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Marx Schoenberg was born in Bavaria abt 1833 and died on 8 November 1870 in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Buried in Bikur Cholim Cemetery, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The inscription on his tombstone reads "murdered." (See "The Mysterious Death of Max Schoenberg"). Alternate spellings: Marks Schaumberg, Marks Schambers, Marx Schonberg, Marx Schomberg.
He was a newspaper publisher and appointed Mayor of Donaldsonville.
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marriage 15 Nov 1865 to Anna Prins https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJD-4SDS
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Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - Donaldsonville, Louisiana. <link>
Of all the stones at Bikur Sholim, perhaps the most intriguing tombstone is one that reads: "in memory of Marx Schoenberg, Born in Germany, 1833, Murdered November 9, 1870. May he rest in peace.” Marx Schoenberg was not simply a Jewish merchant who was killed by a thief or a jealous husband. He was the mayor of Donaldsonville during the tumultuous period of Reconstruction. Born in Germany, Schoenberg moved to Donaldsonville from New Orleans in 1868. His brother-in-law, Morris Marks, also lived in Donaldsonville at the time. Both Marks and Schoenberg were strong Republicans who were politically connected with the party who controlled the state government in New Orleans. Marks was elected as a parish judge in 1868, while Schoenberg was appointed mayor of Donaldsonville in 1870 by Republican Governor Henry Warmoth. During the contested election of 1870, Schoenberg was killed during a standoff with militia troops after a dispute over counting ballots; the exact circumstances of Schoenberg's death were shrouded in conflicting claims and testimony. Marks, who took in Schoenberg's orphaned children, went on to have a long and controversial career in state politics, including several unsuccessful runs for the U.S. House of Representatives.
from: Ascension Parish. Group studying life (and murder) of Jews Published: Jun 17, 2010
DONALDSONVILLE — A Mississippi historian said he is overwhelmed with the amount of research material he has found centering around the deaths of two Jewish Donaldsonville politicians in the late 1800s. Stuart Rockoff, the director of the history department at the Goldring Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, was in town last month poring over newspaper accounts and court documents concerning the controversial Nov. 8, 1870 election-day shooting deaths of Marx Schoenberg [Republican Party] and William Lawes [Democratic Party].
“The story of these Jewish immigrants in Donaldsonville has the potential to change the way we think of Southern Jews and politics and society in the 19th century,” he said.
The trios’ first stop was at Schoenberg’s headstone, which included in the inscription “murdered.” ....
from: Wikipedia, Donaldsonville, Louisiana Synagogue
Donaldsonville is the home of one of the oldest synagogue buildings still standing in the United States.[10] The wooden building, now in use as an Ace Hardware store, was built in 1872 by Congregation Bikur Cholim, which disbanded in the 1940s.
Marx Schoenberg on the right and wife Anna Prins Schonberg on the left
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1833
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Bavaria, Germany
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1851 |
1851
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Ohio, United States
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1853 |
February 14, 1853
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Ohio, Cincinnati, United States
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1855 |
February 2, 1855
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Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH, United States
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1857 |
1857
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Ohio, United States
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1857
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Louisiana, United States
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1867 |
1867
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Louisiana, United States
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1868 |
January 5, 1868
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Louisiana, United States
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