Henry Funk 1753-1815 (Brother of
Jacob Funk)
Henry Funk
Birth: September 23 1753 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
Father:
Henry Funk per Henry Jr's Revolutionary War Pension File #W23075
Marriage: Elizabeth Mueller/Miller on July 12, 1774 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
Elizabeth was born about 1754 in Switzerland and live to be a very old age.
She lived around Russellville, Illinois when she died
Death: Died of malaria in September or November of 1815
Burial: On his farm between the Overflow Pond and the Ohio River near New
Amsterdam, Harrison County, IN
Funk Burying Grounds
- Henry Funk Family Plot (section 35, Township 4 S, Range 2 E)
Google Maps of Henry Funk Farm +38° 6' 57.60", -86° 16' 24.60"
Note: Henry signed daughter Catherine's marriage bond with Heinrich
Funk in German Script
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HENRY
FUNK, JR.
was born in Virginia and died September 22, 1815 in Harrison Co., IN. Henry Jr. was the
son of Henry Funk per Henry Jr's Revolutionary War Pension File #W23075. He married Elisabeth Mueller in
Stoverston, Shenandoah County, Virginia about 1774 and was
living there when he enlisted in the Revolutionary War to serve under George Rogers Clark. After the Revolution,
they moved to Bardstown (Hardin/Nelson Co.) Kentucky and later on to Harrison County, Indiana. Although Peter signed papers
with 'his mark', he mentions his father writing down the dates of his children's births in a 'German Almanac'
that was destroyed before Peter reached adulthood. Henry died on either Sept. 22 or Nov. 1, 1815.
After the death of her husband, Henry Funk, Jr. in Sept or Nov of 1815, Elisabeth Funk then went on to
Crawford County, Indiana with her children. She then went on to Lawrence County, Russelville, Indiana
with her son Peter, dying there Sept 13-14, 1844 at the home of her son Peter Funk. Out of the
original 11 children born to Henry and Elisabeth Funk, the following five children were still alive at
the time of her death in 1844: John Funk, Elisabeth Funk Potter, and Joseph, Peter and Isaac Funk.
It is
interesting to note that Henry and Elisabeth never drew a pension during their lifetimes. Evidently the five
youngest children of this union pursued pension money and/or land near Louisville, KY that they believed
should have been granted to their father Henry Funk, JR. |
The following information comes from pages 80 and 81 of the book
"From the Rhine to the Shenandoah", Vol. I, by Daniel W. BLY, 1993
47-HENRY FUNK JR. (of Henry #34) was born in Strasburg, Va. about 1753,
married ELIZABETH MILLER, 12 July 1774 and died in Harrison County, Ind. 1 Nov. 1815.
Elizabeth was born about 1752, and died 13 Sept. 1844.
Children:
x (1) CATHERINE FUNK, b. 1775, m. George Kurtz, Hardin Co., KY
x (2) DANIEL FUNK, b. 1781, d. 1815. m. Rachel Denbo, Harrison Co.
x (3) JOHN FUNK, b. 1781 (twin), d. 1865. m. Rebecca Padget, Ind.
x (4) ELIZABETH FUNK, b. ? m. 1812, William Potter.
x (5) JOSEPH FUNK, b. ? d. ? m. Abigail Pearson, 1816.
x (6) ISAAC FUNK, b. ? m. Rachel Coates, 1816, Harrison Co. Ind.
x (7) PETER FUNK, b. ? m. Nancy Entace, 1814, Harrison Co. Ind.
x (8) HENRY FUNK JR. died 1818, unmarried.
Henry Funk served with Capt. Joseph Bowman's company of the George Rogers Clark expedition to the
Northwest Territory in 1778-9 and later received land in Clark County, Indiana for his service. He never
took up that land because he moved to Hardin County, Kentucky about 1790 and occupied land obtained by
his father in Severns Valley near Elizabeth Town. In 1804 Henry and his family moved to Harrison County,
Indiana and acquired land on the north side of Indian Creek, where it meets the Ohio River in Exeter,
now Washington Township. His brother Jacob (#46) took land on the south side of the creek. Henry and his
son Daniel died of malaria in 1815 and are buried on their homestead (Arville Funk, ibid.). |
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enry Funk, II, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, is
buried in Harrison County. This information was obtained from "Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of
the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, Volume II" published by the Indiana Daughters of the
American Revolution in 1966.
Military 1776 Militia, Private, 8th Class, Washington
County MD 1776-1783 under George Rogers Clark
"George Rogers Clark and The Battle of Vincennes"
February 23, 1779
Henry Funk, Illinois Regiment, Vincennes campaign,
1978 – 1979
Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio
1778-1783
By William Hayden English
"Henry Funk" page 844 & 1072
When Henry left the military, he was awarded about 108 acres
in two separate sections in Clark's Grant near Charleston, Indiana. He never settled there and
sold the property.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/nfj/elijah_foley.htm
"Abraham
Miller and Henry Funk were privates in 1778 in Capt Joseph Bowman's company at Harrodsburg."
"Henry
Funk, a private in that campaign, married my wife's oldest sister. Miller was my wife's brother."
