Bio of LINK, Conrad (b.1853), Wright Co., MN
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337   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

Conrad Link, a substantial farmer of section 10, Buffalo township, 
was born in New York city, May 24, 1853, a son of John and Mary Link, who 
were born in Germany, came to America on the same ship, and were married 
in New York city. After living in that city a year they moved to Marion, 
Ohio. In 1856 they came to Wright county and secured 120 acres in section 
10, Buffalo township. This tract was located in a stretch of wild woods. 
They erected a log cabin, and with the help of an ox team cleared enough 
land to put in the first crops. It was two years before they were able 
to buy a cow. Even then the dairy business presented many difficulties. 
At one time the father walked to St. Michaels with twenty pounds of
butter and traded it for a three-tinned hay fork. Many traditions of the 
early days are related by the family. The old log cabin stood across the 
street from the present residence. Near it is the site of the field where 
the father raised potatoes by planting them in the unplowed ground and 
then cultivating around them. The hoe with which he did this work is still 
preserved. When the Indian uprising came, and the settlers fled, leaving 
their goods, stock and crops, he still stuck to his little place. The 
Indians did not come and no harm befell him. As the years passed the 
family prospered. Their efforts made possible the Pelican Lake Methodist 
Episcopal church, for the land for the church and cemetery were given by 
the son, Conrad, while a good deal of the work on the building was done 
by the father, John. John Link died November 22, 1891, and his wife August 
22, 1887. The children in the family were Conrad, John, Jr., Louise and 
Caroline. Conrad came with his parents as a baby from New York city to 
Marion, Ohio, and from Marion to Buffalo township. He attended the schools 
of the neighborhood, and as he grew to manhood gradually assumed the duties 
of the home farm. He did his share in the developing of the home place, 
and on the part which he now owns he has made many modern improvements. 
He is a hard-working progressive man, the worthy son of a worthy father, 
and he is one of those people who are called the backbone of the nation, 
for