Place of her birth is from the 1870 census.
She was the daughter of Samuel M. Wolfe and Maria Antoinette Garland Wolfe.
On August 28, 1848 she married Captain James Henry Carleton, United States Army. They were the parents of five children, two of who died in childhood. Her remains were removed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1886.
Oakland Daily Evening Tribune
Tuesday, September 14, 1880
Personal Mention
Sophia Garland Wolfe, widow of the late General James Henry Carleton, of the United States Army, died on the 16th ultimo, at Santa Barbara, California. Mrs. Carleton was the granddaughter of Colonel Benjamin Wolfe, who commanded at Richmond during the revolution and great-grandniece of General James Wolfe, who fell at Quebec. Her paternal grandmother was descended in direct line from Sir Arthur Wolfe. Her mother was Marie Antoinette Garland, sister of General Garland, of the United States Army and daughter of Judge Hudson Garland, of Virginia, whose eldest son, James, had been on the bench at Lynchburg for sixty years and is the oldest Judge in the United States.
Army And Navy Journal September 4, 1880
Died
Carleton. At the residence of her son-in-law, Lieut. E.K. Moore, United States Navy, at Santa Barbara, California, Sophia W., widow of the late James H. Carleton, United States Army, aged fifty years and three months.
She was the daughter of Samuel M. Wolfe and Maria Antoinette Garland Wolfe.
On August 28, 1848 she married Captain James Henry Carleton, United States Army. They were the parents of five children, two of who died in childhood. Her remains were removed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1886.
Oakland Daily Evening Tribune
Tuesday, September 14, 1880
Personal Mention
Sophia Garland Wolfe, widow of the late General James Henry Carleton, of the United States Army, died on the 16th ultimo, at Santa Barbara, California. Mrs. Carleton was the granddaughter of Colonel Benjamin Wolfe, who commanded at Richmond during the revolution and great-grandniece of General James Wolfe, who fell at Quebec. Her paternal grandmother was descended in direct line from Sir Arthur Wolfe. Her mother was Marie Antoinette Garland, sister of General Garland, of the United States Army and daughter of Judge Hudson Garland, of Virginia, whose eldest son, James, had been on the bench at Lynchburg for sixty years and is the oldest Judge in the United States.
Army And Navy Journal September 4, 1880
Died
Carleton. At the residence of her son-in-law, Lieut. E.K. Moore, United States Navy, at Santa Barbara, California, Sophia W., widow of the late James H. Carleton, United States Army, aged fifty years and three months.
Place of her birth is from the 1870 census.
She was the daughter of Samuel M. Wolfe and Maria Antoinette Garland Wolfe.
On August 28, 1848 she married Captain James Henry Carleton, United States Army. They were the parents of five children, two of who died in childhood. Her remains were removed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1886.
Oakland Daily Evening Tribune
Tuesday, September 14, 1880
Personal Mention
Sophia Garland Wolfe, widow of the late General James Henry Carleton, of the United States Army, died on the 16th ultimo, at Santa Barbara, California. Mrs. Carleton was the granddaughter of Colonel Benjamin Wolfe, who commanded at Richmond during the revolution and great-grandniece of General James Wolfe, who fell at Quebec. Her paternal grandmother was descended in direct line from Sir Arthur Wolfe. Her mother was Marie Antoinette Garland, sister of General Garland, of the United States Army and daughter of Judge Hudson Garland, of Virginia, whose eldest son, James, had been on the bench at Lynchburg for sixty years and is the oldest Judge in the United States.
Army And Navy Journal September 4, 1880
Died
Carleton. At the residence of her son-in-law, Lieut. E.K. Moore, United States Navy, at Santa Barbara, California, Sophia W., widow of the late James H. Carleton, United States Army, aged fifty years and three months.
She was the daughter of Samuel M. Wolfe and Maria Antoinette Garland Wolfe.
On August 28, 1848 she married Captain James Henry Carleton, United States Army. They were the parents of five children, two of who died in childhood. Her remains were removed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1886.
Oakland Daily Evening Tribune
Tuesday, September 14, 1880
Personal Mention
Sophia Garland Wolfe, widow of the late General James Henry Carleton, of the United States Army, died on the 16th ultimo, at Santa Barbara, California. Mrs. Carleton was the granddaughter of Colonel Benjamin Wolfe, who commanded at Richmond during the revolution and great-grandniece of General James Wolfe, who fell at Quebec. Her paternal grandmother was descended in direct line from Sir Arthur Wolfe. Her mother was Marie Antoinette Garland, sister of General Garland, of the United States Army and daughter of Judge Hudson Garland, of Virginia, whose eldest son, James, had been on the bench at Lynchburg for sixty years and is the oldest Judge in the United States.
Army And Navy Journal September 4, 1880
Died
Carleton. At the residence of her son-in-law, Lieut. E.K. Moore, United States Navy, at Santa Barbara, California, Sophia W., widow of the late James H. Carleton, United States Army, aged fifty years and three months.
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Sophie
Wife Of
Gen. James H. Carleton U.S.A.
August 16, 1880
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