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George Phillip Funkhouser

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Birth	:	3 Nov 1874 Republic County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	12 Feb 1939 Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Ridgefield Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.8125992, -122.7360992
Plot	:	South Loop Section - Plot D
Description	:	From Myrtle Funkhouser (daughter of George Funkhouser and Georgie Annie Beatie) Written circa 1978 and shared with my father, Jack Bernard Klukkert along with her plea to him to share what he knew of family history, of which he had little interest. " The Funkhousers moved from Kansas to California when George was 13 and settled on a farm between Anderson and Palo Cedro, it is still known as the Funkhouser place. As a young man, George was a farmer and after he and Georgie married they lived for over a year on a rented place on the ranch where... Read More	From Myrtle Funkhouser (daughter of George Funkhouser and Georgie Annie Beatie) Written circa 1978 and shared with my father, Jack Bernard Klukkert along with her plea to him to share what he knew of family history, of which he had little interest. " The Funkhousers moved from Kansas to California when George was 13 and settled on a farm between Anderson and Palo Cedro, it is still known as the Funkhouser place. As a young man, George was a farmer and after he and Georgie married they lived for over a year on a rented place on the ranch where Georgie was raised (Beatie Ranch). It was there that their only daughter was born. (Myrtle) When their daughter was about 6 months old George's parents and his sister and brother-in-law decided to return to Kansas so George and Georgeie were talked into going along. It was an unfortunate move, the crops failed for four consecutive years, finally George sold his place to his brother-in-law and moved to Ridgefield, Washington. it is ironic that the following year Kansas provided a bumper crop of grain and those that had the tenacity to hold on were amply rewarded. Eventually, all of the Funkhousers came to Ridgefield. First, George's parents and then his sister and brother-in-law and last his brother." From: Ranching in the Gay 90's by Clarence C. Robinson, 1951 (currently out of print) Chapter Fourteen: "Fifty Years After the Nineties" p. 182: ...Mary Ellen (Foster now Funkhouser) had followed the pioneers to the West, had come to live near the Beatie and Hawes ranches. So it was natural enough that George (Funkhouser), the personable young son, should meet and eventually become interested in Georgia, Grandpa Beatie's (Daniel Beatie) adopted daughter. At that time Georgia was living at the old ranch house and teaching the Sacramento River School, in which capacity she had five of her foster brother's twelve children among her daily charges. The attraction of George and Georgia for each other became a matter of highly approved interest in the community except for Grandpa Beatie who, for some unrecorded reason, registered a violent opposition to the match. But the young couple continued to see each other and shortly announced their engagement. The old man (Daniel Beatie) told Georgia that if she married George she could never come home again. With considerable difficulty Grandma Beatie managed to help Georgia prepare for the wedding. Meantime there was much hushed excitement among the ranch children old enough to understand what was happening. The young lady followed through with her love match, bravely taking her foster father at his word. When the ceremony was completed the young couple departed for Washington State where they lived long and prospered"

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George Phillip Funkhouser death on 12 Feb 1939 in Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 45.8125992
Longitude: -122.7360992

Family Members:

Parent

Elijah Funkhouser

(1839 - 1915)

Mary Ellen “Polly” Foster Funkhouser

(1842 - 1933)

Spouse

Georgia Annie Beatie Funkhouser

(1875 - 1965)

Siblings

Samuel Robinson Funkhouser

(1859 - 1926)

Euphemia Rebecca Jane Funkhouser Blauvelt

(1863 - 1945)

Children

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