Samuel Sussman Snow

Samuel Sussman Snow (March 18, 1818 - July 9, 1892^[1]) was a pioneering settler, doctor, gold miner, and rancher in California.^[2] He was an immigrant and Jewish. He helped establish a synagogue and the Kewish Pioneer Cemetery in Placerville, California. Jonathan Friedmann wrote the 2020 book Jewish Gold Country about him and other Jewish pioneers in California.^[3] It recounts the tales of gold rush era pioneers.^[4] He married Paulina Fink.^[2]

References

^ "JHE Photo Essay: American notes — Epitaphs on historic Jewish gravestones in the USA trace stories of (sometimes dramatic) immigration from Europe)". October 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b SAMUEL SUSSMAN SNOW (PDF). Jewish-American-Society-for-Historic-Preservation.org (Report).
^ "Samuel Sussman Snow: Early Jewish Physician, Rancher, Fur Trader, "Ditch Agent" and Farmer of Placerville, California – JMAW – Jewish Museum of the American West". www.jmaw.org.
^ Harris, Liz (May 21, 2020). "New book tells Jewish stories of the Gold Rush".

External links

Findagrave entry

[1] "JHE Photo Essay: American notes — Epitaphs on historic Jewish gravestones in the USA trace stories of (sometimes dramatic) immigration from Europe)". October 4, 2019.

[pdf-2] SAMUEL SUSSMAN SNOW (PDF). Jewish-American-Society-for-Historic-Preservation.org (Report).

[3] "Samuel Sussman Snow: Early Jewish Physician, Rancher, Fur Trader, "Ditch Agent" and Farmer of Placerville, California – JMAW – Jewish Museum of the American West". www.jmaw.org.

[4] Harris, Liz (May 21, 2020). "New book tells Jewish stories of the Gold Rush".

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