Edward H. Funston

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Edward Hogue Funston

| birth_date = {{birth date|1836|9|16}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1911|9|10|1836|9|16}}

| image = Edward Hogue Funston.jpg

| caption = Funston {{circa}} 1880

| birth_place = New Carlisle, Ohio, U.S.

| death_place = Iola, Kansas, U.S.

| resting_place = Iola Cemetery, Iola, Kansas, U.S.

| state = Kansas

| district = 2nd

| term_start = March 21, 1884

| term_end = August 2, 1894

| predecessor = Dudley C. Haskell

| successor = Horace L. Moore

| office2 = Member of the Kansas Senate

| term2 = 1880-1884

| office3 = Member of the Kansas House of Representatives

| term3 = 1873-1876

| party = Republican

| spouse = {{Marriage| Anne Eliza Mitchell Funston (1843-1917)| 1861}}

| children = {{Hlist|Frederick Funston| Ella F. Funston Eckdall| Edward H. Funston Jr.}}

| allegiance = {{nowrap|{{flag|United States of America|1861}}}} Union

| branch = 25px United States Army Union Army

| serviceyears = 1861–1865

| rank = File:Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg 1st Lieutenant

| unit = 16th Ohio Battery

}}

Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. He was the father of general Frederick Funston.

Biography

Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio on September 16, 1836.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} He attended the country schools of New Carlisle, then Linden Hill Academy in New Carlisle and Marietta College in Ohio.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}}

He taught school, and during the American Civil War, entered the Union Army in 1861 as lieutenant in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} He participated in the principal engagements along the Mississippi River and mustered out in 1865.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}}

He moved to a farm in Carlyle, Kansas in 1867.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} Funston served as member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1873–1876) and was Speaker in 1875.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} He served in the Kansas Senate (1880–1884), and was Senate President in 1880.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}}

Funston was elected as a Republican to the 48th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dudley C. Haskell.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} He was reelected to the 49th and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 21, 1884, to March 3, 1893.{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} He served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee (Fifty-first Congress).

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 53rd Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until August 2, 1894, when he was succeeded by Horace L. Moore, who successfully contested the election. After leaving Congress, Funston returned to his Kansas farm.

He died at his home in Iola, Kansas, on September 10, 1911,{{sfn|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}} and was interred in Iola Cemetery.{{sfn|"Hon E. H. Funston Dead"}}

Family

In 1861, Funston married 18-year-old Ann Eliza Mitchell of West Charleston, Ohio; she was a cousin of his Civil War battery commander and a great-grandniece of Daniel Boone.{{sfn|"Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure"}} Their children included: Frederick; James Burton; Pogue Warwick; Ella (Eckdall); Aldo; and Edward H. Jr.{{sfn|"Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure"}} They were also the parents of two other children, a boy and a girl, who died in infancy.{{sfn|"Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure"}}

Frederick Funston went on to become a major general in the United States Army and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.{{sfn|"Major-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V."}}

References

Sources

=Books=

{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C |title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. |publisher=Standard Publishing Company |author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson |year=1912 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n699 703] |ref={{sfnRef|Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}}}}

=Newspapers=

{{cite news |date=May 7, 1899 |title=Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1899/05/07/page/33/article/fred-funstons-restless-life-of-adventure |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, IL |page=33 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure"}}}}
{{cite news |date=September 12, 1911 |title=Hon E. H. Funston Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/124488278/ |work=Daily Republican |location=Cherryvale, KS |page=1 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Hon E. H. Funston Dead"}}}}

=Internet=

{{cite web |url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/Funston.html |title=Major-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V. |last=Denger |first=Mark J. |date=February 8, 2016 |website=Californians and the Military |publisher=California Center for Military History |location=Sacramento, CA |ref={{sfnRef|"Major-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V."}}}}

External links

{{CongBio|F000429}} Retrieved on 2008-10-10
{{Find a Grave|16647098}}