Only a few years after the Garfunkel family returned to Charleston from Columbia in the early 1880s, the two oldest sons, Benjamin (1867-undetermined) and Sam (1863-undetermined), established a clothing manufactory and store by the name of Garfunkel Bros. at 440 King Street. The brothers quickly expanded their business to include the storefront at 438 King Street, and they employed their father, Moses (1839-1919), as the store’s manager and their younger brother Aaron (1872-1940) as a clerk. Benjamin and Sam left Charleston by the end of 1894, signaling the end of Garfunkel Bros.