HINK, John Jacob

HINK

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 11:17:03

John Jacob Hink
born May 9, 1845

John Jacob Hink, Silver Creek Township, section 34, is one of the well-known citizens of Ida County, having been a resident of this county since 1880, and of Iowa since 1864. He was born in Holstein, Germany, May 9, 1845, and is a son of Clouse and Mary (Severin) Hink, both parents being natives of Germany, where they died. They had ten children. John Jacob, the subject of our sketch, received his education in the German schools, which he attended until he was sixteen years of age. He afterwards learned the carpenters’ trade, at which he worked for some time. In 1864 he emigrated to the United States, coming to Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. He resided in Davenport some time, working at the cooper’s trade. In 1874 he removed to Walnut, Pottawattamie County, where he resided six years. In 1880 he came to Ida County and purchased a farm of ninety-five acres, in Blaine township. This he afterward sold and moved on to his present farm in March, 1892.
Mr. Hink was married at the age of thirty-one years in Clinton, Iowa, to Miss Augusta Steffin, who was a native of Pommern, Germany, and who came to Clinton, Iowa, at the age of sixteen years. Her father was Lewis Steffin, deceased. He died in Sioux county, Iowa, in 1888. Her mother was Louisa (Weller) Steffin, who is now seventy-two years of age and resides at Walnut, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr. Hink and wife are the parents of eight children, viz.: Mattie, Eddy, John, William, Harry, Mary, Albert, and Lizzie. In religion Mr. Hink is a Lutheran. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has served as a member of the School Board. He is a man yet in the prime of life and one of the respected and enterprising citizens of Ida County.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.543