert Levy, M.D. and 2 others

Occupation: Dry Goods Store Owner
Managed by: Private User
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About Jacob Abraham Levy

Succeeded his brother, Isaac A. Levy, as President of Congregation Beth Shalome for 18 years, 1849 - 1867.

1850 Slave Schedule: 1 43 year old mulatto female, 1 37 year old black female, 1 19 year old mulatto female

Jacob A. Levy's store and residence was at 15 West Main, Richmond, Virginia. He and his father, Abraham, were the prime movers in the successful petition of 1846 to the Richmond city council requesting exemptions for Jews from Sunday closing laws. Like all Orthodox Jews, retail merchants such as the Levys made great financial sacrifices to observe both the Jewish Sabbath and Christian Sunday.

Source: The forerunners: Dutch Jewry in the North American diaspora By Robert P. Swierengas

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7604580

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-PXMM : 26 July 2019), Jacob A. Levy, 1878; Burial, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America, Hebrew Cemetery; citing record ID 7604580, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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Jacob Abraham Levy's Timeline

1804
May 9, 1804
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1829
July 21, 1829
richmond, Virginia
1831
February 28, 1831
Richmond, Virginia
1833
September 15, 1833
1835
September 30, 1835
Richmond, Virginia, United States
1837
1837
Virginia, United States
1841
April 15, 1841
Richmond, Virginia
1843
July 1843
Richmond, Virginia, United States
1845
March 22, 1845
Richmond, Virginia, United States