NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11489 HARDIN CO – CHARLES W. TINKER – Tinker, Roberts, Downing, Russell 11489 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 984. Hardin Co. Charles W. Tinker (deceased). This gentleman was born in Vermont, August 22, 1815, but when an infant his parents immigrated to Hardin county, Kentucky, where he was reared and educated, until 1831, when he came to Pike county, Missouri, where he lived until his death. He was married November 18, 1835, to Miss Lucetta C. Roberta, of Pike county. Our subject entered 160 acres of unimproved land, which he improved in such a manner that it ranks among the best farms in the county, and his widow still makes her home the same, and manages the place in a very successful manner. They were the parents of thirteen children, four of whom still survive: William H., Ralph H., Sarah A., wife of William R. Downing, a resident of Pike county; and Katie L., wife of Thomas A. Russell, also a resident of the county. Mr. and Mrs. T. were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our subject died February 22, 1879. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx