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G. W. Funk, an old settler and prominent farmer of Knox County, was born March 5, 1813, in Preston County, Va. (now W. Va.), and is the third in a family of thirteen children (four deceased) born to John and Eunice (Taylor) Funk, natives of Virginia and what is now West Virginia, respectively. There they lived until their marriage, when they moved to Preston County, where the father engaged in farming until his death, about 1845. The mother died in her native county during the late war. Our subject attended the common schools of his native State, and lived at home with his parents until twenty-two years of age, when he married, and settled upon a farm he had purchased in Preston County. His wife, Grace, was a daughter of Richard and Mary (Conner) Foreman, and a native of Preston County, and became the wife of our subject in 1835. By her twelve children were born, six of whom are living. This lady died in May, 1863, and two years later our subject was married to Nancy (Fox) Smith, daughter of John Fox, and widow of Reuben Smith by whom she had seven children, three of them yet living. This lady is a native of Indiana, and came to Missouri with her parents when very young. Her union with our subject has been blessed with two children, and his living children are Sarah, wife of Charles Payne; Saphrona, wife of Lewis Golden; Gainer, wife of John Payne; Garrison; Parine Eunice, wife of Ambrose Black; and Foreman, by his first marriage; and Jacob and George, by his second. In the fall of 1844, after his first marriage, Mr. Funk moved to Warren County, and the following spring went to Missouri, locating on a farm in Knox County which he had purchased, and upon which he has since resided. He now owns 240 acres, well improved and under a good state of cultivation. He resides in a large house, and has good outbuildings, making a very valuable piece of property, which is the result of his labor and good management. Having lived so long in Knox County, he is widely known and respected, and ranks among the prominent citizens. Previous to the war he was a Democrat, but since the organization of the Republican party has been identified with the same. He cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. He and his wife are worthy members of the United Brethren Church.