Biographical Sketch of George W. Link, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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George W. Link, deputy collector of Franklin County, and one of the
leading citizens of Union, Mo., was born in Boeuf, now Union Township,
Franklin Co., Mo., October 15, 1838 and is the son of Henry and Sarah
C. (Phillips) Link.  The father was born in Kentucky, April 16, 1812
and was the son of Henry Link, who was a soldier in the War of 1812.
The mother of our subject was born in Callaway County, Mo., in 1817,
and was the daughter of James and Alice Phillips, the former a native
of Virginia, and the latter of Kentucky.  Henry Link, father of George
W., was by occupation a farmer, and one of the early settlers of Miss-
ouri, moving to Franklin County in 1835, where he died in Union, on
December 3, 1884.  The mother is still living and is a resident of
Union, Franklin County.  Young Link was reared on the farm and aquired
a good common school education.  He followed farming until about 1881,
and then took up his residence in Union, although he is still inter-
ested in agricultural pursuits.  While living on the farm he followed 
school teaching for a number of years, and also carried on stock trad-
ing.  From 1878 to 1879 he assisted in the county assessor's office;
from 1880 to 1884 in the county sheriff's office, and from March, 1885
until the present, has been in the county collector's office.  He was
married October 12, 1876 to Miss Mary F. Sullins, who was born in
Franklin County, Mo., August 13, 1859 and who is the daughter of Rob-
ert F. and Emily Sullins.  To their union were born two children.
Both Mr. Link and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and he is also a member of Union Lodge, No. 173, A.F. & A.M.,
of which he is S. W.  He is also a member of Union Grove, No. 320,
A. O. U. W., in which he holds the office of Financier, and which
position he has held since the organization of that body.  He is a
member of the town council of the town of Union, and its clerk.

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