Birth: 1855 Death: 1922 Pub. Dahlgren Echo, June 22, 1922. SINKS, Peter.. died 13 June 1922. Born; 11 March 1855, Jefferson Co. Illinois. in his home in Dahlgren; son of Powell and Mary (Story) Sinks. Married Ruth Hart, 20 June 1876; 12 children, 4 died in infancy; 8 survive, Mrs. H. A. Larkins, Dahlgren; Charles Edward, William Henry, and Allie Albert Sinks of Mt. Vernon; Mrs Alice Sights of Mt. Vernon; Fred Morlan Sinks, Lincoln; Arthur of Belle Rive and Powell Sinks of Dahlgren. Burial: Crisel Cemetery Dahlgren Hamilton County Illinois, USA Is this Powell Sinks the one your looking for? ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <SINKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:54 PM Subject: [SINKS] Powell P. Sinks > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: LaylaCries > Surnames: Sinks, Clavell > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sinks/140/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I removed Linker as his middle name, when they transcribed they had his > first wife marrying him as Powell Linker, now he is listed as Powell > Linkes. Until I find a middle name and probably won't I'm going to assume > he is Paul Powell Sinks son of Jesse, and named afer his grandpa and > uncle, so to distinquish him I put the P. as a middle name rather than P. > for first > > Powell P. Sinks born 1809 Tn > 1829 married Dec 8 Sarah Clavell, her father most likely Zadoc Clavell who > was missing from Ky census at this time, one of her sisters married a > Todd, one married a Musick about the same time frame in St. Louis. The > Musick family has the best researched genealogy book, but this Musick was > not researched in it therefore the Todd and Sinks wasn't linked in it. > Near miss, what a shame. > > 1830 Powell Sinks census St. Ferdinand, St. Louis, also someone sent me > him as Hwel and said a James Sinks also was also in this county. Powell > under age 30, Sarah under 20. He was listed as Howell Sinks. > > 1840 Powell Sinks, Cole Co. Mo I ask for a lookup on this and was told Asa > Sinks was in this county too. one male under age 5, one son under age 10, > 3 daughters under age 5, one under age 10, Powell & Sarah age 20-30. > listed as Powell Snik by the lookup person. Hes in same age group both > census. > > 1841 Powell Sinks bought 54 acres at Island #2 Feb 19, St. Louis Mo. > > 1843 Sarah Ann Clavell Sinks died, burial place unk (on the Island?) > > 1844 Powell marrys Roxeanne Crow Apr 10 > > 1850 Powell Sinks age 40 born Tn farmer, (census Sept 12) > Roxgan 29 Mo > Lorenda 14 f Mo > Henry 8 m Mo > Fredona 5 f Mo > Sylvester 2 Mo > They also had a son name George who stayed in St Louis as far as I know. > Thier son William George Sinks was on boat between St. Louis and New > Orleans until cholera broke out. His bio is in Wisconsin, I'll get to that > soon. Its not uncommon to have two kids with same name in case one dies > they want a certain name to remain, I've seen it in German and Irish > families. William had asthma. George may have also been working on the > boat at this time. > > Two doors away is: > Domitille D. St Vrain 40 Mo > Nancy 34 Ky (is she a Clavell sister?) > Benedict 14 m Mo > Augustus 19 m Mo > Felepety H. 8 f Mo > James R. 6 m Mo > Benjamin S. 2 Mo > Eveline Sinks 15 f Mo maybe should be spelled Evelyn, think she married a > Menke. A few census later in Sam Sinks family in Butler Co Mo with a > daughter also with name of Evelyn. > > 1857 Powell Sinks died St.Louis Mo, burial place unk; his estate records > are online at the St. Louis at USGenweb. I forgot to look up the link for > ya'll. > > 1860 Liberty Twp. Crawford Mo. > William Ziegenham 32 farmer Germany > Mary 35 Mo > Eliza B. 18 Ill school teacher > Louisa A. 10 Ill > Silvester Sinks 11 Mo > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SINKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >