Christian FUNK
Birth:
1731
Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Death:
31 May 1811
Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Delps Graveyard, Near Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
GS BY BRIANT C FUNK
The following information obtained through Thomas B. Kirkpatrick, Columbia, Maryland. tbkirkpatrick@home.com
RESIDENCES: Lived on Indian Creek on 137a, 19p inherited from father.Later
purchased remainder of Bishop Funck homestead and mill from brotherAbraham.
Conveyed 241a, 51p and mill, etc. on 29 Jul, 1794 to son-in-law JohnDetweiler
Mill possibly known as "Bechtel"s Mill" per Frances Funk p 47.
BURIAL: Christian and wife buried at Delps Graveyard
RELIGION-OCCUPATION: Became Mennonite minister at Franconia 1757.Split with He
them during Revolutionaly War in 1774 over "oath" issue. He andbrother Henry
preached to group known as "Funkites." See Biographpy A.J. Fretz pp.338-340
SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA ,p.338.
-Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72,Box 557,
Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 , p.47
-IGI T998188-58 1126325; AFN:4GSH, 4GSJ-LV.
Barbara CASSEL
Birth:
Death:
29 Dec 1792
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
The following information obtained through Thomas B. Kirkpatrick, Columbia, Maryland. tbkirkpatrick@home.com
SOURCE: A.J. Fretz " A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funk, p.338.Frances
Funk "Joseph Funk A Biography", p 47.
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Christian Funk - Barbara Cassel
Christian Funk
was born at Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania 1731.
His parents were Henry Funck and Anne Meyer.
He married Barbara Cassel .
Christian Funk died 31 May 1811 at Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania .
Barbara Cassel died 29 Dec 1792 .