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]
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- ^ "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".