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CHRISTIAN C. FUNK. This gentleman, whose portrait* is presented on the opposite page, is well known in Springfield and vicinity as a contractor of great ability, and one whose business engagements are met with the utmost promptness, and whose work is executed in a thoroughly reliable manner. He has been eminently successful in the labor to which his facility in the use of edged tools inclined him, and for which he was naturally adapted. He has also manifested excellent judgment in the investments he has made, and is numbered among the capitalists of the city. At this writing he is interested in clearing a new booming town, called Harriman,and located in Roane County, Tenn. Thus his reputation is being extended far beyond the limits of the city where he resides.

In the paternal line Mr. Funk and his immediate progenitors were natives of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Henry Funk, a model farmer, ended his days in the Keystone State. Thence John and Martha (Kauffman) Funk removed in early life to Greene County, Ohio; from there, in 1843, to Springfield, Clark County, where they spent the remainder of their days.

The subject of this notice was born January 25, 1842. In 1871 he led to the hymeneal altar Miss Ida O. Corbley, the wedding ceremony being performed at the residence of Mrs. John Corbley, in Springfield. Mrs. Funk is a native of the Buckeye State, and was principally reared and educated in Springfield. She possesses many virtues, and looks carefully to the ways of her household, making her home the center of attraction for husband and children. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Funk comprises two daughters — Blanche E. and Mattie I. In 1885 Mr. Funk erected, on West High Street, Springfield, a substantial brick residence, which is of fine architectural design and construction, elegantly finished and richly furnished throughout.

In political belief Mr. Funk is a Prohibitionist. His social and benevolent qualities find a certain outlet through his membership in Ephraim Lodge, No. 146, I. O. O. F. He is a stockholder and director in the Springfield Coffin Company, and has thus thoroughly identified himself with the business and social interests of the city. He possesses to a large degree those principles which are so essential to success, and by careful attention to the details of his work, punctuality and accuracy in application, has made for himself a name which will be remembered long after he has passed hence. As a meteor flashing across the sky leaves behind a path of soft and creamy white, so the deeds of such a man remain after he has gone into the great unknown.

*A portrait was included in the original printed volume.