W.R. Funston, 4/30/1844, Ohio > Iowa; Elizabeth Weyand Funston
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W.R. Funston, 4/30/1844, Ohio > Iowa; Elizabeth Weyand Funston
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Posted: 22 Mar 2008 6:42AM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Funston, Barr,Weyand,
W. R. FUNSTON, grain and stock dealer of Brighton, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, born April 30, 1844, and is the son of William and Ann (Barr) Funston. See sketch of William Funston elsewhere in this volume.) The subject of this sketch came with his parents to Washington County in 1845, when but one year old, and therefore can almost be claimed as a native Hawkeye.
The family settled on a farm in Clay Township, where D. F. Funston now lives. On that farm our subject grew to manhood. HIs primary education was received in the public schools, but by reading and observation he has become a well-informed man upon almost every subject of general interest. On the 27th of June, 1865, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Weyand, a native of Jefferson County, Iowa, born Oct. 26, 1844, and a daughter of George and Mary (Grove) Weyand. They were the parents of seven children: James, a hardware merchant in Burr Oaks, Jewell Co., Kan.; J. W., an attorney at Smith Center, Kan.; G. F., residing in Spearville, Kan.; E. C., a general merchant of Onida, Sully Co., Dak.; M. A., the wife of W. T. Wilson, a farmer in Osborne County, Kan. and Elizabeth, the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Funston have two children, Albert L., born Sept. 18, 1869, was educated in the schools of Brighton; and William E., born July 26, 1877, is attending school in Brighton.
Mr. Funston continued to engage in farming until 1876, when he went into his present business of buying and shipping grain and stock at Brighton. He continued in this business with good success until the spring of 1886, when he sold out and moved to Onida, Sully Co., Dak., where he embarked in the mercantile trade, making a specialty of hardware and farm machinery. He was reasonably successful in his business, but not being entirely satisfied, in the spring of 1887 he sold out his stock of goods and returned to Brighton, and again engaged in his old business as a grain and stock dealer. The elevator which he controls has a storage capacity of 7,000 bushels of grain. Since his return he has met with the same success that attended him during the ten years of his business life in Brighton. A square-dealing man, honest in his business relations, he has the confidence of the entire community.
Portrait and Biographical Histroy of Washington County Iowa
1887
pages 481-482
The family settled on a farm in Clay Township, where D. F. Funston now lives. On that farm our subject grew to manhood. HIs primary education was received in the public schools, but by reading and observation he has become a well-informed man upon almost every subject of general interest. On the 27th of June, 1865, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Weyand, a native of Jefferson County, Iowa, born Oct. 26, 1844, and a daughter of George and Mary (Grove) Weyand. They were the parents of seven children: James, a hardware merchant in Burr Oaks, Jewell Co., Kan.; J. W., an attorney at Smith Center, Kan.; G. F., residing in Spearville, Kan.; E. C., a general merchant of Onida, Sully Co., Dak.; M. A., the wife of W. T. Wilson, a farmer in Osborne County, Kan. and Elizabeth, the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Funston have two children, Albert L., born Sept. 18, 1869, was educated in the schools of Brighton; and William E., born July 26, 1877, is attending school in Brighton.
Mr. Funston continued to engage in farming until 1876, when he went into his present business of buying and shipping grain and stock at Brighton. He continued in this business with good success until the spring of 1886, when he sold out and moved to Onida, Sully Co., Dak., where he embarked in the mercantile trade, making a specialty of hardware and farm machinery. He was reasonably successful in his business, but not being entirely satisfied, in the spring of 1887 he sold out his stock of goods and returned to Brighton, and again engaged in his old business as a grain and stock dealer. The elevator which he controls has a storage capacity of 7,000 bushels of grain. Since his return he has met with the same success that attended him during the ten years of his business life in Brighton. A square-dealing man, honest in his business relations, he has the confidence of the entire community.
Portrait and Biographical Histroy of Washington County Iowa
1887
pages 481-482