Fred Sinkbeil, Jr. Biography


	This biography appears on page 1242 in "History of Dakota 
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				FRED SINKBEIL, Jr. 

	Fred Sinkbeil, Jr., a prominent young citizen and worthy native 
son of Hutchinson county, is the secretary and manager of the Parkston 
Telephone Company. His birth occurred on the 26th of December, 1883, 
his parents being Fred and Elizabeth Sinkbeil. In 1879 the father 
emigrated from Russia to the [United States and made his way direct to 
South Dakota. locating about five and a half miles southeast of 
Parkston and using his three rights as a homesteader. He has remained 
on the old homestead throughout the intervening thirty-five years and 
now owns six hundred and eighty acres of rich and productive land He 
worked on the railroad when it was built through this section and is 
honored as one of the pioneers whose labors were a factor in the 
development and growth of the state. To him and his wife, who is also 
living, were born five sons, three of whom still survive. 

	Fred Sinkbeil, Jr., attended the public schools in the 
acquirement of an education and after putting aside his textbooks 
assisted his father in the operation of the home farm until twenty-five 
years of age. Subsequently he was engaged in the implement business at 
Parkston for two and a half years with Joseph Kebisenann, but on the 
expiration of that period sold out and bought a fourth interest in the 
Parkston Telephone Company. Later he secured control of the town lines 
and then admitted Herman Blaseg as a partner, having since remained 
secretary and manager of the company, which now has one hundred and 
seventy-five subscribers and is continually receiving new business. The 
line has long distance connections to all principal points. Mr. 
Sinkbeil is also engaged in business as a dealer in all kinds of seeds 
and enjoys a gratifying patronage in this connection. 

	On the 28th of March, 1909, Mr. Sinkbeil was united in marriage 
to Miss Elizabeth Schmidt, a daughter of Jacob Schmidt and a 
representative of an honored pioneer family of this state. They now 
have one child, Reuben Fred. 

	Mr. Sinkbeil gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party, while his religious belief is indicated by his membership in the 
Lutheran church, of which he has served as secretary for two years. He 
is known as a loyal and public-spirited citizen of the state in which 
his entire life has been spent and in his home community has identified 
himself with the volunteer fire department, acting as assistant foreman 
of cart No. 2. His social qualities have gained him wide acquaintance 
and certain sterling traits of character which he possesses have won 
for him the friendship of the many with whom he has been brought in 
contact.