Civil war veteran. Company K, 24th regiment, Iowa infantry.
Bio:
Frank Sinkey
The subject of this sketch, who is successfully engaged in farming on section 3, Grant township, Linn county, Iowa, was born on the 4th of March, 1844, in Williams county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Susanna (Phillips) Sinkey, also natives of the Buckeye state. In 1850 the father came to Iowa and took up his residence in Jones county, where he at first purchased forty acres of land, and later entered one hundred and sixty acres from the government. This was all unbroken with exception of ten acres of the forty-acre tract, but acre after acre was placed under the plow until it was all under cultivation. The mother of our subject died in 1851, at the age of thirty-one years, and was laid to rest in Jones county. She had three children, of whom Frank is the eldest, and two are still living. For his second wife the father married Emily Hildreth, by whom he had six children. He died in 1895, at the age of seventy-four years, and was buried in Woodbury county, Iowa.
Frank Sinkey was a child of six years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Jones county, Ohio, and he is indebted to its public schools for his educational privileges. He remained at home until after the inauguration of the civil war, but on the 19th of August, 1862, he enlisted at Wyoming, Iowa, in Company K, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and was mustered into the United States service at Muscatine, Iowa, September 18. He participated in the engagements at Port Gibson and Champion Hills, the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson and the battles of Carrion Crew Bayou, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Middle Bayou, Marksville, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. At Champion Hills he was wounded and taken prisoner, but was soon released on parole and returned home for a short time. He was under the command of General Sheridan in Shenandoah valley, and at different times also served under Generals Grant and Banks. His discharge papers were made out at Savannah, Georgia, but his company was not disbanded until reaching Davenport, Iowa.
Mr. Sinkey then returned home and for two years operated the farm on the shares. At the end of that time he went to Buchanan county, Iowa, where he resided until 1876. In the meantime he purchased forty acres of wild land in Grant township, Linn county, in 1868, and six years later bought an adjoining tract of the same size, which was partially improved, but he did not locate upon this place until 1876. Since then he has extended the boundaries of his farm, and now has one hundred and sixty acres of well improved and highly cultivated land, on which he is engaged in both farming and stock raising. When he first settled in Grant township there was no road past his home, but it was laid out when the village of Walker was started.
On the 18th of October, 1867, Mr. Sinkey married Miss Catherine Wilson, a daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Ferguson) Wilson, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, and came to Jones county, Iowa, in 1851, where the father purchased and improved a farm of seventy acres. He died in 1898 at the advanced age of ninety-one years, and his wife departed this life in 1883 at the age of sixty-six, the remains of both being interred in Buchanan county, Iowa. They were members of the United Brethren church, and most estimable people. Of the ten children born to them, five are still living, and Mrs. Sinkey is the seventh in order of birth. Our subject and his wife have become the parents of twelve children: Orin, deceased; William; Sarah, deceased; one who died in infancy; John; Anna; Margaret, deceased; Alice; Bessie; Edith; Charles, deceased; and Maude. Those living are all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Sinkey are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Walker, and are held in high regard by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In politics he is a Republican, and has filled the office of road supervisor in his township.
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Bio:
Frank Sinkey
The subject of this sketch, who is successfully engaged in farming on section 3, Grant township, Linn county, Iowa, was born on the 4th of March, 1844, in Williams county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Susanna (Phillips) Sinkey, also natives of the Buckeye state. In 1850 the father came to Iowa and took up his residence in Jones county, where he at first purchased forty acres of land, and later entered one hundred and sixty acres from the government. This was all unbroken with exception of ten acres of the forty-acre tract, but acre after acre was placed under the plow until it was all under cultivation. The mother of our subject died in 1851, at the age of thirty-one years, and was laid to rest in Jones county. She had three children, of whom Frank is the eldest, and two are still living. For his second wife the father married Emily Hildreth, by whom he had six children. He died in 1895, at the age of seventy-four years, and was buried in Woodbury county, Iowa.
