Biographical Sketch of James J. Garvin, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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James J. Garvin, P. O. Bates City.  Was born in New York City.  When
quite young, his parents moved to Baltimore, where he was raised and
educated.  At the age of nineteen he went to Virginia, and stayed there
until 1852, when he moved to his county, and has lived here ever since,
carpentering and farming.  March 9, 1851, he was married to Miss Mary
Capper, of Frederick County, Va., by whom he has had eleven children,
eight of whom are living: Theodore W., Robinson M., Sarah J., Edgar L.,
Elizabeth A., Florence, Hattie A., and Michael H.  Mr. Garvin is a 
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  His father came to this
county in 1849, and continued here until his death, which occurred near
Greenton.

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