"Elijah Foley
married in KY 1793, Rachel Miller, a younger sister of Lt. Abraham Miller and
Mrs. Henry Funk" |
Henry Funck (1750-1815) & Elizabeth Mueller (1754)
Henry Funk Jr. -
Father:
Henry Funk
per Henry Jr's Revolutionary War Pension File #W23075
1750 Henry is born on September 23 1750-53 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1774 married Elizabeth Mueller / Miller on July 12, 1774
in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1775 daughter Catherine born in Shenandoah County Virginia
1776 Militia, Private, 8th Class, Washington County MD 1776-1783 under
George Rogers Clark
1777 daughter Rebecca born about 1777 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1778 son Henry born about 1778 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1781 son John born in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1790 moved
to Bardstown, Hardin-Nelson County, Kentucky
(Google Maps)
1790 occupied land obtained by his father in Severns Valley near Elizabethtown, KY
(Google Maps)
1783 son Daniel born near Strausburg, Virginia
1785 son Henry Peter born
in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1785 son Jacob born
in Shenandoah County, Virginia
1790 Henry signed daughter Catherine's marriage bond as "Heinrich" in German Script
1799 son Peter born January 18, 1799 in Hardin County, Kentucky
1800 son
Joseph Perry born in Hardin County, Kentucky
1801 son Isaac born in Hardin County, Kentucky
1801 daughter Elizabeth born in Hardin County, Kentucky
1805 Jacob & Henry first settlers to New Amsterdam, Harrison County,
Indiana
(Google Maps)
1815 died of malaria in November of 1815
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/FUNK/2002-04/1018021124
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~devore/devore/Funk2.html
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=limulus29&id=I13567
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KENTUCKIANA/2000-05/0959014289
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=limulus29&id=I12996
"From the Rhine to the
Shenandoah" by Daniel Bly
The following information comes from pages 80 and 81 of
the book
"From the Rhine to the Shenandoah", Vol. I, by Daniel W.
BLY, 1993
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FUNK/2002-04/1018478773
47-HENRY FUNK JR. (of Henry #34) was
born in Strasburg, Va. about 1753, married ELIZABETH MILLER, 12 July 1774 and died in Harrison
County, Ind. 1 Nov. 1815. Elizabeth was born about 1752, and died 13 Sept. 1844.
Children:
x (1) CATHERINE FUNK b. 1775, m. George
Kurtz, Hardin Co., KY
x (2) DANIEL FUNK b. 1781, d. 1815. m.
Rachel Denbo, Harrison Co.
x (3) JOHN FUNK b. 1781 (twin), d.
1865. m. Rebecca Padget, Ind.
x (4) ELIZABETH FUNK b. ? m. 1812,
William Potter.
x (5) JOSEPH FUNK b. ? d. ? m. Abigail
Pearson, 1816.
x (6) ISAAC FUNK b. ? m. Rachel Coates,
1816, Harrison Co. Ind.
x (7) PETER FUNK b. ? m. Nancy Entace,
1814, Harrison Co. Ind.
x (8) HENRY FUNK JR. died 1818,
unmarried.
Henry Funk served with Capt. Joseph
Bowman's company of the George Rogers Clark expedition to the Northwest Territory in 1778-9 and
later received land in Clark County, Ind. for his service. He never took up that land because he
moved to Hardin County, Kentucky about 1790 and occupied land obtained by his father in Severns
Valley near Elizabeth Town. In 1804 Henry and his family moved to Harrison County, Indiana and
acquired land on the north side of Indian Creek, where it meets the Ohio River in Exeter, now
Washington Township. His brother Jacob (#46) took land on the south side of the creek. Henry and
his son Daniel died of malaria in 1815 and are buried on their homestead (Arville Funk, ibid.)."
According to the book, this Henry was
the son of Henry FUNK (ca. 1726 - 1790). See my posting earlier today to this list titled "Henry
FUNK (ca. 1726 - 1790) of Shenandoah Co., VA, and Frederick Co., MD". I am descended from John
FUNK, brother to Henry FUNK (ca. 1726 - 1790).
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Elizabeth Mueller /
Miller
Birth: ~1752 in Switzerland
Death: September 13, 1844 in Russellville, Illinois at a very old age
Children: (only seven of the eleven children
survived to have their own families)
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Catherine
Birth: 1775 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Death: >1793 in Kentucky
Married: George Kurtz on January 16, 1790 in (Bond), Nelson County, Kentucky
George Gredrick Kurtz
Birth: 1765
in Lancaster Co PA
Death: 30 NOV 1840 in Nelson County KY
Children:
Conrad (????-1855),
Jacob (1790-1874) &
Henry (1792-1846)
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Rebecca
Birth: ~1777 in Shenandoah County, Virginia - did not survive to have a family
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Henry
Birth: ~1778 in Shenandoah Co Virginia - did not survive
to have a family
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John
Birth: 1781 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Death: October
7, 1865 at 84 years old in Crawford County Indiana
Marriage #1: Rebecca Padgett on May 26, 1809 in Corydon, Harrison
County, Indiana
Born: 1786 Death:
February 12, 1861 at age of 75 years
Burial:
Crawford County, Indiana at Gott Cemetery
(aka Spencer Cemetery)
Children: William ~1816, infant 1810, Elizabeth 1811, Reuben
1813-1887, Catherine 1817
Peter 1822, John Jay 1823, Lucinda 1825, Abraham 1826
Marriage #2: Frances King on June 13, 1863
Burial:
Crawford County, Indiana at Gott Cemetery
(aka Spencer Cemetery)
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Daniel L. Birth: 1783 in Near Strausburg, Virginia
Death: March 1, 1815 in New Amsterdam, Harrison County, Indiana
Married: Rachael Denbo on January 4, 1803 in
Elizabethtown, Harding County, Kentucky.
