| Marcus Goldbaum | |
| Birth Date: | 1835 |
| Birth Place: | Prussia |
| Death Date: | 1886 |
| Death Place: | Arizona Territory |
| Spouse: | Sara Goldbaum |
| Children: | 7 |
| Relatives: | David Goldbaum (nephew) |
Marcus Goldbaum (1835 - 1886) was a Prussian-born American pioneer and prospector in the Arizona Territory.
Marcus Goldbaum was born in 1835 in Prussia.[1] [2] [3] He immigrated to the United States in the 1850s.[1] [3]
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]
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]