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GARVEY, CAPT. PATRICK, a native of the County Clare, Ireland, born in 1824. He came to the United States in 1828, resided in Clinton County, New York, about two years and removed to New Haven, Ct., in 1830, where he remained until 1854, when he settled in Meriden, Ct.
Under date of Dec. 27, 1852, he was commissioned captain of Company D, Second regiment, by Governor Seymour of Connecticut, This company was known as the "Jackson Guards," of New Haven, and was one of the companies disbanded by the Know Nothing administration in 1855. |