BRINK, G. A. - 1914

BRINK, HAMPSHIRE, ROLLINS

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

G. A. BRINK.

G. A. Brink, prominently connected with business interests of Washta as a member of the firm of Snidecor & Company, dealers in implements, hardware and furniture, is a native of Iowa, born in Clay county, May 3, 1878. He is a son of William and Mary (Hampshire) Brink, natives of New Hampshire, where the father engaged in farming. They came to Clay county, Iowa, at an early date and there the father farmed for some time. In 1883 he went to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he worked at the carpenters trade until his death, in 1905. His wife survives him and makes her home at Beloit, Wisconsin.

G. A. Brink came to Cherokee county when he was eight years of age and thereafter made his home with his uncle while he acquired his education in the district schools. He afterward attended Buena Vista College at Storm Lake, Iowa, and following the completion of his studies rented land from his uncle, operating a farm in Tilden township for five years. During this time he also owned one hundred and sixty acres in Grand Meadow township but this he afterward sold. Later he purchased more land and is now the owner of eighty acres on section 17, Grand Meadow township, and two hundred and eightyfour acres in Wbodbury county, Iowa. Mr. Brink abandoned agricultural pursuits in 1907 and came to Washta, where he became a member of the firm of Snidecor & Company in the hardware, furniture and implement business. He still retains this connection and is an important factor in the development of the large business controlled by the concern.

In June, 1903, Mr. Brink married Miss Louise Rollins, a daughter of Thomas and Florence Rollins, natives of England. The father moved to OBrien county, Iowa, at an early date and there farmed for many years, later coming to Cherokee county, where he resumed his agricultural pursuits in Tilden township. He was afterward identified with the butcher business in Cherokee but is now living in retirement, making his home in Montana. He has survived his wife since 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Brink have become the parents of two children: Margaret, who died September 16, 1906; and Catherine, aged two.

Mr. Brink is a member of the Congregational church and is connected with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He gives

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his political allegiance to the republican party and without being active as an office seeker, does all in his power to promote the best interests of the community. His business career has been characterized by honorable dealings and he today occupies an enviable position in commercial circles of Washta, holding the esteem and confidence of all who are associated with him.