Frank Sinkey was a child of six years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Jones county, Ohio, and he is indebted to its public schools for his educational privileges. He remained at home until after the inauguration of the civil war, but on the 19th of August, 1862, he enlisted at Wyoming, Iowa, in Company K, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and was mustered into the United States service at Muscatine, Iowa, September 18. He participated in the engagements at Port Gibson and Champion Hills, the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson and the battles of Carrion Crew Bayou, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Middle Bayou, Marksville, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. At Champion Hills he was wounded and taken prisoner, but was soon released on parole and returned home for a short time. He was under the command of General Sheridan in Shenandoah valley, and at different times also served under Generals Grant and Banks. His discharge papers were made out at Savannah, Georgia, but his company was not disbanded until reaching Davenport, Iowa.
Mr. Sinkey then returned home and for two years operated the farm on the shares. At the end of that time he went to Buchanan county, Iowa, where he resided until 1876. In the meantime he purchased forty acres of wild land in Grant township, Linn county, in 1868, and six years later bought an adjoining tract of the same size, which was partially improved, but he did not locate upon this place until 1876. Since then he has extended the boundaries of his farm, and now has one hundred and sixty acres of well improved and highly cultivated land, on which he is engaged in both farming and stock raising. When he first settled in Grant township there was no road past his home, but it was laid out when the village of Walker was started.
On the 18th of October, 1867, Mr. Sinkey married Miss Catherine Wilson, a daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Ferguson) Wilson, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, and came to Jones county, Iowa, in 1851, where the father purchased and improved a farm of seventy acres. He died in 1898 at the advanced age of ninety-one years, and his wife departed this life in 1883 at the age of sixty-six, the remains of both being interred in Buchanan county, Iowa. They were members of the United Brethren church, and most estimable people. Of the ten children born to them, five are still living, and Mrs. Sinkey is the seventh in order of birth. Our subject and his wife have become the parents of twelve children: Orin, deceased; William; Sarah, deceased; one who died in infancy; John; Anna; Margaret, deceased; Alice; Bessie; Edith; Charles, deceased; and Maude. Those living are all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Sinkey are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Walker, and are held in high regard by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In politics he is a Republican, and has filled the office of road supervisor in his township.
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Civil war veteran. Company K, 24th regiment, Iowa infantry.
Bio:
Frank Sinkey
The subject of this sketch, who is successfully engaged in farming on section 3, Grant township, Linn county, Iowa, was born on the 4th of March, 1844, in Williams county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Susanna (Phillips) Sinkey, also natives of the Buckeye state. In 1850 the father came to Iowa and took up his residence in Jones county, where he at first purchased forty acres of land, and later entered one hundred and sixty acres from the government. This was all unbroken with exception of ten acres of the forty-acre tract, but acre after acre was placed under the plow until it was all under cultivation. The mother of our subject died in 1851, at the age of thirty-one years, and was laid to rest in Jones county. She had three children, of whom Frank is the eldest, and two are still living. For his second wife the father married Emily Hildreth, by whom he had six children. He died in 1895, at the age of seventy-four years, and was buried in Woodbury county, Iowa.
Frank Sinkey was a child of six years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Jones county, Ohio, and he is indebted to its public schools for his educational privileges. He remained at home until after the inauguration of the civil war, but on the 19th of August, 1862, he enlisted at Wyoming, Iowa, in Company K, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and was mustered into the United States service at Muscatine, Iowa, September 18. He participated in the engagements at Port Gibson and Champion Hills, the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson and the battles of Carrion Crew Bayou, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Middle Bayou, Marksville, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. At Champion Hills he was wounded and taken prisoner, but was soon released on parole and returned home for a short time. He was under the command of General Sheridan in Shenandoah valley, and at different times also served under Generals Grant and Banks. His discharge papers were made out at Savannah, Georgia, but his company was not disbanded until reaching Davenport, Iowa.
Mr. Sinkey then returned home and for two years operated the farm on the shares. At the end of that time he went to Buchanan county, Iowa, where he resided until 1876. In the meantime he purchased forty acres of wild land in Grant township, Linn county, in 1868, and six years later bought an adjoining tract of the same size, which was partially improved, but he did not locate upon this place until 1876. Since then he has extended the boundaries of his farm, and now has one hundred and sixty acres of well improved and highly cultivated land, on which he is engaged in both farming and stock raising. When he first settled in Grant township there was no road past his home, but it was laid out when the village of Walker was started.
