Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 531. GEORGE P. SINK a very extensive general farmer and stockraiser, of Sherman county, resides three miles east and two miles north of Kent. He is a native of Illinois, born June 2, 1847. His parents were natives of North Caroline, descendants of old and distinguished American families. The father, Thomas W., was born in 1819. The mother, Luzina (Thomas) Sink, was born in 1824. Her ancestors, of the old colonial period, were originally from Virginia. Both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of our subject served with distinction in the Revolutionary war and the War of 1812. The brothers of the parents of our subject were engaged in the Civil war, serving on both sides of the controversy. At present these parents, living at a graceful and green old age, reside three miles northwest of Wasco, Sherman county. The family came to Oregon in 1876, locating in Yamhill county. Until the year 1867 our subject was reared in Illinois, from whence the family removed to Clark county, Missouri. In early youth the lad lived in town and attended the public schools until he had reached the age of fourteen years. At that period his parents were proprietors of a boarding house, subsequently they followed farming. In 1870, at the age of twenty-three years, our subject struck out to face the world and from it wrest a living for himself and, perchance a handsome competence. He followed various occupations in various states, such as riding the ranges, attending a surveying party, acting as usher for Barnum & Bailey's circus, etc., and in 1876 he came west. His father and family, had gone to California and met our subject there, and they all went to Oregon. The father purchased land in Yamhill county, upon which he remained one year. In 1882 the subject of this sketch secured a homestead three miles below Wasco, Sherman county, in Spanish Hollow. It was on this farm that his wife died, March 9, 1883. Our subject remained there until the financial panic of 1893 when he went to Portland, where he was enabled to give his children the advantages of superior educational facilities. Here he engaged in various employments, including teaming and contracting, until the development of the Klondyke sensation, when he went to Alaska, remaining two seasons, the first on the trail; the second at Dawson. Here he was fairly successful, but, returned and passed about two years in search of a suitable location for business. It was in 1900 that Mr. Sink came to Sherman county, where he purchased land to the extent of five quarter sections, and subsequently added more. He now owns one thousand four hundred acres, and cultivates one thousand acres of grain. He raises some stock, and during the winter of 1903-4 he fed four thousand head of sheep. Mr. Sink is the possessor of one of the best and most eligible ranches in the southern portion of Sherman county. He extensively cultivates small fruits and vegetables. In October, 1877, at Newberg, Yamhill county, he was united in marriage to Henrietta Everest, born in the same county. She was the daughter of David and Irene (Jones) Everest. The father was a native of England, and came to Oregon overland, with an ox train, in 1846, from Iowa, accompanied by his parents. Mrs. Everest had preceded him, with her parents, in 1845, emigrating from Missouri. Our subject has two brothers and two sisters; Thomas E. and Everett, both farmers living near Wasco; Mary, wife of Charles D. Belcher, a farmer near Woodland, Yolo county, California ; Jennie, wife of Charles Chandler, of Clackamas county, Oregon. Seven brothers and sisters survive the wife of our subject, nearly all of them living in Yamhill county. Mr. Sink has three daughters, Georgette, wife of Horace Cuthill, living with subject; Charletta, at Los Angeles, California, and Henrietta. The fraternal affiliations of Mr. Sink are with the A. F. & A. M., having been demitted from another lodge. Politically he is a stanch Republican, but has never aspired to office, with the exception of school director. Mr. Sink is a progressive, liberal spirited citizen, popular and influential in the community in which he resides. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2009 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.