Brink, Wesley R.

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Birth:
The approximate date of birth is calculated from information in a U.S. census enumeration. The place of birth comes from the same source. Further details are not known at this time.

Wesley married Gillespie, Elizabeth Eleanor. Elizabeth (daughter of Gillespie, Matthew and McGrew, Martha A.) was born Mar 1854; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Details of the marriage are not known at this time. Wesley R. Brink was a publisher in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Census (family):

     According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, the household in Ward 2 consisted of Wesley R. Brink, a 30 year old publisher, his wife, Nellie Brink, age 26, keeping house, and their two daughters: Florence Brink (age 3) and Julia Brink (age 1). Also living in the home were Wesley's mother-in-law, Martha Gillespie, a 64 year old widow; and Louisa Bernius, a 20 year old servant.
     The previous household enumerated in this census consisted of Moses Sherman (age 42, a grain dealer), his wife, Isabella Sherman (age 38) and their daughter, Martha Sherman (age 12). Also living in the household was a servant, Mary Childres (age 16).
     The household enumerated in this census just before the Sherman's was the home of David Gillespie (age 51, a lawyer), his wife, Minna Gillespie (age 45) and their children: Julia Gillespie (age 23), Edwin Gillespie (age 18), Henry Gillespie (age 15), and Mary Gillespie (age 10). Also living in the home were two boarders: Carrie Houck (age 23) and Clay H. Lynch (age 32); and two servants: Mary Mansfield (age 18), and William Meek (age 26).
     What the 1880 census does not reveal is the close family ties woven through these three homes and foreshadowing extended family associations. Wesley Brink's mother-in-law, Martha A. (McGrew) (Hynes, or Hinds) Gillespie, the second wife of Matthew Gillespie, would have been the mother of Wesley's wife, Elizabeth Eleanor "Nellie" (Gillespie) Brink. Martha was also the mother of Isabella J. (Gillespie) Sherman and the step-mother of David Gillespie, who was the son of Matthew Gillespie and his first wife, Nancy Gordon.
     In 1882, Julia B. Gillespie, daughter of David and Minna (Barnsback) Gillespie, became the first wife Dr. Edward William Fiegenbaum. Clay Hardin Lynch, one of the boarders living in the Gillespie home in 1880, married one of Dr. Fiegenbaum's sisters, Martha Lizette Fiegenbaum, in 1884.

1. Brink, Florence was born Abt 1876–1877, Illinois, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Brink, Julia was born Abt 1878–1879, Illinois, USA; died Yes, date unknown.