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J. W. FUNK, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Heyworth; was born on his present place Jan. 11, 1832, and has always lived on the same; in 1865, after the death of his father, he took charge of the place. July 30, 1866, he married Miss E. C. Fryer; they have two children— Jessie A. and John W. He first took charge of the farm in 1865, after his father’s death, and, in 1868, he received the same as his share of the estate; his father, Jesse, was born in Clark Co., Ky., where he lived about six years; he then, with his parents, moved to Ohio; in 1824, he came to Illinois; and, in 1825, he settled on the present place and lived here until his death, Feb. 6, 1865. The present Mrs. J. W. Funk is a native of Scioto Co., Ohio; she was born in Portsmouth, Aug. 30, 1843; her parents, John and Nancy A. Glover Fryer, were natives of Ross and Champaign Cos., Ohio; they were married in Portsmouth; her parents were early settlers there; her father built the Government blockhouse at Urbana, and Mrs. Fryer has the ax he used for the same; there were fourteen men at work and but two axes. In 1865, they came to Illinois and settled at Lincoln, where he followed his trade of carpenter and builder, and resided there until 1869, when they went to Ohio, and remained there until 1873, when they came to McLean Co., and lived one year with their daughter; they, then, again went to Ohio, where they lived until 1876, and then came to McLean Co. again, and have lived here since.