Ancestry of
James M. Godfrey

(c1825–1863)

James M. Godfrey

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1825 
  • Birth Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Nov 1863 
  • Death Location:
  • Mower U.S.A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Hanover Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran - Union

    Pvt., Co. H, Reg't. 118, PA Infantry

    James Godfrey died in the Mower General Hospital, a U.S. Army hospital built in 1862 to care for wounded soldiers. His cause of death is listed as "phthisis" which in layman's terms is pulmonary tuberculosis.

• Marriages for James M. Godfrey

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary H. Tees
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1850

• Sources for James M. Godfrey

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1860, Philadelphia Ward 19, p. 456, Image 457 of 984.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1850, Kensington Ward 5, Image 135 of 202.
  • ³ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Baptism records for children of James and Mary Godfrey.
  • ⁴ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for son James Godfrey.
  • ⁵ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, Death record for James Godfrey.
  • ⁶ U.S., Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, Cemetery record for James M Godfrey.
  • ⁷ U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Death record for James Godfrey.