Pious P. Fink ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Book: History of Adams County, 1886. ¹ PIOUS P. FINK, farmer, P.O. Littlestown, was born May 5, 1818, in Germany Township, Adams County, Penn. The great-grandfather of this gentleman came from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, near the Shorb family. His son, Henry Fink, was a mechanic and farmer, and died in the county in the house where Pious P. was born, south of Littlestown. Henry Fink was married to Magdalena Henry, who bore him ten children: Benjamin, Anthony, Henry, Joseph, Jacob, David, Mrs. Elizabeth Adams, Mrs. Catharine Sanders, Mrs. Mary Stein and Mrs. Sally Schriver. Of these, Joseph, a farmer by occupation, was a successful business man, and did a great deal of good; he served as justice of the peace for many years, filled minor township offices and acted as commissioner of Adams County. He married Esther Parr; he died on our subject's present farm, aged seventy-one, and his wife departed this life aged seventy-seven years. They had four children: Pious P., Joseph, Sylvester Henry and Mrs. Margaret L. Spalding. Pious P. Fink was reared on the farm, and married in October, 1844, Miss Matilda M., daughter of John and Mary (Beecher) Shorb. To this union were born seven children: Mary, Johanna, Sarah E., Lucinda, Agnes, Anastasia (who all died, aged, respectively, nineteen, forty, five, fourteen and thirteen years). Sarah E. was a sister in St. Joseph's Convent, at Philadelphia; the two sons, Joseph J. and Basil P., are yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Fink are members of the Catholic Church. In farming Mr. Fink has been very successful. In politics he is a Democrat.

Pious married Matilda Mathilda Shorb, daughter of John Shorb and Mary Beecher, in Oct 1844 in , Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ (Matilda Mathilda Shorb was born on 26 Feb 1816 in Union Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA and was christened on 7 Mar 1816 in Conewago Township: Conewago Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.)