Found him on the 1900 Livingston, Columbia, New York census (dist 25 img 33) as
Elias Lynk age 4.
Found him on the 1920 Livingston, Columbia, New York census (dist 37 img 12) as
Elias Lynk age 24, single, living at home. Farm laborer, house farm.
A 44-year-old Livingston, Columbia County resident, his wife and son had a narrow escape from death this morning when their car crashed with a truck near East Greenbush as they were on their way to Troy to appear in Supreme Court for Rensselaer County. The father is defendant in a $5,200 negligence action resulting from an auto accident two years ago.
In spite of the fact that all three were thrown clear out of the car by the crash and that the auto was virtually demolished they escaped serious injury.
The three victims and their injuries were:
Elias Lynk, 44, Livingston, laceration over eye, fractured rib, bruise to left elbow and injured knee.
Lena Lynk, 41, his wife, laceration over left eye, laceration on top of head and injury to shoulder.
Calvin Lynk, 15, their son, lacerations about the head.
Although the Lynks were not present, the trial of the case, which began yesterday, was resumed this morning and Gerald W. O'Connor
of Waterford, attorney for Lynk, made a motion for non-suit on the grounds that the plaintiff, Stanley J. Smith, an employee at St. Joseph's Infant Home, Troy, had shown by his own testimony that he was guilty of contributory negligence.
Justice William H. Murray granted the motion. Mr. O'Connor withdrew the counterclaim for $250 made by Mr. Lynk.
Mr. Lynk was informed of his victory in the lawsuit at the office of Or. Joseph W. Belser of East Greenbush where he and his wife
were taken for treatment. The son was taken to Memorial Hospital, Albany, where he was treated in the emergency room and then discharged.
Lynk told troopers of the East Greenbush outpost that he was proceeding north in Route 9 about two miles south of the intersection with the Pittsfleld highway when he started to pass an auto parked on the edge of the road. He said that his car skidded on the slippery pavement into the path of a truck loaded with farm produce proceeding south. According to State Police, the Lynk car crashed into the truck with the rear end of the Lynk car lifting into the air, making it stand virtually "on its nose." All the occupants were thrown to the road. The driver of the truck, Melvin Sanford of Martville, Cayuga County, was unhurt.
The Lynk family has been stalked by trouble this week. On Sunday, Mr. Lynk's father, Arthur Lynk, 81, of Livingston died. - The Times Record February 20, 1940