 Carfrey's minor league and semi-pro assignments include the Houston team (1882-1883, 1888), the Haymaker club (1884), the Athletic Cub of Schuylkill Navy (1891-1892), Philadelphia Colts (1894), Hazleton Quay-kers (1895), Salem (1895), Ansonia (1896), York (1896), Media (1897), and Mount Holly (1899).Carfrey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 1863, the same month that the Battle of Gettysburg was fought 139 miles to the west of Philadelphia.At the time of the 1870 United States Census, Carfrey was living in Philadelphia's 20th Ward with his father, Edwin Carfrey, mother Jane, older brother William, and younger brother James.