Mayor of Kirksville 1872-1873
son of Lewis Wayland Link (1807-1881) and Hannah Crane (1814-1892)
Samuel had the following siblings:
Christian James Link 1835-1862
Eliza Jane Link 1844-1927 (died in California)
Mary Elizabeth Link 1846-
John Henry Link 1848-
Anna May Link 1849-1940 (died in California)
Francis Lewis Link 1854-
Samuel married Mary Agnes Link on January 17, 1861 at Kirksville, Missouri. She was his 1st cousin, the daughter of his father's brother, Mathias "Tice" Smith Link (1808-1857), who were both sons of Job Christian Link (1774-1833) who was born in Maryland and died in Illinois.
Samuel moved to Colorado for several years as a young adult. He returned to Kirksville in 1867 and was a retail merchant for a while before becoming Clerk, then President of First National Bank, a position he held from 1884 until his death.
Children of Samuel and Mary Agnes Link:
William Franklin Link 1861-1938
Alice Mayo Link 1866-1952
Eugene Clarence Link 1867-1958
Lewis Nanson Link 1871-1940
Mary Jane Link 1875-1878
Hannah Elizabeth (Link) Longpre 1879-1973 (died in Florida)
Eunice Link 1885-1963
The 1870 census of Adair County, Mo. shows Samuel Link was a grain dealer. In 1880 his occupation was described as being in grain and agriculture.
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S. M. Link, president of the First National Bank, was born and reared in Carrollton, Ill., up to the age of twenty-one years. He then went to Leavenworth, Kas., and hired to Majs. Russell & Waddell, with whom he remained part of 1858 and 1859. The Pike’s Peak gold fever having reached the States, he with his father and brother rigged up an outfit, and set their faces westward over the then barren wilds of Western Kansas and Colorado. They reached the spot where Denver now stands only to learn that although gold had been found it was not in paying quantities. Thousands of ragged, wretched, starving, gold hunters were leaving daily for the States. However not to be so easily discouraged he with some others pushed on to the mountains to within a short distance of where the mountains are covered with perpetual snow. Here were newly discovered gold mines, called Gregory Diggings, which were yielding large returns for the labor bestowed. They went on a couple of miles above where they found good mines, and our subject was one of the organizers of Nevada District, being elected the first recorder and secretary of that district. He was afterward elected judge of the miner’s court. He returned to Missouri in 1861, and married Mary A. Link, a native of Illinois. Taking his young wife with him he returned to Colorado, and introduced her to a very nice log cabin perched upon and partly in the side of a mountain. From the front door could be seen a long line of similar or less pretentious dwellings dotting the mountain sides. In the gulch or valley were located the rockers, long toms, sluices and quartz mills for separating the gold from the dirt and quartz rock. To the west the summits of the mountain ranges in crescent shape could always be seen covered with snow. Mr. Link followed mining and milling with moderate success until 1866, when, having sold out, he returned to the States, located at Kirksville in 1867, and engaged in the grain, stock and implement business where he had a very large trade in the different lines. He has three sons and four daughters, one of the latter being deceased. The grandfather, Christian Link, was born in Germany. He resided in Virginia and Kentucky, was married in the latter State and afterward moved with his wife and several children to the almost wilderness of Illinois, where he died greatly respected by all who knew him. Lewis W., the father of S. M., was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in the year 1807, and came to Illinois with his parents. He was reared in that State, and married Hannah Crane. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature for some terms with Moses Lemon, Peter Cartwright and other early pioneers when the capital was at Vandalia, Ill. After occupying prominent positions of public trust for many years he moved to Kirksville in 1866, where he served as justice during nearly all the time of his residence until his death in 1883. His wife is still living at Kirksville, and is the mother of nine children, six of whom still survive. S. M. Link, the subject of this sketch, for twenty-one years has been actively engaged in business in Kirksville, and throughout his entire career has never been accused of an act of injustice or oppression. One of his chief virtues is his great conservatism. Passion or fanaticism never rule him; when others become excited his self-possession never deserts him, but mild and gentle in the face of excitement, he curbs the reckless and quiets the angry, by the wisdom of his counsel, and the dignity and calmness of his own conduct. A Republican in politics, he conceded that patriotism and love of country may animate others. A Baptist in religion, he recognizes that excellence and Christian virtue exist in other denominations. Prosperous and comfortable, he has always heeded the call of distress, and smoothed the pillow of the sick and unfortunate. In a word, Mr. Link justly bears the reputation of being one of the wisest, most level-headed, and best balanced business men in North Missouri. Quiet, modest and honest, he would be a good man and a good citizen in any community.
