According to his gravestone he was the son of Yosef and not of Moshe. His immigration records state that he was born on July 10, 1871 in Tarcal, he came to the USA in 1888 and enlisted in the US Army in 1899, he was a soldier in the Spanish-American war. He died March 7, 1955 and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Saddle Brook, Saddle Brook, NJ - Block K; Section 46, Society: Pan American Mutual Aid Society.
