Introduction

Biography

Charles was the son of Ja­cob and Eli­za­beth Link, and hus­band of Cla­ra Ber­key (mar­ried 1891). In 1900, he and Cla­ra moved to Mount Ver­non, South Da­ko­ta, where he lived the rest of his life.

Link was raised in the Men­non­ite tra­di­tion, but trans­ferred to the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal de­no­mi­na­tion af­ter mar­riage.

A farm­er by oc­cu­pa­tion, Link rel­ished all kinds of mu­sic, es­pecial­ly sing­ing. He was a cho­ris­ter and Sun­day school su­per­in­ten­dent at his Men­non­ite church for a num­ber of years, as well as serv­ing as a band lead­er and clar­i­net­ist.

He al­so led and di­rect­ed the choir in the Me­tho­dist church of Mt. Ver­non, and helped with the sing­ing in pro­grams and at nu­mer­ous fun­er­als.

In ad­di­tion, he or­gan­ized and led a number of sing­ing schools.