Funk, Mrs. Isaac

FUNK, MYERLY, MCKEE

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 1/5/2013 at 06:59:48

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

FUNK, Mrs. ISAAC—Deep River Twp—pg 728-9. Section 22, P.O. Deep River. Her maiden name was Mary Ann Myerly. Was born in Carroll county, Maryland, April 15, 1842. Her husband was born in the same county, January 20, 1837, and they were married December 1, 1859, in Ogle county, Illinois. The fruits of their union are: Martha J. (born June 24, 1861; married December 28, 1879, to Joseph S. McKee), John P. (born March 15, 1863), David (born April 17, 1865), Samuel W. (born December 25, 1867), Ida M. (born April 2, 1870), Mary E. (born August 6, 1872) and Emma E. (born June 17, 1878). Mr. Funk was raised on a farm, and educated in Ogle county, Illinois, where his father settled when he was three years old. His father died when he was fifteen years old, and he then lived with his brother William until of age. When twenty-three years of age he bought a farm in Illinois, which he sold in 1867, and emigrated to Iowa, where he bought and settled upon the present estate. He was instantly killed by accidentally falling from a hay-stack upon a sharp pointed stick, September 28, 1877. Mr. F. joined the Dunkard Church in 1861, and in 1875 was elected by his brethren to preach the gospel. He was a leader in his church, and a man of influence in the community; honored and beloved by all who knew him intimately, and instinctively respected by strangers. His funeral was attended by probably the largest procession ever known in the township. He left an estate of 160 acres of good farming land, and five of timber, to his widow. Mrs. Funk is a member of the Dunkard Church, an estimable Christian lady, and a devoted mother.