Beulah Cemetery, Vicksburg, MS
Beulah Cemetery was established in 1884 by the Vicksburg Tabernacle No. 19 Independent Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity, a fraternal order that had wide support among African Americans in Vicksburg. Many of the most prominent black leaders in Vicksburg are buried in the cemetery, including William Tillmon Jones, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias from 1889-1906; Rosa A. Temple and G. M. McIntyre, educators for whom local schools are named, and members of the Jefferson and Dillon families, founders of local black funeral homes. See books.google.com/books?id=wjZIkchWX5AC&lpg=RA5-PA313&... tillmon jones&pg=RA5-PA313#v=onepage&q=william tillmon jones&f=false
Beulah Cemetery, Vicksburg, MS
Beulah Cemetery was established in 1884 by the Vicksburg Tabernacle No. 19 Independent Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity, a fraternal order that had wide support among African Americans in Vicksburg. Many of the most prominent black leaders in Vicksburg are buried in the cemetery, including William Tillmon Jones, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias from 1889-1906; Rosa A. Temple and G. M. McIntyre, educators for whom local schools are named, and members of the Jefferson and Dillon families, founders of local black funeral homes. See books.google.com/books?id=wjZIkchWX5AC&lpg=RA5-PA313&... tillmon jones&pg=RA5-PA313#v=onepage&q=william tillmon jones&f=false