Eliza Funkhouser

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• 1823 Dec 12 Born Pickaway County, OH to Daniel and Catherine Teisinger Funkhouser
• 1844 Jul 7 Married John Woodward Thompson at Pickaway County, Ohio
• 1845 May 21 Emma Jane born; Living in Fairfield County, OH
• 1846 Nov 8 Isabel Ann born, Fairfield County, OH
• 1848 May 7 Mary Catherine born, Fairfield County, OH
• 1851 Sep 16 Sarah Fina born, Fairfield County, OH
• 1853 Fall Moved to Springfield, IL (in quest for his health), Mr. T a tailor
• 1853 Nov 16 Thomas Marcus born, Springfield, IL
• 1856 Crossed the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, MO; Settled at Linneus, Linn County, MO, Mr. Thompson a tailor
• 1856 Jul 26 Oldest child, Emma Jane died of malarial fever; Husband begged her to return to Ohio Eliza thought it too long and weary a trip back
• 1861 May 6 Henry Rinker born
• 1863 Apr 16 Ada Lena born
• 1866 Apr 26 Isabel Ann married Nathan Pickens; Settled in Alpha, Grundy County, MO, Mr. T. a farmer Farm adjoining Henry Rinker Nearest railway town, Trenton. Members of the Methodist Church at Lindley, 7 miles distant. Church held at the Bethel schoolhouse on the corner of their farm. Mr. Thompson a class leader and had charge of the Sunday School
• 1873 Mar 12 Daughter Mary C. died, buried at Halloway Cemetery, 5 miles away from home in Grundy County, Missouri
• 1876 Apr 5 Sara Fina married Caleb Swayze
• 1883 Apr 18 Thomas Marcus married Rexy V. Wood
• 1892 Jul 10 Husband John Woodward Thompson died, Laredo, TX
• 1895 Sep 1 Visited Plattsburg to see some Virginia relatives who were living there: Abraham, George and John A. Funkhouser
• 1898 Aug 10 Died in Grundy County, MO
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A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FUNKHOUSER FAMILY by Jacob Funkhouser

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        Mrs. Eliza Funkhouser married John W. Thompson and located near
Laredo, Grundy county, Missouri. They had seven children, five daughters and
two sons, five of whom are now living; Emma and Mary now deceased. Those
living are: Isabella, Sarah, Thomas M., Henry R. and Ada.

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        Mrs. Eliza Thompson, having learned that several families of
Funkhousers resided at Plattsburg, Missouri, at once decided to visit that
city with the view of forming theri acquaintance. She lamented the fact that
she had never seen the Funkhousers, and had long desired to meet her
father's kinsmen. Arriving at Plattsburg about the first of Sept., 1895, she
had the pleasure of meeting there three of her first cousins -- Abraham and
George Funkhouser, and my brother, J.A.J. Funkhouser -- from whom she
received a most cordial greeting and hearty welcome at their homes.
It seems to have been a happy meeting of kindred sympathy and sentiment
replete with history and pleasant memories. She stated that her father,
Daniel Funkhouser, died in Ohio in 1828 or '29; that she was seventy-two
years of age, and more than forty years since she was married. This
estimable lady died in August, 1898.
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HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL by W.D. Huddle. Page 717

Eliza Funkhouser, b near Circleville, Ohio Dec 12, 1823; d, near Laredo,
Grundy Co, Mo, Aug. 10, 1898; was m July 7, 1844, at Findlay, O., to John Woodward
Thompson, b at Lancaster, Pa, Apr 7, 1813; d near Laredo, July 10, 1892.  The
early married life of this couple was spent in Fairfield Co., Ohio. In the
fall of 1853, in quest of his health, they settled near Springfield, Ill., and in
1856, crossed the Mississippi River at St. Louis, and settled at Linneus, Linn
Co., Mo., where their oldest child, Emma Jane, died of malaria fever. Broken
hearted over this loss in a strange land Mr. Thompson begged his wife to
return with him to the old home in Ohio. he regretted very much that he ever left it.
She thought of the long weary jounry back, so decided to stay in Missouri, and
in the following spring they settled near the village of Apha, Grundy Co.,
on a farm adjoining the farm owned by Henry Rinker, a native of VA, and a second
cousin to Eliza. Their nearest railway town was Trenton, the county seat, 15
miles away. Mr. Thompson was a tailor by trade in Ohio and Illinois, but
engaged in agriculture in Mo. They were deeply religious and were members of
the Methodist Church at Lindley, seven miles distant. In later years the
Methodists held services in the little old red "Bethel" schoolhouse that was
built on the corner of their farm, where Mr. Thompson was class leader and had
charge of the Sunday School. He was a valuable asset to the community. In
1873, they again deeply mourned the loss of Mary C., a sweet girl with blue eyes and
fair hair, who was laid away in Halloway Cemetery five miles from the Thompson
house. Later, parents and other relatives were bur at the same place. They
left a blessed heritage to posterity. Mrs. Eliza Thompson lamenting that she had
never seen her father's kinsmen and learning that several families of them
were living at Plattsburg, Mo., decided to visit that city with the view of forming
their acquaintance. She arrived at the above city, Sept. 1, 1895, and had the
pleasure of meeting three of her first cousins, Abraham, George and John A.
Funkhouser. She received the most cordial greeting and welcome at their homes.
It seemed to have been a happy meeting of kindred sympathy and sentiment
replete with history and pleasant memories. She stated that her father Daniel
had d in Ohio in 1828 or 29, and that she was then 72 years of age and had
been married more than forty years.  Facts regarding her visit were gleaned from
the Funkhouser history.