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Family patriarch Isaac Funk. The Funks and Stubblefields were among the first settlers in the county and put down roots in the area now known as Funks Grove, Illinois. In 1824, brothers Isaac and Absalom Funk, the sons of Adam Funk, Jr., moved to McLean County. Six months later in December 1824, Dorothy Funk Stubblefield and husband Robert ...
Funks Grove, Illinois. Profession. Rancher. Signature. Isaac Funk (November 17, 1797 – January 29, 1865) was an American rancher and politician, originally from Kentucky. In the 1820s, he founded Funks Grove, Illinois, in McLean County, Illinois, with his brother and became a prominent cattle trader. Funk was elected to one term in the ...
Funk Farms was founded in 1824 by brothers Isaac and Absalom Funk in McLean County, Illinois. From a historical perspective, Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys and later served in the Illinois House of Representatives with Isaac Funk. Isaac was a friend of Lincoln's and an early booster when Lincoln ran for U.S. president.
Funk's Grove Township, McLean County, Illinois. / 40.363252; -89.111827. Funk's Grove Township is a township in McLean County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 245 and it contained 105 housing units. [1]
1966–1982. 3+. Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois. [ 38 ][ 39 ] John Wayne Gacy. Norwood Park. 1972–1978. 33-45. Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men and boys.
Illinois police say family of four shot dead in Illinois home were ‘targeted’ – as killer remains at large Graeme Massie and Amelia Neath September 20, 2023 at 5:43 AM
Duncan McArthur Funk was born on June 1, 1832, in Funks Grove, Illinois, to Cassandra (Sharp) and Isaac Funk. He attended public schools and assisted with managing the family lands. When Funk was twenty-five, he left the farm to open a store in Bloomington, Illinois, as Temple & Funk. He co-owned the store until 1866, when he returned to tend ...
George Washington Funk was born in Funks Grove, Illinois, on May 14, [1] 1827. He was the eldest son of Cassandra (Sharp) and Isaac Funk. Funk attended public schools and assisted on his father's farm. Upon the death of his father in 1865, Funk was responsible for fairly dividing the 27,000 acres (11,000 ha) of land holdings among his siblings.