 1834 -
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| Born |
14 Apr 1834 |
Springtown, Montgomery County, PA  |
| Gender |
Male |
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| _CRE |
15 Feb 2015 |
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| Notes |
- Moved with parents at age 2 to wayne Co., OH
In the spring of 1854, at the age of 20, he went to Clinton, Dewitt Co., Il., and worked at the cabinet trade until October, 1855, when he moved to Farmer City, ( Mt. Pleasant) in the same county. He enlisted in Co. I, 107th Regt., IL. Vol. infantry on the 2nd day of august, 1862, and served with his regiment through kentucky, and on the raid after Gen. Morgan through Ohio, until the autumn of 1863., when he crossed the mountains into East Tennessee, under command of Maj. Gen. Burnside, participating inthat campaign and in the seige of Knoxville. In the spring of 1864 he joined the army of Gen. Sherman, at Chattanooga, and went with that army to Atlanta, Ga. After the capture of Atlanta, he for the first time succeeded in visiting his brother, kaufman, whom he had not seen for more than ten years, although they had been in the same army more than six months. He visited with his brother two days and was again called to duty, following Gen. Hood back to Franklin and Nashville, Tenn. After the battleof Nashville he went under command of maj. Gen Schofield, Via Washington, D.C., to Fort Fisher, North Carolina; from there to Fort Anderson and Wilmington, again joining the army of Gen. Sherman at Raleigh, N.C. He was honroably discharged from the armyat Salisbury, N.C., on the 26th day of June 1865 by reason of the close of the war.
He returned to his home in Farmer City, IL and became a machinist.
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| Person ID |
I8563 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
Ralph Funk, b. 1794, Springtown Twp., Bucks Co., PA , d. 12 Mar 1846, Worster, Wayne Co., OH |
| Mother |
Nancy Kaufman, b. Abt 1796, Bucks Co, PA , d. 23 Dec 1850, Wooster, Wayne Co., OH |
| Married |
9 Dec 1817 |
| Family ID |
F1498 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Harriet Melissa Robbins, b. 13 Feb 1837 |
| Married |
8 Jan 1857 |
| Children |
| | 1. Roana Dorinda Funk, b. 13 Oct 1857 |
| | 2. Francis William Elmer Funk, b. 31 Aug 1859, d. 18 Apr 1861 |
| | 3. Ardilla May Funk, b. 13 Oct 1861, d. 26 Aug 1880 |
| | 4. Henry Fred Funk, b. 4 May 1863, d. 12 Apr 1895, Farmer City, IL |
| | 5. Florence Funk, b. 18 Jan 1867, d. 18 Apr 1867 |
| | 6. Charles Elliot Funk, b. 26 Aug 1868 |
| | 7. Eddie Bunn Funk, b. 9 Jan 1875 |
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| Family ID |
F4583 |
Group Sheet |
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