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Oder Elmer Fink

     
 

 

Born: 20 Aug 1875, Iredell Co, NC

Died:  20 Mar 1948, Rowan Co, NC

 
 

Oder "Otis" Elmer Fink was born 20 Aug 1875 in Iredell County, NC.  He was the son of Jacob Henry Fink (1840) and Catherine Martin (1840).

                             
 
 

In 1880, Jacob Henry Fink & Catherine were raising a family of seven children in the Chambersburg Township of Iredell County, NC.  Oder (listed on the 1880 Census as "O. E".) was 6 years old.   His siblings were William, Samuel, Emma, John Theophalus, Maggie and Mary Matilda.

 

1880 Iredell County Census

 
Name Personal       Health Education  
Last
Name
First
Name
Sex Age Relation Single
Married
Occupation Disabled School Can't
Read
Can't
Write
Birth
Fink J.H. M 40   M Farming X   X X NC
Fink C.E.W. F 39 Wife M Keeping House         "
---- W.S.A. M 16 Son S Family Labor   X      
---- S.W. M 11 " S "   X      
---- E.C. F 10 Daughter S At Home   X X X "
---- J.T. M 8 Son S     X     "
---- O.E. M 6 " S           "
---- M.E. F 4 Daughter S           "
---- M.M. F 3 " S           "
Fleming Samuel M 20 Laborer S       X X "
 
 
 
Jacob Henry Fink and Catherine E. Martin had 7 Children
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
William S. A. Fink Abt. 1866    
Samuel C. M. Fink 26 Jan 1868
Iredell Co
06 Apr 1919 Margaret "Maggie"
Lee Turner
23 Dec 1903
Emma Catherine Fink 05 Mar 1870 18 Jan 1950 George Lafayette Murr
John Theophalus Fink  16 Jan 1873 23 May 1923, Iredell Co, NC Carrie M. Colvert
Oder Elmer Fink 20 Aug 1875, Iredell Co 20 Mar 1948 Cora Lee Safrit
Maggie E. Fink Abt. 1876   George W. Hair
Mary Matilda Fink 21 Apr 1877 12 Apr 1941
(tombstone 12 Mar 1941)
Josephis "Seph"
Ward Beecher Miller
 
 
 

Oder Elmer Fink married Cora Lee Safrit around 1898.  Cora was born Feb 1879.  Their marriage produced one son, William Oscar Fink.

 
 
 
Children of Oder Elmer Fink and Cora Lee Safrit
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
William Oscar Fink 07 Oct 1899
Rowan Co, NC
   
 
 

The 1900 Census shows them living in Cool Spring Township, Iredell County, NC.  Otis' birth date is listed on the Census as Aug 1875 and his age as 24.  Cora is 21 and the Census show they have been married for two years.  Otis' occupation is listed as "Farmer" and both could read and write.  They were living on a farm that they rented.

 

1900 Iredell County Census

 
Name Relation Sex Birth Age S/M/W Yrs.
Md.
Children Birth Occupation Home
Last First Month Year Born Living
Fink Otis E. Head M Aug 1875 24 M 2     NC Farmer Rent
---- Cora L. Wife F Feb 1879 21 M 2 1 1 NC    
---- William O. Son M Oct 1899 7/12 S       NC    
 
 
After the death of Cora Lee Safrit Fink, Oder Elmer Fink married Dora Loretta Earley.  Dora was born. 1883 and d. 1920.  Their marriage produced six children.
 
 
 
Children of Oder Elmer Fink and Dora Loretta Earley
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Henry Fink      
Macie Marie Fink Abt. 1906 1983 (1) Espy Lee Lambert
(2) Bethel Garnett Hart
(3) Samuel Roy Brown
(4) *Joseph Nixon Moss
Daisy Viola Fink 1907 1907 (Died in Infancy)
Mamie Ellen Fink Abt. 1910 1992 *Joseph Nixon Moss
Myrtte Iona Fink 1914 1914 (Died in Infancy)
Elmer Russell Fink 20 Jun 1915
Rowan Co, NC
15 Jul 1986
Rowan Co, NC
 
 
Mamie Ellen Fink and her sister Macie Marie Fink both married Joseph Nixon Moss.   Mamie divorced Joseph in 1945 and her sister Macie married him a couple of years after the death of her third husband, Samuel Roy Brown.
 
 

Oder Elmer Fink died 20 Mar 1948 in Kannapolis, Rowan County, NC, at the age of 72 from "cardiac failure" (a heart attack).  The death certificate lists the informant as W. O. (William Oscar) Fink.  Oder's mother's last name was incorrectly listed as Catherine Moister, instead of Catherine Martin.  Oder was living at 528 Herman Street, Kannapolis, NC, at the time of his death and he was widowed. 

 
 

Oder Elmer Fink's Death Certificate

 
 
 

Oder Elmer Fink's Obituary

 

O. E. Fink
Passes Here

Funeral Set For Today

     O. E. Fink, 72, resident of Kannapolis since 1918, died suddenly at his home on 528 Herman Street Saturday afternoon after suffering a heart attack there about 1 o'clock.
     Funeral servies will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Whitley's Chapel on South Main Street, with the Rev. Cecil G. Hefner, Pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member officiating.
     The body will lie in state at the chapel from 10:30 o'clock this morning until the funeral hour.  Burial will be in Kannapolis Cemetery.
     Mr. Fink was employed in Cannon Mills Plant 1 in the Finishing Department until a few years ago when his health failed.
     Surviving are three sons: W. O. Fink of this city, Henry Fink of Landis and Russell Fink of Rockwell, Route 2; two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Lambert of Rockwell and Mrs. Joseph Moss of Kannapolis; one sister, Mrs. Emma Murray of Thomasville; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Thanks to Carl & Robin Brindle for the copy of Oder Elmer Fink's Obituary

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Thanks to Robin Brindle for the additional information on the Oder Elmer Fink lineage.  Her husband, Carl Dean Brindle, is the Great Grandson of O.E. Fink.  You can contact Robin at robbrin@hotmail.com

 
                             
                             
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