Walter A. Funk

1857 -

• Born	18 Dec 1857	Elkhart Co., IN
  Gender	Male
  _CRE	15 Feb 2015
  	15:48:04
  Notes	In early life Mr. Funk taught school. Later he took a scientific course in the Northern Indiana Normal School, and graduated in the law department of Michigan University in 1885, and was admitted the same year to the bar of St. Joseph county, Ind., and also to the State Supreme Court. He located in South Bend, Ind., in 1884, and, while not in the university, was a student in the office of Hon. A. Anderson until 1886, when he launched on his own hook. From 1887-89 he was Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of hisdistrict, and in 1890 ran for Prosecutor on the Republican ticket, but was defeated. In 1892 he was the Republican candidate for State Senator for St. Joseph and Stark counties, but was also defeated. Mr. Funk has been eminently successful, and occupies ahigh position as lawyer and citizen.
  Person ID	I25805	Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	William Funk,   b. 18 Sep 1824, Bethlehem, North Hampton, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 5 Sep 1901, Kokomo, Howard, IN
  Mother	Catharine Myers,   b. 4 May 1831, Columbiana Co., OH ,   d. 23 Oct 1882, Elkhart Co., IN
  Married	4 May 1850	Wayne Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F5724	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary E. (Mayne) Harris,   b. Jul 1863, South Bend, IN
  Married	21 Apr 1892
  Children	1. William Harris Funk,   b. 14 May 1893,   d. 6 Jan 1943   2. John Funk,   b. 1894
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F7178	Group Sheet