Flynn, Patrick
soldier, business man, was born May 11; 1834, in Ireland.
In 1844 he emigrated to America; received his education in the Buffalo schools, and removed to Rockford, Ill., in 1859. In 1861-62 he recruited and raised two full companies for the nineteenth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry. He was the original captain of the Mulligan guards; served under General Sherman; and was severely wounded at the battle of Ezra's Church, near Atlanta, in 1854; , in 1854; and was promoted to major. He has . He has served as sheriff of Winnebago county, Winnebago county, Ill., for two terms; and for twenty-eight years has been connected with the Rockwith the Rockford Insurance company.