Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....FUNK, Nevin U. 1852 - living in 1899
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  NEVIN U. FUNK, one of the leading barristers of Columbia County, is one of the
  most prominent men of Bloomsburg. He has been closely identified with many
  enterprises which have added to the growth and wealth of the town and given it a
  prestige as a thriving business center. He is a son of Rev. Henry and Matilda
  (Snyder) Funk, and was born in Bloomsburg in 1852.
  
    Rev. Henry Funk, the deeds of whose short life remain fresh in the memory of
  those for whom he labored, was born near Hagerstown, Md., May 7, 1816, and was
  reared under religious influences in his youth, the foundation then being laid
  for his subsequent work in the cause of humanity. Endowed by nature with a
  superior intellect, he improved every opportunity and received a high education.
  He was eighteen years of age when he entered Marshall College at Mercersburg,
  Pa., and he was graduated in 1841, immediately afterward entering the
  Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church. Having spent a period of nine years
  in these two institutions he was licensed to preach, and for the first six
  months occupied the pulpit of the Bloomsburg charge during the absence of the
  regular pastor. In the fall of 1844 he was called to Bloomsburg as assistant
  English pastor to Rev. D. L. Tobias, and on December 8th, of the same year, he
  was ordained to the ministry and installed in his charge at Orangeville, Pa., by
  Rev. E. Keiffer and Rev. H. Harbough, who were a committee appointed by the
  Susquehanna Classis. His field was a large one, but with unflagging zeal and
  devotion he faithfully discharged his pastoral duties for a period of ten years,
  or until the dread usurper in the form of slow consumption deprived him of his
  strength. He died April 16, 1855, and was buried in the grounds of the Reformed
  Church of Hagerstown, Md. He lived a life of self-sacrifice, wholly for others,
  and his accomplishments were but the foundation which made possible greater
  deeds in the hands of his successor. His devotion to the cause of Christianity
  was always evident and it is said that he prepared a sermon for each day of the
  year. The church relied upon him, the town respected him, and his friends loved
  him. His pleasant face, kind manner and good heart endeared him to all with whom
  he came in contact. His maxim was that of the old Earl of Devonshire: "I shall
  pass this way but once; if, therefore, there be any good I can do, or any
  kindness I can show to any fellow-being, let me do it now." And many a neighbor
  and friend can bear witness to his kindly words and deeds. He was united in
  marriage with Matilda Snyder, a daughter of Daniel Snyder of Bloomsburg, and
  they had one son, Nevin U., our subject.
  
    Nevin U. Funk was educated in the Literary Institute and the State Normal
  School at Bloomsburg. He then went to Princeton College, where he diligently
  pursued his studies until 1874, when he graduated with the degree of B. A. In
  the succeeding year he took up the study of law, attending the lectures at the
  Columbia Law School, and subsequently studying under the direction of Hon.
  Charles R. Buckalew, being admitted to the Columbia County Bar in the year
  following. He has since been engaged in practice, and has obtained a large and
  paying clientage. He is a keen man of business and always devotes his whole
  energy to the success of his client. He has always had the interests of his
  native borough at heart and has been associated with several business
  enterprises. He is one of the original stockholders and a director of the
  Farmers' National Bank of Bloomsburg. In 1890 he, with others, organized the
  Bloomsburg Land Improvement Company, which has laid out the eastern end of the
  borough in lots, streets and walks, and has built forty fine houses. He is a
  director of the School Furnishing Manufacturing Company and also its treasurer.
  He is also a trustee of the Bloomsburg State Normal School.
  
    In 1881 Mr. Funk was joined in hymeneal bonds with Mary L. Elwell, a daughter
  of Judge William and Mary L. (Thayer) Elwell; they have three children: Elwell
  N.; Marie E. and Harry E. Religiously he is a member and elder of the Reformed
  Church. Politically he is a Democrat and has served as delegate to state
  conventions, besides standing high in the councils of his party.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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