Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Link, I. 1845 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

I. LINK, though of foreign birth, came to this country in his boyhood and was 
reared under our institutions and educated in our schools, and to-day, in the 
vigor of a stalwart manhood, scarcely past its prime, is a prosperous and 
successful citizen of one of its richest farming communities, the possessor of 
a farm in Troy that is as valuable and well improved as any to be found in 
this section of Will County. Mr. Link is a native of Alsace, Germany, where he 
was born August 1, 1845, to Joseph and Mary Ann (Striker) Link. When he was 
eleven years of age his parents emigrated to America and came directly to 
Joliet, where they lived for five years. In 1863 they purchased apart of the 
farm in Troy Township now owned and occupied by our subject. Here they 
remained making their home with him until death called them hence, the father 
dying in February, 1888, at the age of seventy-five years and one month and 
the mother April 3, 1889, aged seventy-five years, seven months and twenty-
five days. They left a family of three children—Ellen, wife of Xavier Beath, a 
farmer of Troy; our subject; Mary, widow of Joseph Metzgar. He of whom we 
write, received an excellent common-school education. He was reared to farming 
pursuits and remained on the homestead of his parents, finally buying the farm 
of them. He has been very much prospered in his vocation and has added to his 
first purchase a large tract of fine farming land comprising two hundred and 
sixteen acres, so that his farm is now composed of two hundred and ninety-six 
acres of land well tilled and finely improved. He has built a large and 
conveniently arranged barn and is preparing to build a commodious and 
substantial residence, and has other suitable buildings. The marriage of Mr. 
Link with Miss Christina, daughter of Michael and Caroline Eigsted, took place 
in 1872. Mrs. Link's parents came from Prussia in 1855, and spent the 
remainder of their lives in Joliet, leaving two children at their death. Seven 
children complete the present household circle of our subject and his wife. 
Frank, John, Mary, Albert, Lizzie, Josephine, and baby Louisa. Mr. Link aims 
to give his children each two years schooling in the church as he desires to 
have them well educated. They all speak good German and the elder ones have 
good English educations. Mr. Link has well improved his opportunities, 
laboring unceasingly, carrying on his work with skill, and sound, clear 
judgment, so that he has achieved a proud place among the most wide awake and 
successful of our farmers in this part of the county. His fellow-citizens, 
marking his ability in carrying on his own affairs, have called on him to aid 
in the management of public business. He has been Highway Commissioner for 
three years and also Collector for the Township, and has faithfully filled the 
position as School Director for sixteen years, the school of District No. 5, 
being located on his farm. He and his wife are true Christians and members in 
good standing of the St. John's German Catholic Church of Joliet,their 
children also being communicants of that church. In politics he is a sturdy 
Democrat, though he is not confined to party ties, but in local elections 
votes for the man whom he thinks is best fitted for the office.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 

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