My Genealogy Hound

I. Q. SINKS, farmer; P. O. German. The subject of this memoir was born in April, 1829, about twelve miles northwest of Dayton, in Montgomery Co.; he is the son of Andrew Sinks, a native of North Carolina, who emigrated to Ohio with his parents previous to the beginning of the present century, and settled north of Dayton, on the Stillwater; this was then on the frontier of civilization and his family constituted one of the first in the neighborhood; he was about two years old when he arrived there; he was raised on a farm and accustomed to its duties; this occupation he followed all his life, living upon the same farm where he first located until his death, which occurred at the ripe old age of 87 years. He was married to Miss Yount, who was also a native of North Carolina, and emigrated to Ohio in about 1800; she survived her husband about three years, when her death occurred at the ripe old age of 84 years. Mr. and Mrs. Sinks were the parents of twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, nine of whom are still living. Our subject is next to the youngest of the family; he was brought up on a farm, and remained at home until he attained his majority; at this period he celebrated his marriage with Miss Williamson, who was also born in Montgomery Co.; her father was a native of Virginia, and her mother a native of Warren Co., Ohio. Soon after the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Sinks, they moved to their present place, and have resided here ever since, a period of twenty-seven years; they are the parents of seven children—Sarah S., born Dec. 1, 1851; Oliver P., born April 29, 1853; Noah W., born April 3, 1855; Emma J., born Jan. 28, 1857, deceased Nov. 11, 1858; Leora, born March 20, 1858, deceased Oct. 6, 1879; Clarrissa, born May 13, 1860; Loretta, born April 16, 1862.