Our FUNK's of: Shenandoah Co., Va; Hardin/Nelson Co., KY; Harrison, Crawford and Knox Co., IN; & Lawrence Co., IL

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Descendants of Henry Funk, Sr.

Generation No. 6

19. JUDEA⁶ WILBER (NANCY⁵ FUNK, WILLIAM⁴, PETER³, HENRY², HENRY¹) was born Bet. 1862 - 1863 in Illinois, and died Unknown in unknown. She married CHARLES E. POTTER August 01, 1882 in Knox Co., IN. He was born Abt. 1861 in Missouri, and died Unknown in unknown.

Notes for CHARLES E. POTTER:
According to his daughter Sophronia's marriage certificate (Book C-22, Page 563, Knox Co., IN) Charles was a storekeeper, born in MO., and living in Russellville, Ill. in June 0f 1911.

More About CHARLES POTTER and JUDEA WILBER:
Marriage: August 01, 1882, Knox Co., IN
     
Children of JUDEA WILBER and CHARLES POTTER are:

20. LULU BELLE⁶ CRAVENS (JESSE P.⁵, SCENA ANN⁴ FUNK, PETER³, HENRY², HENRY¹) was born September 14, 1884 in Richwoods, Ill., and died January 25, 1920 in Palestine, Ill.. She married NOAH MONROE DEVORE October 09, 1900 in Knox Co. Ind., son of WILLIAM DEVORE and ? ???. He was born July 08, 1872 in Oaktown, Ind., and died May 05, 1947 in Palestine, Ill..

Notes for LULU BELLE CRAVENS:
Lulu's mother (Elnora Gannon Cravens) had already filed for divorce from her father long before Lulu was born. I can't find a final decree anywhere, however, so the divorce may have never been finalized. Lulu's birth certificate, however, just has a dash drawn thru where the father's name should be. Lulu claimed Jesse as her father, however, in her marriage return. Lulu was listed as the third child born to Elanora, probably her older sister who died young being one of her predecessor. Andrew Jackson Cravens (her brother Jack) wasn't even born yet.

I have been told that Lulu was "short and rather heavy". The only picture that I have doesn't really show it, but it would fit with Noah being so short. She died shortly after the birth of her sixth child from uremic poisoning (kidney failure) that was a result of the birth of her 6th child. She was said to have been related in some way to the "Kimberlin's" of Crawford Co. but I suspect that is because her brother Andrew Jackson Cravens married Ola Kimberlin. However, there may be other connections.

In Lulu's obit it is stated " She united with the M.E. church at Green Hill at the age of 15 years." she died from uremic poisoning less than a year after her sixth child Leona was born. She was 35 years, 3 months and 11 days old when she died.

More About LULU BELLE CRAVENS:
Burial: Palestine City Cemetary, Palestine ILL
Cause of Death: Acute nephritis & uremic poisoning
Medical Information: she was sick for 12 days--perhaps following child birth (?)

Notes for NOAH MONROE DEVORE:
The mystery began I think with our great grandfather Noah Monroe DeVore. He told his children that he left home when he was about 13 because his "stepmother was so mean"!! Thanks to various birth, marriage and census records we have this family as I have outlined her. Noah's father was William Henry DeVore. The first wife of William Henry DeVore, and mother of John William and Noah Monroe DeVore, is currently a deep and frustrating mystery. Noah is known, for sure to have had a brother John, whose life I've partly pieced together. John and Noah's death certificates both list Nancy Funk as their mother and I have finally proven after many years of work that this must be true.   (Marriage and birth date discrepancies kept me running in circles for years!!)

Noah was about 23  and Lulu Belle Cravens barely 16 when they married. It's actually hard to figure out how they may have met. Lulu had an older sister married in Sullivan Co. IN and a brother (Jack) born there. There seems to have been a lot of coming and going across and up and down the river back then!! They could have met through her father and his step mother being first cousins!! Anyway, they married at the Knox Co Courthouse in Vincennes on October 9, 1900 and went back to Oaktown in Knox Co IN for a while to live. Their first born son Pearl Elisha DeVore (father of James Noah DeVore) was born there exactly to the day one year later. Altogether they had six children. Eight years after Lulu Belle died he married a 2nd time to Cora Bingaman and had 4 more children. He and Cora also raised her two daughters from a previous marriage for a total of 10.

James Noah, (my Dad) Noah's grandson and namesake, remembered him as county road commissioner for several years. He said he was the"old fashioned baby kissing kind" of politician. He also remembered the Cora and Noah household as a fun place to be. He said that Cora was a wonderful cook and could feed large numbers of people with almost nothing to work with. He said she was always jovial and fun and knew how to make everyone feel welcome.

Noah was a very small man in stature. He was under 5' tall and not of big build (that seems to have some from the Cravens side). He told his children that he didn't want to dwell on the past, however his wife Cora or his oldest son Pearl, had been told Noah's father and step-mother's names and his believed place of birth. Upon occasion he referred to himself as a "flannel mouthed Irishman". Were Nancy's mother's family, the Potters, Irish?


More About NOAH MONROE DEVORE:
Burial: Palestine City Cemetary, Palestine ILL
Cause of Death: Myocarditis Chronic
Medical Information: Myocarditis for 2 years per death certificate

More About NOAH DEVORE and LULU CRAVENS:
Marriage: October 09, 1900, Knox Co. Ind.
     
Children of LULU CRAVENS and NOAH DEVORE are:

After Lulu died Noah married Cora Bingaman

Children of NOAH DEVORE and CORA BINGAMAN are:

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