The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co.
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S.M. LINK.—Born in Carollton, Illinois, in 1837; died in Kirksville, September 1, 1904. At the age of twenty-one he went to Colorado. In 1867 he came to Kirksville, where he continued to reside until his death. He was at first engaged in stock and implement business. Later he became connected with the First National Bank, more commonly known as the Baird Bank. For twenty years he was its President. He was an ardent member of the Baptist church, having joined it when only sixteen years of age. He was married in 1861 to Miss Link; to them eight children were born, six who survived him. Of him it was said that "his quiet, unostentatious acts of charity towards the deserving poor, his kindly friendship for all the deserving, and his gentle life, strong in all the Christian graces of tenderness, generosity and loving-kindness, will always be a constant example."
History of Adair County
By Eugene Morrow Violette
son of Lewis Wayland Link (1807-1881) and Hannah Crane (1814-1892)
Samuel had the following siblings:
Christian James Link 1835-1862
Eliza Jane Link 1844-1927 (died in California)
Mary Elizabeth Link 1846-
John Henry Link 1848-
Anna May Link 1849-1940 (died in California)
Francis Lewis Link 1854-
Samuel married Mary Agnes Link on January 17, 1861 at Kirksville, Missouri. She was his 1st cousin, the daughter of his father's brother, Mathias "Tice" Smith Link (1808-1857), who were both sons of Job Christian Link (1774-1833) who was born in Maryland and died in Illinois.
Samuel moved to Colorado for several years as a young adult. He returned to Kirksville in 1867 and was a retail merchant for a while before becoming Clerk, then President of First National Bank, a position he held from 1884 until his death.
Children of Samuel and Mary Agnes Link:
William Franklin Link 1861-1938
Alice Mayo Link 1866-1952
Eugene Clarence Link 1867-1958
Lewis Nanson Link 1871-1940
Mary Jane Link 1875-1878
Hannah Elizabeth (Link) Longpre 1879-1973 (died in Florida)
Eunice Link 1885-1963
The 1870 census of Adair County, Mo. shows Samuel Link was a grain dealer. In 1880 his occupation was described as being in grain and agriculture.
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S. M. Link, president of the First National Bank, was born and reared in Carrollton, Ill., up to the age of twenty-one years. He then went to Leavenworth, Kas., and hired to Majs. Russell & Waddell, with whom he remained part of 1858 and 1859. The Pike’s Peak gold fever having reached the States, he with his father and brother rigged up an outfit, and set their faces westward over the then barren wilds of Western Kansas and Colorado. They reached the spot where Denver now stands only to learn that although gold had been found it was not in paying quantities. Thousands of ragged, wretched, starving, gold hunters were leaving daily for the States. However not to be so easily discouraged he with some others pushed on to the mountains to within a short distance of where the mountains are covered with perpetual snow. Here were newly discovered gold mines, called Gregory Diggings, which were yielding large returns for the labor bestowed. They went on a couple of miles above where they found good mines, and our subject was one of the organizers of Nevada District, being elected the first recorder and secretary of that district. He was afterward elected judge of the miner’s court. He returned to Missouri in 1861, and married Mary A. Link, a native of Illinois. Taking his young wife with him he returned to Colorado, and introduced her to a very nice log cabin perched upon and partly in the side of a mountain. From the front door could be seen a long line of similar or less pretentious dwellings dotting the mountain sides. In the gulch or valley were located the rockers, long toms, sluices and quartz mills for separating the gold from the dirt and quartz rock. To the west the summits of the mountain ranges in crescent shape could always be seen covered with snow. Mr. Link followed mining and milling with moderate success until 1866, when, having sold out, he returned to the States, located at Kirksville in 1867, and engaged in the grain, stock and implement business where he had a very large trade in the different lines. He has three sons and four daughters, one of the latter being deceased. The grandfather, Christian Link, was born in Germany. He resided in Virginia and Kentucky, was married in the latter State and afterward moved with his wife and several children to the almost wilderness of Illinois, where he died greatly respected by all who knew him. Lewis W., the father of S. M., was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in the year 1807, and came to Illinois with his parents. He was reared in that State, and married Hannah Crane. