Biography of George Sink, pages 932 / 933.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State  Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George Sink, deceased, was a native of Hesse, Germany, born in 1800.  He 
remained in his native country till after his marriage, coming to the United 
Sates with his wife and three children.  He settled in Columbiana County, 
Ohio, where his wife died, leaving four children, one of whom was killed in 
one of the old-fashioned tread-mills.  In 1844 Mr. Sink married Polly 
Linkenfelter, and in 1846 they moved to De Kalb County, IN., and settled on 
the farm now owned by Mrs. Sink.  It contains sixty acres of choice land in 
a high state of cultivation.  Here Mr. Sink lived till his death, of heart 
disease, in October, 1868.  To his second marriage were born six children---
David and Solomon (twins), Henry, Samuel, Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Fagton, of 
Waterloo, and Sophia, wife of Benjamin Fagton, brother of the doctor.  Mr. 
Sink was an energetic, enterprising citizen, and was influential in the 
advancement of many interests of public benefit, both to the town and 
county.

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