Marcus Goldbaum
Marcus Goldbaum (1835–1886) was a Prussian-born American pioneer and prospector in the Arizona Territory.
Marcus Goldbaum | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1835 |
| Died | 1886 |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Goldbaum |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives | David Goldbaum (nephew) |
Early life
Marcus Goldbaum was born in 1835 in Prussia.[1][2][3] He immigrated to the United States in the 1850s.[1][3]
Career
Goldbaum lived in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and California in the 1860s.[2] In 1869, he moved to Tucson, Arizona.[2] He served as a Justice of the Peace in Wickenburg, Arizona in 1870.[1][2] He also lived in Florence, Harshaw,[2] Benson and Tombstone.[3] He then settled down in Tucson, where he worked as a butcher.[2] He also worked as a butcher in Phoenix.[4]
Goldbaum was also a prospector in Southern Arizona, including the Whetstone Mountains.[2]
Personal life and death
Goldbaum was married to Sara Goldbaum.[2][3] They had seven children, four of which were born in Bavaria and three in Arizona.[2]
Goldbaum was killed by Apache Native Americans in the Whetstone Mountains in 1886.[3][4]
References
- "The Marcus Goldbaum Family of Tucson". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- Harriet Rochlin, Fred Rochlin, Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West, Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000, p. 33
- W. Lane Rogers, Scalped, Arizona Range News, January 21, 2009
- Helene Schwartz Kenvin, This Land of Liberty: A History of America's Jews, Springfield, New Jersey: Behrman House, 1986 , p. 96