Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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WOLFE, JOSEPH R   (1840-1915)   Pacific Grove
(Monterey Daily Cypress July 29, 1915)

Minister Has Answered Call
Rev. Joseph R. Wolfe Passes Away After Illustrious Career
  Rev. Joseph R. Wolfe, superannuated Methodist Minster and a man whose career was remarkably 
illustrious, passed away at his home, 156 Monterey avenue, Pacific Grove, early yesterday morning, 
aged 75 years.
  Dr. Wolfe was born in Bond county, Ill., on November 23, 1840.  He received his education in that 
state and was graduated from a university in the middle west, after which he practiced law.  During 
the Civil War he served for three years with the 107th Illinois regiment and mustered out with the 
rank of captain.
  In 1870 Rev. Wolfe entered the ministry in the state of Nebraska and was transferred to Lockwood, 
California, in 1883, where he remained for a period of three years.  It was in 1905 that Rev. Wolfe 
was declared superannuated and since that time has made his home in Pacific Grove.  He resided 
for a time in Seaside.
  Deceased was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and was a member of Lockwood Lodge 
I.O.O.F.  He was chaplain for the department of California of the G.A.R. and was past commander of 
Lucius Fairchild Post of Pacific Grove.
  Funeral Tomorrow
  Dr. Wolfe is survived by his wife, three sons, and a daughter, J.A. Wolfe of Pacific Grove, F.A. Wolfe 
of San Jose, Philip Wolfe of Pasadena and Miss Jennie Wolfe.
  The G.A.R. and Pacific Grove Odd Fellows will be in charge of the funeral, which is to be held from 
the Methodist church tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock.  Rev. Leslie M. Burwell will officiate.  
Interment will be in Pacific Grove Cemetery.