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature for some terms with Moses Lemon, Peter Cartwright and other early pioneers when the capital was at Vandalia, Ill. After occupying prominent positions of public trust for many years he moved to Kirksville in 1866, where he served as justice during nearly all the time of his residence until his death in 1883. His wife is still living at Kirksville, and is the mother of nine children, six of whom still survive. S. M. Link, the subject of this sketch, for twenty-one years has been actively engaged in business in Kirksville, and throughout his entire career has never been accused of an act of injustice or oppression. One of his chief virtues is his great conservatism. Passion or fanaticism never rule him; when others become excited his self-possession never deserts him, but mild and gentle in the face of excitement, he curbs the reckless and quiets the angry, by the wisdom of his counsel, and the dignity and calmness of his own conduct. A Republican in politics, he conceded that patriotism and love of country may animate others. A Baptist in religion, he recognizes that excellence and Christian virtue exist in other denominations. Prosperous and comfortable, he has always heeded the call of distress, and smoothed the pillow of the sick and unfortunate. In a word, Mr. Link justly bears the reputation of being one of the wisest, most level-headed, and best balanced business men in North Missouri. Quiet, modest and honest, he would be a good man and a good citizen in any community.
The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co.
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S.M. LINK.—Born in Carollton, Illinois, in 1837; died in Kirksville, September 1, 1904. At the age of twenty-one he went to Colorado. In 1867 he came to Kirksville, where he continued to reside until his death. He was at first engaged in stock and implement business. Later he became connected with the First National Bank, more commonly known as the Baird Bank. For twenty years he was its President. He was an ardent member of the Baptist church, having joined it when only sixteen years of age. He was married in 1861 to Miss Link; to them eight children were born, six who survived him. Of him it was said that "his quiet, unostentatious acts of charity towards the deserving poor, his kindly friendship for all the deserving, and his gentle life, strong in all the Christian graces of tenderness, generosity and loving-kindness, will always be a constant example."
History of Adair County
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Mayor of Kirksville 1872-1873
son of Lewis Wayland Link (1807-1881) and Hannah Crane (1814-1892)
Samuel had the following siblings:
Christian James Link 1835-1862
Eliza Jane Link 1844-1927 (died in California)
Mary Elizabeth Link 1846-
John Henry Link 1848-
Anna May Link 1849-1940 (died in California)
Francis Lewis Link 1854-
Samuel married Mary Agnes Link on January 17, 1861 at Kirksville, Missouri. She was his 1st cousin, the daughter of his father's brother, Mathias "Tice" Smith Link (1808-1857), who were both sons of Job Christian Link (1774-1833) who was born in Maryland and died in Illinois.
Samuel moved to Colorado for several years as a young adult. He returned to Kirksville in 1867 and was a retail merchant for a while before becoming Clerk, then President of First National Bank, a position he held from 1884 until his death.
Children of Samuel and Mary Agnes Link:
William Franklin Link 1861-1938
Alice Mayo Link 1866-1952
Eugene Clarence Link 1867-1958
Lewis Nanson Link 1871-1940
Mary Jane Link 1875-1878
Hannah Elizabeth (Link) Longpre 1879-1973 (died in Florida)
Eunice Link 1885-1963
The 1870 census of Adair County, Mo. shows Samuel Link was a grain dealer. In 1880 his occupation was described as being in grain and agriculture.
