Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Link, John 1838 - living in 1917
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JOHN LINK.

    John Link, a successful farmer and a well-known resident of Marysville
township, Marshall county, was born in Germany on April 27, 1838, the son of
Martin and Elizabeth (Homan) Link.

    Martin Link was born in Germany in 1800 and received his education in the
common schools and grew to manhood on the farm. He was later married to
Elizabeth Homan, who was born in 1800 and received her education in the public
schools. After their marriage they established their home on a farm, and were
engaged in farming until the time of their deaths, the father's death having
occurred in 1872 and the mother's in 1859. They were devout members of the
Catholic church and took much interest in all church work. They were the parents
of six children, as follow: Fronie, who came to the United States and located in
Illinois, where she died some years ago; Gertrude is now deceased; Valentine is
deceased; Mary Berger resides near Herkimer, Logan township, Marshall county;
John is the subject of this sketch, and Fred is deceased.

    John Link received his education in the schools of his native land and there
grew to manhood, and at the age of fourteen years he started in life for
himself. For many years he worked in Germany as a farm hand and in 1867 he
decided to come to America. On his arrival in this country he located in
Illinois, where he worked by the month for eight years, when he rented a farm
for three years. During the years that he rented he was unable to save anything
and lost much that he had made in the former years. He then came to Kansas, and
for three years he worked in Marysville as a laborer, after which he rented a
farm near that city and was thus enagged [sic] for nine years. He then purchased
one hundred and forty-nine acres of good land near Marysville and here he has
since made his home. While he still lives on the farm, he has for the most part
retired from the more active duties of farm life, his son now-operating the place.

    In 1874 John Link was united in marriage to Catherine Leupold, a native of
Germany. Her parents were also natives of that country, where they were married
and died some years ago. There were three children in the family, all of whom
are now deceased. Catherine Leupold was born on November 25, 1848, and received
her education in the public schools of Germany and there grew to womanhood. She
later came to the United States and located in La Salle county, Illinois, where
she worked for three years before her marriage. After their marriage they
continued to live in Illinois for some years, and then Mr. and Mrs. Link came to
Kansas and located in Marshall county. They later established their home on a
farm in Marysville township, and here Mrs. Link died on April 12, 1915. Mrs.
Link was a member of the German Lutheran church and Mr. Link was a member of the
Catholic church. They were ever active in all church work, and were for many
years prominent in the social life of the community They were the parents of the
following children: Amelia, Elizabeth, John, George W., Anna, B. F., Katie, John
G., Marie and William M. Amelia, born on September 22, 1875 is now at home with
her father; the first John died in infancy; Elizabeth Cottrell was born on
February 12, 1877, is now a resident of Marshall county, where Mr. Cottrell is a
farmer and stockman; George W., born on May 7, 1880, is now a farmer of South
Dakota; Anna Newman, born on March 16, 1882, is now a resident of Oketo, where
her husband is a farmer; B. F., born on February 23, 1886, is a farmer near Home
City; John, born on July 17, 1888, is on the home farm; Marie Cumro born on
March 14, 1890. is now a resident of Herkimer township, where her husband is a
farmer and stock raiser; Katie Paper, born on December 3, 1884, died at the age
of twenty-four years, and William M., born on September 29, 1892, is now at home.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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