Mary Ellen Garrity was born about 1850 in New York. She was the daughter of Patrick Garrity and Catherine Glinnan who came to the United States about 1847 where they joined other Irish Catholic families at Victory, Saratoga County, New York. Patrick soon established a grist mill at the base of the dam on the Fish River which flows between Schuylerville and Victory Mills. He operated the mill for many years. Mary Ellen Garrity married ______Tighe.