Spouse: Rachael Denbo
born in Pennsylvania per 1880 US Census
Children:
Samuel 1804,
Joseph ~1805,
Mary
~1805,
Henry 1809,
Squire 1814 &
John
1815
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Henry Peter Birth: 1785 in Shenandoah
County, Virginia - did not survive to have a family
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Jacob
Birth: 1785 in Virginia
- did not survive to have a family
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Peter
Birth: January 18, 1799 in Hardin County, Kentucky
Married: August 27, 1816 in Harrison County, Indiana
Marriage: Nancy Enlow born July 3, 1796 in Hardin KY
Children: Cynthia Ann born 1821 in VA and Anthony Davis born
April 22, 1822
Death: February 11, 1862 in Russellville,
Lawrence Co, Illinois
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Joseph Perry
Birth: January 2 1800 in Hardin
County, Kentucky
Death: January 1, 1867 in
Marion County Iowa
Children: 9 children all born in
Indiana
James H.;Elizabeth; Ebenezer; Joseph H.; Martha Ann;
John L.; Pheba/Poebe H.; Nancy; Willam P.
Ebenezer Morgan (OREGON)
Funk
b: 20 FEB 1825 in Crawford Co IN
Joseph is listed in
Peter's declaration in his father's pension file on December 20, 1854 as
being a resident of Iowa.
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Isaac
Birth: ~1801 in Hardin County, Kentucky
Isaac is listed in
Peter's declaration in his father's pension file
on December 20, 1854 as
being a resident of Crawford Co., IN.
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Elizabeth
Birth: ~1801 in Hardin County, Kentucky
In 1854 she was "of
Crawford Co., IL and the widow of William Potter".
Peter refers to her as Elisabeth Potter living in Crawford
Co., IL on Dec 20, 1854.
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unknown Birth:
1803
Daniel L Funk
Birth: 1783 in Near Strausburg Virginia. Son of
Henry Funk and Elizabeth Mueller.
Married: Rachael Denbo on Jan 4, 1803 in
Elizabethtown, Harding County, Kentucky.
Spouse: Rachael Denbo born in Pennsylvania per 1880 US Census
Military: Soldier in the War of 1812
Death: Died from
malaria in 1815
Burial: On their farm between the Overflow Pond and the Ohio River
Daniel & Rachael's Children
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Samuel FUNK
Birth: April 25, 1804 in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Kentucky
Death:
December
7, 1880
Married: Sarah Langford on April 27, 1830 in Harrison County Indiana
Sarah Langford was born on April 9, 1810 and died on Dec
6, 1880.
Children:
Daughter is Rachel Funk, who married our Israel S. Ellis in Harrison County Indiana.
Burial:
Samuel and Sarah are buried at
Rogers Campground
Cemetery
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Joseph FUNK b: AFT 1805 in Harrison County, Indiana
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Mary FUNK b: AFT 1805 in Harrison County, Indiana
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Infant FUNK b: AFT 1805 in Harrison County, Indiana
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Henry FUNK
Birth: November 20, 1809 in New Amsterdam, Harrison County,
Indiana
Death:
September
3, 1912
Married: Deliliah Potts born January 18, 1811;
died June 13, 1902.
Children: Maggie N Funk ~1838; Sue M. Funk ~1845
Burial: Henry
and Deliliah (Potts) are buried at
Rogers Campground
Cemetery
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Squire FUNK
Birth: September 20, 1814 in Harrison County,
Indiana
Death: December 10, 1895
Married: 1) Susan Wallace on Aug 20, 1837.
2) He later married
Mary E Gaither on Feb 8, 1848.
Burial: Squire and Mary are buried at
Rogers Campground
Cemetery
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John FUNK b: 1815 in Harrison County, Indiana
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Rogers Campground Cemetery
Posey Township, Harrison
County, Indiana
RESEARCH
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Harrison,Indiana::funk::545.html
Joseph Funk Marr. to Eliza Nichols in 1839, Harrison Co.
IN.
Two children, Lucretia?-Leticia? b. 1842. Jacob Lewis b.
1846. Joseph and Eliza div. in 1848 in Harrison Co. IN.
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and these pages are a labor of love for our children and the reset
of the family. These pages are simply an attempt to research
and document where our families have come from, plus any other
interesting tid-bits.
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