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Descendants of Powell and Mary Story Sinks
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Descendants
of Powell Sinks
1. POWELL1 SINKS.
He married MARY (STORY).
Children of POWELL SINKS and MARY (STORY) are:
2. i. PETER2
SINKS, b. 03 11 1855, McLeansboro, Hamilton Co. Il.; d. 06 13 1922,
Hamilton Co.
Illinois.
ii. WILLIAM
D. SINKS, b. Abt. 1861, Missouri; m. NANCY C. J. HART, 08 20
1878, Hamilton
Co. Illinois.
3. iii. JAMES
L. SINKS, b. Abt. 1867, Missouri.
Children of PETER SINKS and RUTH O. HART are:
4. i. WILLIAM3 SINKS, b. 1879; d. 08 7 1961, Lawrence Kansas.
ii. MARY LARINA (SINKS),
b. 09 20 1879, Hamilton Co. Illinois; d. 04 6 1924, Dahlgren,
Ill; m. HARVEY LARKIN, 10 2 1911.
More about Mary:
From: Felty’s Legacy of Kin, p. 230: Pub. Dahlgren Echo, April 10,
1924. Mary Larina
Sinks Larkin, b. 20 Sep 1879, Ham. Co.; d. 06 Apr 1924, mother’s home in
Dahlgren; dau.
Of Peter & Ruth Hart Sinks. Married
Harvey Larkin, 02 Oct 1911; 2 ch., both dead.
Leaves husband, mother, two sisters and 5 brothers.
Interred Crisel Cem,
5. iii. CHARLES
EDWARD SINKS, b. 04 7 1881, McLeansboro. Illinois; d. 02 14
1944,
Rock Island, Illinois.
6. iv. GRACE SINKS, b. 12 30 1887, Hamilton Co. Ill; d. 10 30 1969, Jefferson Co. Ill.
7. v. ARTHUR SINKS, b. 1889; d. 09 1945.
8. vi. ALBERT SINKS, b. 11 19 1892; d. 1969.
vii. ALICE SINKS, b. 11 19 1892; d. 1982.
9. viii. ROBERT
POWELL SINKS, b. 02 12 1900, Missouri; d. 07 1964, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
3. JAMES L.2 SINKS (POWELL1) was born Abt. 1867 in Missouri. He married SARAH OCTAVIA HART 11 28 1884 in Hamilton Co. Illinois, daughter of DAVID HART and LOCKIE (LANCE).
Children of JAMES SINKS and SARAH HART are:
10. i. WALLACE F.3 SINKS, b. 05 26 1890, Mississippi; d. 09 5 1972, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
ii. AGNES SINKS,
b. Unknown.
Generation No. 3
4. WILLIAM3
SINKS (PETER2, POWELL1) was born 1879, and died 08 7 1961 in
Lawrence
Kansas.
He married (1) MOLLY COFFMAN. He married (2) NANNIE MAY HOWARD.
Children of WILLIAM SINKS and MOLLY COFFMAN are:
i. BERNADEAN (KEEFER)4
SINKS.
ii. CLARENCE SINKS.
iii. EARL SINKS.
iv. EVERETT SINKS, b.
1905, Mt. Vernon, Ill; d. 1989, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
v. MARIE (CARLE) SINKS.
vi. MAXINE (BARTON) SINKS.
vii. RALPH SINKS.
viii. ROBERT SINKS.
ix. RUBY (HERRING) SINKS.
x. VENETA (HIGHT) SINKS.
Children of WILLIAM SINKS and NANNIE HOWARD) are:
xi. HAZEL (SINKS)4
STEWART, b. 04 25 1930.
xii. MILDRED
SINKS, b. 07 26 1933; d. 10 9 1957.
xiii. CHARLES
W. SINKS, b. 04 25 1935; d. 09 8 1954.
xiv. LAWRENCE
SINKS, b. 09 8 1941.
5. CHARLES
EDWARD3 SINKS (PETER2, POWELL1) was born 04 7 1881 in
McLeansboro.