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S. M. Link, president of the First National Bank, was born and reared in Carrollton, Ill., up to the age of twenty-one years. He then went to Leavenworth, Kas., and hired to Majs. Russell & Waddell, with whom he remained part of 1858 and 1859. The Pike’s Peak gold fever having reached the States, he with his father and brother rigged up an outfit, and set their faces westward over the then barren wilds of Western Kansas and Colorado. They reached the spot where Denver now stands only to learn that although gold had been found it was not in paying quantities. Thousands of ragged, wretched, starving, gold hunters were leaving daily for the States. However not to be so easily discouraged he with some others pushed on to the mountains to within a short distance of where the mountains are covered with perpetual snow. Here were newly discovered gold mines, called Gregory Diggings, which were yielding large returns for the labor bestowed. They went on a couple of miles above where they found good mines, and our subject was one of the organizers of Nevada District, being elected the first recorder and secretary of that district. He was afterward elected judge of the miner’s court. He returned to Missouri in 1861, and married Mary A. Link, a native of Illinois. Taking his young wife with him he returned to Colorado, and introduced her to a very nice log cabin perched upon and partly in the side of a mountain. From the front door could be seen a long line of similar or less pretentious dwellings dotting the mountain sides. In the gulch or valley were located the rockers, long toms, sluices and quartz mills for separating the gold from the dirt and quartz rock. To the west the summits of the mountain ranges in crescent shape could always be seen covered with snow. Mr. Link followed mining and milling with moderate success until 1866, when, having sold out, he returned to the States, located at Kirksville in 1867, and engaged in the grain, stock and implement business where he had a very large trade in the different lines. He has three sons and four daughters, one of the latter being deceased. The grandfather, Christian Link, was born in Germany. He resided in Virginia and Kentucky, was married in the latter State and afterward moved with his wife and several children to the almost wilderness of Illinois, where he died greatly respected by all who knew him. Lewis W., the father of S. M., was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in the year 1807, and came to Illinois with his parents. He was reared in that State, and married Hannah Crane. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature for some terms with Moses Lemon, Peter Cartwright and other early pioneers when the capital was at Vandalia, Ill. After occupying prominent positions of public trust for many years he moved to Kirksville in 1866, where he served as justice during nearly all the time of his residence until his death in 1883. His wife is still living at Kirksville, and is the mother of nine children, six of whom still survive. S. M. Link, the subject of this sketch, for twenty-one years has been actively engaged in business in Kirksville, and throughout his entire career has never been accused of an act of injustice or oppression. One of his chief virtues is his great conservatism. Passion or fanaticism never rule him; when others become excited his self-possession never deserts him, but mild and gentle in the face of excitement, he curbs the reckless and quiets the angry, by the wisdom of his counsel, and the dignity and calmness of his own conduct. A Republican in politics, he conceded that patriotism and love of country may animate others. A Baptist in religion, he recognizes that excellence and Christian virtue exist in other denominations. Prosperous and comfortable, he has always heeded the call of distress, and smoothed the pillow of the sick and unfortunate. In a word, Mr. Link justly bears the reputation of being one of the wisest, most level-headed, and best balanced business men in North Missouri. Quiet, modest and honest, he would be a good man and a good citizen in any community.
The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co.
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S.M. LINK.—Born in Carollton, Illinois, in 1837; died in Kirksville, September 1, 1904. At the age of twenty-one he went to Colorado. In 1867 he came to Kirksville, where he continued to reside until his death. He was at first engaged in stock and implement business. Later he became connected with the First National Bank, more commonly known as the Baird Bank. For twenty years he was its President. He was an ardent member of the Baptist church, having joined it when only sixteen years of age. He was married in 1861 to Miss Link; to them eight children were born, six who survived him. Of him it was said that "his quiet, unostentatious acts of charity towards the deserving poor, his kindly friendship for all the deserving, and his gentle life, strong in all the Christian graces of tenderness, generosity and loving-kindness, will always be a constant example."
History of Adair County
By Eugene Morrow Violette
son of Lewis Wayland Link (1807-1881) and Hannah Crane (1814-1892)
Samuel had the following siblings:
Christian James Link 1835-1862
Eliza Jane Link 1844-1927 (died in California)
Mary Elizabeth Link 1846-
John Henry Link 1848-
Anna May Link 1849-1940 (died in California)
Francis Lewis Link 1854-
Samuel married Mary Agnes Link on January 17, 1861 at Kirksville, Missouri. She was his 1st cousin, the daughter of his father's brother, Mathias "Tice" Smith Link (1808-1857), who were both sons of Job Christian Link (1774-1833) who was born in Maryland and died in Illinois.
Samuel moved to Colorado for several years as a young adult. He returned to Kirksville in 1867 and was a retail merchant for a while before becoming Clerk, then President of First National Bank, a position he held from 1884 until his death.
