Mrs. Hannah Funk
Mrs. Hannah Funk, daughter of George and Sophia Spangler, was born in Union County, Penn., in 1817, where she remained until 1834, when she came with her parents to Salt Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they located on a farm, on which the mother died. After this her father removed to Erie County, Ohio, but eventually returned, and died in Wayne County. To the parents were born nine children, of whom three are now living: Hannah, now Mrs. Funk; Sarah, now Mrs. Samuel Hanson, of Wooster, Ohio, and Rebecca, now Mrs. John Bistle, also of Wooster.
Hannah first married Jacob Baumbardner, and had five children: Lucinda, now Mrs. Isaac Rainey, of Ashland County, Ohio; Harry, who is married, and lives in Wooster, Ohio; Franklin, in Minnesota; John, in Iowa, and F. Merriam, who died in Nebraska. Mr. Baumbardner died at Findlay, Ohio, and his widow then married America Funk, and located on the farm now owned by William Griffith, in Clinton Township, Wayne County. Mr. Funk was one of the representative men of his locality, was a successful farmer, and died in 1873, leaving three children: Emma T., now Mrs. Irwin Tyler, of Indiana; Alice, since deceased, and Rebecca, now Mrs. Addison Cushman, of Chicago. Mr. Funk had previously been married, and was left with three children, of whom one was killed in the army, and the other two are still living. Mrs. Funk is now a resident of Shreve, and in her declining years, although separated from her children, is surrounded by life-long friends. She is a member of the Disciples Church, and takes an active interest in it as well as in social matters.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889