Individual Details
Sylvester Martin Funk
(5 Jun 1877 - 12 Jun 1958)
Sylvester Funk attended three colleges in Ohio and Massachussets, and earned a doctor of philosophy degree. He assumed the presidency of Columbia College in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1904. Dr. Elmer Wolfe founded the college in 1888 as Wolf's Business College. He resided at 43 East Washington Street in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Events
| Birth | 5 Jun 1877 | Pine Creek, Ogle, IL |  |  | |
| Marriage | 28 Jun 1900 | Minnie Cletus Hoover | |||
| Death | 12 Jun 1958 | ||||
| Burial | Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington, MD |
Families
| Spouse | Minnie Cletus Hoover (1877 - 1946) |
| Child | Zanerian Evangeline Funk (1901 - 1988) |
| Child | Emerson Cletus Funk (1907 - 1915) |
| Father | Samuel Newcomer Funk Reverend (1849 - 1885) |
| Mother | Susan Maysillis (1849 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Henry William Funk (1874 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ruann Funk (1876 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Boston Filmore Funk (1879 - 1879) |
| Sibling | Funk (1880 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Lydia Alice Funk (1882 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Rosie May Funk (1883 - 1883) |
Notes
Birth
Harriet Fletcher listed Sylvester Funk's birth date as 5 June 1887, but this is two years after the death of his father, Samuel. Also, by the sequence of siblings listed by Harriet Fletcher and by Sylvester's wife's birth date, I believe the year should be 1877, not 1887.Endnotes
1. Long, Agnes Young. Our Ancestors: Newcomer, Book 3 or Volume 3. Descedants of Peter Newcomer, Son of Wolfgang Newcomer, Washington County, Maryland. (Handwritten--extensive data) (Agnes Young Long. 155 King Street, Hagerstown, MD. Compiled 1951) (Washington County Historical Society, 135 West Washington Street, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. histsoc@earthlink.net (301-797-8782) http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdwchs/) .