His birth is recorded in Congregation of the Reformed Church of Vincent Township. From Nixa, Go South on Hwy 160 2 miles. Turn left on dirt road. Small house on right and the road is paved again. Go 7/10 miles, jog left 3/10 miles, job right 1/10 and the house is on the left.

He lived south of Springfield on a farm known as Rippling Brook Farm. It was originally in Greene County and later in Christian County, Missouri. Rippling Brook Farm is located two miles south of Nixa on U. S. 160. Turn left on a dirt road and climb a hill. At the bottom of this hill the road will "T". Turn left and then right immediately and the farmhouse is two hundred yards on the left. The farmhouse is still occupied (1985), although it is in poor condition. Behind the house in what used to be the garden are two graves. There is a small fence around them, but they are totally grown over. The tombstones are still legible and they read:

Wealthy Sink David Sink
Aged 77 years Aged ????
Died Sep 17, 1880 Died Jan 17, 1872

The following was taken from Christian County: Its First 100 Years Pages 66, 67.

"Another unique enterprise which served a purpose in the pioneer economy following the Civil War but has long since given way to "progress" is the tanyard. The Nixa community had one of these in the farmyard of David Sink and it was locally called "Davie's Jerk." The reason for the name will become apparent with a little explanation. David and his helpers either bought cowhides or took them in for a portion of the tanned leather. They dug about a dozen shallow pits each of which would hold a stretched hide, covered the hide with green-wood ashes and then the whole was covered with water. The resulting lye loosened the hair and processed the hide. After the soaking, each hide was removed from the pit and "jerked" vigorously across a number of parallel poles erected at waist height until the lye water and the hair were gone and the hide was resilient as leather. This lively process made a slapping, jerking noise, hence the name."

"David Sink died early in 1872 [County records state 1867] at the age of 85, and his widow, Wealthy, departed this life eight years later. They were buried in walnut coffins, made by neighbors, in a corner of their garden. The farmstead, no known as Rippling Brook Farm, is owned at the present time by Paul E. Wasson, a step-grandson."

There is a discrepancy between the tombstones and records found in Ozark, the county seat of Christian County, Mo.