White male, 54 years old at the time of his death on 25 January 1895. He was born in Canada of two parents born in Ireland, and according to his death certificate, had been in the state for 18 years. He was single and worked as a stevedore. His cause of death was consumption; the physician was R.W. Hargis. He died at the Escambia County Poor Farm and was buried in the Poor Farm cemetery by S. B. Hutchinson.
Chas. Caulfield is mentioned by the witnesses in a court proceeding against David Sheehan, accused of fatally shooting police officer J.W.R. Gordon at Palafox and Zaragossa in 1889. Caulfield (called “Chas.” and “Charlie” in the reporting) apparently knew Sheehan and called to him by name to stop after he fired the shots. Sheehan was an engineer on the steamer Echo. There is no further mention of him in the reporting of Sheehan’s subsequent trial.
A Charles Caulfing appears in the Pensacola City Directory for 1890, with a residence at Main and Reus Streets. No occupation is given.
There do not appear to be any further records available that show Charles Caulfield in Pensacola or in Florida. There are too many Charles Caulfields in the northeastern records to be able to single one out as the correct person, without any further identifying information.
SOURCES:
Florida Certificate of Death for Chas. Caulfield (No. 2264), Florida Deaths, 1877-1939. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
“Three Tragedies,” The Daily News [Pensacola, Florida] 24 SEP 1889, p. 4.
“Held Without Bail,” The Daily News [Pensacola, Florida], 27 SEP 1889, p. 4.