Biographical Sketch of Christ. Fink, Jefferson County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Christ. Fink, a native of Prussia, Germany, was born February 7, 1836 and is a son of Christ. and Dora (Rush) Fink, also natives of Prussia, and both deceased. He immigrated to this country in 1858, and first settled in the State of Texas, where he followed his trade, that of a carpenter, until 1861. He then enlisted in the Union Army, Company A, Sixth Texas Regiment, and participated in two battles before Vicksburg, the battle of Corinth, Potomac and Murfreesboro, at which latter he was taken prisoner; he was paroled in 1864, and subsequently located in Jefferson County, Mo., where he has since resided, devoting his atten- tion to the pursuit of his trade. In April, 1864, Mr. Fink married Miss Catherine Schmidt, daughter of Jacob Schmidt, one of the early settlers of Jefferson County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Fink are the parents of twelve children, viz.: Minnie, Emma, Mary, William, Herman, Lizzie, Charley, John, Lydia, Adolph, Edward and Christ., the last two named being twins. Mr. Fink is the owner of 240 acres of land, which he de- votes to farming and stock raising; he is also a contractor and builder. In religion he affiliates with the Evangelical Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================