Illinois, and died 02 14 1944 in Rock Island, Illinois. He married CARIE
LEDA (CASEY) 11-7-
1909 in
McLeansboro, Hamilton Co. Illinois.
Child of CHARLES SINKS and CARIE (CASEY) is:
i. GLEN
ALBERT4 SINKS, b. 08 22 1917, Delafield, Illiniois.
6. GRACE3
SINKS (PETER2, POWELL1) was born 12 30 1887 in Hamilton Co. Ill, and
died 10 30
1969 in
Jefferson Co. Ill. She married (1) ARTHUR LANGNER. She
married (2) WILLIAM T
MORTON 07
29 1903 in Hamilton Co. Illinois.
Children of GRACE SINKS and ARTHUR LANGNER are:
i. BILL4 LANGNER.
ii. JOHN LANGNER.
iii. SUE.
7. ARTHUR3
SINKS (PETER2, POWELL1) was born 1889, and died 09 1945. He
married
MARTHA
OLLIE (DOLLINS).
Children of ARTHUR SINKS and MARTHA (DOLLINS) are:
i. HERMAN DALE4
SINKS, m. WANDA.
ii. HARRY
DALE SINKS, m. VIRGINIA.
iii. ARTHUR
JR. SINKS.
iv. BETTY SINKS.
v. WILLIAM JOSEPH SINKS.
8. ALBERT3
SINKS (PETER2, POWELL1) was born 11 19 1892, and died 1969. He
married (1)
DOLLIE 1913.
He married (2) PAULINE (ROBERTS) 1922. He married (3) BERDIE
(YEARWOOD)
1938.
Child of ALBERT SINKS and DOLLIE is:
i. BERNICE (BEAN)4
SINKS, b. 1913; d. 1981.
ii. ERNEST C.4 SINKS,
b. January 11, 1916
Children of ALBERT SINKS and PAULINE (ROBERTS) are:
iii. ALBERT NEAL4 SINKS.
iv. J. MAX SINKS, b.
1932.
v. ANNETTE
(STOKER) SINKS, d. 1998.
vi.
WILMA
MARJORIE SINKS, b. 1922; m. JOHN J. PETERSON.
vii. CARROL
ROBERT SINKS, b. 1936.
9. ROBERT
POWELL3 SINKS (PETER2, POWELL1) was born 02 12 1900 in Missouri, and
died
07 1964
in Mt. Vernon, Ill. He married AGNES THERESA, daughter of HENRY
SHORTELL and
MARY BEHLEN.
Children of ROBERT SINKS and AGNES THERESA are:
i. JOHN4,
b. 02 26 1928, Milwaukee, Wisc.
ii. MARY
RUTH, b. 08 4 1929, Milwaukee, Wisc; d. 11 19 1998, Milwaukee, Wisc.
iii. HELEN,
b. 05 14 1931, JEFFERSON, WISC; d. 01 23 1992, THORTON CO.
iv. PETER,
b. 11 11 1933, DAHLGREN, ILLINOIS.
v. JAMES,
b. 1935, Chigcago, Ill; d. 05 29 1984, Milwaukee, Wisc; m. BETTY.
vi. ANNA
MAE, b. 05 13 1937, Chicago,Ill; m. S.G. SHOAF.
10. WALLACE
F.3 SINKS (JAMES L.2, POWELL1) was born 05 26 1890 in Mississippi,
and died 09
5 1972 in Mt.
Vernon, Ill. He married ETTA MAE BAKER 10 20 1910.
Children of WALLACE SINKS and ETTA BAKER are:
i. MARY4 SINKS,
b. Unknown.
ii. DAISY
LORRAINE SINKS, b. 02 2 1914; d. 11 27 1980, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
iii. HARVEY
WILLARD SINKS, b. 10 21 1920, Knobel AK; d. 1999, Chicago, Illinois.
iv. PAUL
F. SINKS, b. 08 23 1923, Kennett, MO.
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