Children of Samuel and Mary Agnes Link:
William Franklin Link 1861-1938
Alice Mayo Link 1866-1952
Eugene Clarence Link 1867-1958
Lewis Nanson Link 1871-1940
Mary Jane Link 1875-1878
Hannah Elizabeth (Link) Longpre 1879-1973 (died in Florida)
Eunice Link 1885-1963
The 1870 census of Adair County, Mo. shows Samuel Link was a grain dealer. In 1880 his occupation was described as being in grain and agriculture.
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S. M. Link, president of the First National Bank, was born and reared in Carrollton, Ill., up to the age of twenty-one years. He then went to Leavenworth, Kas., and hired to Majs. Russell & Waddell, with whom he remained part of 1858 and 1859. The Pike’s Peak gold fever having reached the States, he with his father and brother rigged up an outfit, and set their faces westward over the then barren wilds of Western Kansas and Colorado. They reached the spot where Denver now stands only to learn that although gold had been found it was not in paying quantities. Thousands of ragged, wretched, starving, gold hunters were leaving daily for the States. However not to be so easily discouraged he with some others pushed on to the mountains to within a short distance of where the mountains are covered with perpetual snow. Here were newly discovered gold mines, called Gregory Diggings, which were yielding large returns for the labor bestowed. They went on a couple of miles above where they found good mines, and our subject was one of the organizers of Nevada District, being elected the first recorder and secretary of that district. He was afterward elected judge of the miner’s court. He returned to Missouri in 1861, and married Mary A. Link, a native of Illinois. Taking his young wife with him he returned to Colorado, and introduced her to a very nice log cabin perched upon and partly in the side of a mountain. From the front door could be seen a long line of similar or less pretentious dwellings dotting the mountain sides. In the gulch or valley were located the rockers, long toms, sluices and quartz mills for separating the gold from the dirt and quartz rock. To the west the summits of the mountain ranges in crescent shape could always be seen covered with snow. Mr. Link followed mining and milling with moderate success until 1866, when, having sold out, he returned to the States, located at Kirksville in 1867, and engaged in the grain, stock and implement business where he had a very large trade in the different lines. He has three sons and four daughters, one of the latter being deceased. The grandfather, Christian Link, was born in Germany. He resided in Virginia and Kentucky, was married in the latter State and afterward moved with his wife and several children to the almost wilderness of Illinois, where he died greatly respected by all who knew him. Lewis W., the father of S. M., was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in the year 1807, and came to Illinois with his parents. He was reared in that State, and married Hannah Crane. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature for some terms with Moses Lemon, Peter Cartwright and other early pioneers when the capital was at Vandalia, Ill. After occupying prominent positions of public trust for many years he moved to Kirksville in 1866, where he served as justice during nearly all the time of his residence until his death in 1883. His wife is still living at Kirksville, and is the mother of nine children, six of whom still survive. S. M. Link, the subject of this sketch, for twenty-one years has been actively engaged in business in Kirksville, and throughout his entire career has never been accused of an act of injustice or oppression. One of his chief virtues is his great conservatism. Passion or fanaticism never rule him; when others become excited his self-possession never deserts him, but mild and gentle in the face of excitement, he curbs the reckless and quiets the angry, by the wisdom of his counsel, and the dignity and calmness of his own conduct. A Republican in politics, he conceded that patriotism and love of country may animate others. A Baptist in religion, he recognizes that excellence and Christian virtue exist in other denominations. Prosperous and comfortable, he has always heeded the call of distress, and smoothed the pillow of the sick and unfortunate. In a word, Mr. Link justly bears the reputation of being one of the wisest, most level-headed, and best balanced business men in North Missouri. Quiet, modest and honest, he would be a good man and a good citizen in any community.
The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co.
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S.M. LINK.—Born in Carollton, Illinois, in 1837; died in Kirksville, September 1, 1904. At the age of twenty-one he went to Colorado. In 1867 he came to Kirksville, where he continued to reside until his death. He was at first engaged in stock and implement business. Later he became connected with the First National Bank, more commonly known as the Baird Bank. For twenty years he was its President. He was an ardent member of the Baptist church, having joined it when only sixteen years of age. He was married in 1861 to Miss Link; to them eight children were born, six who survived him. Of him it was said that "his quiet, unostentatious acts of charity towards the deserving poor, his kindly friendship for all the deserving, and his gentle life, strong in all the Christian graces of tenderness, generosity and loving-kindness, will always be a constant example."
History of Adair County
By Eugene Morrow Violette
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