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Joseph Marfing

Born: 1839.

Died: November 24, 1920.

Occupations:
Hatter - located at 1956 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Undertaker - located at 1842 1/2 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York

Enlisted: April 18, 1861 at Brooklyn, New York to serve 3 years (aged 22 years).

Mustered In: May 23, 1861 as Private.

Company: E

Transferred: On February 15, 1864 to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Marriage Date and Place: 1) Almena Wort , July 9, 1862 at Jersey City, New Jersey.
2) Rebecca J. Wilfert, July 2, 1894.

Children:
A) With Almena Wort
1) Alice L. Marfing Born October 1866
2) Clara Marfing Born 1869
3) Joseph Post Marfing Born March 1874

B) With Rebecca J. Wilfert
None

Last Known Addresses:
1) 1842 ½ Fulton Street, Brooklyn
827 Herkimer
572 Macon,Brooklyn. (At time of death).

Joseph Marfing is buried at the Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
We would like to thank Joseph Marfing's descendants Richard Cross for contributing information
to this page and to Donald Raber for the photograph!
  • Sources: The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis.
    The Brooklyn, New York General & Business Directory for 1880-1881,
    published by Lain & Co., New York, in 1881.
    The Brooklyn, New York Directory for 1890-1891, published by Lain & Co., New York, in 1891.
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