Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): 1838 - born August 31 in McDonough County, IL to Henry S. and Mary Goldsmith Brink 1859 - married Eliza M. Read (b.1837, d.1901) on July 28 1860 - on trial, Central Illinois Conference 1883 - Nickerson Circuit 1884 - readmitted to Southwest Kansas Conference from Southern Illinois Conference 1892 - supernumerary 1894 - Conference evangelist 1902 - married Emma K. Pratt on July 24; 1st wife's memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.100) 1903 - superannuated 1908 - died March 1 in pasadena, CA; buried Nickerson, KS; memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.418) children: Frances Leroy, Julia Etta, Mary E. (Mrs. W.H. Clark), Rev. Vincent Hunter, Sadie E. (Mrs. Judson Clark), Harry Read captain Civil War Built 15 churches; 10,000 converted (no citation on card)