Fink, James and Charlotte

James and Charlotte Norris Fink
"Among the highly esteemed residents of Mt. Pleasant Township, Racine County, Wisconsin, may be mentioned Eugene Fink, whose fine farm is situated on Section 35.  Mr. Fink is a native of that township, born March 21, 1859, son of James and Charlotte (Norris) Fink, natives of New York State.  The paternal grandfather, John Fink, was a farmer and a native of New York State, where he died when comparatively a young man.  He and his wife, Catherine, had the following children:  Benjamin, James, Levi, John, Andrew, Margaret and Mary.
James Fink, father of Eugene, was a tailor by trade.  He came to Wisconsin about 1840 living at Southport for a time, and then purchased eighty acres of land in Mt. Pleasant Township, at $1.25 per acre, adding to this purchase until he owned, at various times, four farms, comprising 561 acres.  He spent the last twenty-five years of his life in Mt. Pleasant Township, dying at the home of his son, Eugene W., October 11, 1905, while sitting in his chair, talking, and apparently in good health. He was at the time ninety-three years of age.  Mr. Fink held various town offices in his day.
He married Charlotte Norris, whose father was also a native of New York, and a merchant of Syracuse.  He came West to Illinois, located in Kane county at an early day, and there followed farming.  He died there when between seventy and eighty years of age, and his wife also attained advanced years.  They had children:  Ward, Carl, Abbie, Mary Ann, Rillie, Charlotte, and several others.
Mr. Fink and his wife had a family of seven children, four of whom still survive:  Charles, of Racine; Eugene; Edward of Somers township, and Percy of Mt. Pleasant.  The mother of this family died August 12, 1877, aged forty-six years, in the faith of the Methodist Church; the father was a Presbyterian.
Eugene Fink was reared in Mt. Pleasant on his father's farm, and attended the district schools.  He lived at home until grown to manhood and then rented his father's farm on shares for several years, his present farm of 165 acres, to which he has added ten acres, being deeded to him by his father in 1902.  Mr. Fink was married October 3, 1894, to Miss Caroline Braid, daughter of Andres and Elizabeth (Tiegus) Braid, and four children have been born to this union:  Julia, Everett, Stella, and Clinton.  Politically Mr. Fink is a Republican.
Andrew Braid, the father of Mrs. Fink, was born in Scotland, and her mother in Germany.  On coming to America Mr. Braid located in Racine county, while his future wife settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  They were married in Racine, and made their home in Mt. Pleasant township, engaging in farming.  He died in 1887, in his sixtieth year, while his widow still survives and lives on the old homestead in Mt. Pleasant township.  They had four children, three of whom are now living, namely:  Jessie, the wife of Edward Fink; Caroline, wife of Eugene Fink; and Louise, the wife of William Nieson, who makes her home in Corliss.
The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Eugene Fink was William Tiegus, a native of Germany, in which country he died well advanced in years.  He was a teamster by occupation, hauling goods from one city to another.  He married Catherine Schafer, who also attained advanced years."
(Source:  Biographical Record of Racine and Kenosha Counties, J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1906) 

James Fink and Charlotte Norris Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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More Fink family information

Click here for Levi Fink, brother of James Fink, for more information.

Percy Fink, son of James and Charlotte Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Sarah Fink, first wife of Percy Fink, son of James and Charlotte Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Eva L. Fink, second wife of Percy Fink, son of James and Carlotte Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Sarah Fink Obituary
"Mrs. Percy Fink died at her home in Mt. Pleasant last evening after a long and lingering illness of tuberculosis at age 34 years.  Deceased was well and favorably known and besides leaving a husband and four small children, she also has many friends and relatives to  mourn her loss.  Burial will take place in the Oakwood Cemetery."
(Source:  Racine Journal Aug 26, 1899)

Marriages of Percy
Sarah Deal married Percy Fink February 22, 1890 in Van Buren City, Michigan

Eva L. Guerin married Percy Fink January 14, 1902
(Source:  myhogan, dudding & stultz family public site on ancestry.com)

Catherine Fink
Catherine Fink, mother of James and Levi Fink
Catherine Fink, age 80, lived with James and Charlotte in Mt. Pleasant Township, Racine County, Wisconsin a shown on the 1860 U.S. Census. Catherine was born about 1778 in New York.
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Edmund C. Fink, son of James and Charlotte Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Augusta Fink, daughter of James and Charlotte Fink
1862-1884
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Clinton Fink, son of James and Charlotte
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Earl James Fink
son of Edmund and Jessie Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Elizabeth Fink
daughter of Edmund and Jessie Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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Ruth L. Fink
daughter of Edmund and Jessie Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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William E. Fink
son of Edmund and Jessie Fink
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers Township, Kenosha County
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