On the 18th of October, 1867, Mr. Sinkey married Miss Catherine Wilson, a daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Ferguson) Wilson, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, and came to Jones county, Iowa, in 1851, where the father purchased and improved a farm of seventy acres. He died in 1898 at the advanced age of ninety-one years, and his wife departed this life in 1883 at the age of sixty-six, the remains of both being interred in Buchanan county, Iowa. They were members of the United Brethren church, and most estimable people. Of the ten children born to them, five are still living, and Mrs. Sinkey is the seventh in order of birth. Our subject and his wife have become the parents of twelve children: Orin, deceased; William; Sarah, deceased; one who died in infancy; John; Anna; Margaret, deceased; Alice; Bessie; Edith; Charles, deceased; and Maude. Those living are all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Sinkey are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Walker, and are held in high regard by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In politics he is a Republican, and has filled the office of road supervisor in his township.
http://goo.gl/W52Tr
Bio:
Frank Sinkey
The subject of this sketch, who is successfully engaged in farming on section 3, Grant township, Linn county, Iowa, was born on the 4th of March, 1844, in Williams county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Susanna (Phillips) Sinkey, also natives of the Buckeye state. In 1850 the father came to Iowa and took up his residence in Jones county, where he at first purchased forty acres of land, and later entered one hundred and sixty acres from the government. This was all unbroken with exception of ten acres of the forty-acre tract, but acre after acre was placed under the plow until it was all under cultivation. The mother of our subject died in 1851, at the age of thirty-one years, and was laid to rest in Jones county. She had three children, of whom Frank is the eldest, and two are still living. For his second wife the father married Emily Hildreth, by whom he had six children. He died in 1895, at the age of seventy-four years, and was buried in Woodbury county, Iowa.
Frank Sinkey was a child of six years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Jones county, Ohio, and he is indebted to its public schools for his educational privileges. He remained at home until after the inauguration of the civil war, but on the 19th of August, 1862, he enlisted at Wyoming, Iowa, in Company K, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and was mustered into the United States service at Muscatine, Iowa, September 18. He participated in the engagements at Port Gibson and Champion Hills, the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson and the battles of Carrion Crew Bayou, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Middle Bayou, Marksville, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. At Champion Hills he was wounded and taken prisoner, but was soon released on parole and returned home for a short time. He was under the command of General Sheridan in Shenandoah valley, and at different times also served under Generals Grant and Banks. His discharge papers were made out at Savannah, Georgia, but his company was not disbanded until reaching Davenport, Iowa.
Mr. Sinkey then returned home and for two years operated the farm on the shares. At the end of that time he went to Buchanan county, Iowa, where he resided until 1876. In the meantime he purchased forty acres of wild land in Grant township, Linn county, in 1868, and six years later bought an adjoining tract of the same size, which was partially improved, but he did not locate upon this place until 1876. Since then he has extended the boundaries of his farm, and now has one hundred and sixty acres of well improved and highly cultivated land, on which he is engaged in both farming and stock raising. When he first settled in Grant township there was no road past his home, but it was laid out when the village of Walker was started.
On the 18th of October, 1867, Mr. Sinkey married Miss Catherine Wilson, a daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Ferguson) Wilson, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, and came to Jones county, Iowa, in 1851, where the father purchased and improved a farm of seventy acres. He died in 1898 at the advanced age of ninety-one years, and his wife departed this life in 1883 at the age of sixty-six, the remains of both being interred in Buchanan county, Iowa. They were members of the United Brethren church, and most estimable people. Of the ten children born to them, five are still living, and Mrs. Sinkey is the seventh in order of birth. Our subject and his wife have become the parents of twelve children: Orin, deceased; William; Sarah, deceased; one who died in infancy; John; Anna; Margaret, deceased; Alice; Bessie; Edith; Charles, deceased; and Maude. Those living are all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Sinkey are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Walker, and are held in high regard by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In politics he is a Republican, and has filled the office of road supervisor in his township.
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