FUNDERBURK, DAVID, born Jan. 9, 1795, in Orange District, S. C., was bound apprentice to a hatter, but instead of teaching him how to make hats, his master put him to work in the fields with the negroes and otherwise treated him harsbly, so he ran away and enlisted in the 3d U. S. Rifle Reg. for five years, from Aug. 15, 1814. It was so near the close of the war with England that he was not in any battle. His five years were spent in garrison duty on the frontier, and was at Ft. Osage, on the Missouri river, near the present line between Missouri and Kansas, when his term of enlistment expired, Aug. 15, 1819. He, with eight other discharged soldiers, fastened two canoes together, with a platform over them, and all left for St. Louis with their knapsacks. Mr. F. says that they were somewhat crowded, and on the way down he stole a canoe, and taking a comrade left the other seven who began drinking and ran their craft on a sawyer, which upset it, and they lost everything except what they had on their persons, but the men clung to the sunken log, and but for the stolen canoe they must all have drowned. Mr. F. and his comrade took them all safely to shore. He has always, in his quaint way, insisted that that was "providential stealing." On arriving at St. Louis, he learned that his uncle, Henry Funderburk, had moved into the San-ga-ma country, and he determined to visit him. He found his uncle on the 31st of Aug., 1819, in what is now Cotton Hill township, between Brush and Horse creeks, and went to work to supply himself with clothing, in place of that which was lost on the river. David Funderburk was married in March, 1821, to Hannah Hinkle. They had eight living children, all born in Sangamon county. Of their eight children--

SARAH, born April 2, 1822, married Henry Voyles. They have eleven children, and live in Madison county, near Staunton, Macoupin county.

MARY J., born March 18, 1827, married Thomas Funderburk. They have five children, and live near Staunton, Macoupin county, Ill.

JOHN S., born March 16, 1831, married Mrs. Eliza J. Voyles, whose maiden name was Davis. They have six children, EDWARD E., MARY E., JOSEPH E., WILLIAM A., MARTHA and VELMA, and live in Madison county, near Staunton, Macoupin county, Ill.

PHEBE, born in Sangamon county, is married, and resides there.

ALFRED N., born Sept. 27, 1837, married Emily Ward. They have three children, WILLIAM B., THOMAS L. and BENJAMIN A., and reside in Cotton Hill township.

DAVID, Jun., born Dec. 22, 1839, enlisted at Springfield in 1861, for three years, in what became Co. B, 11th Mo. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He was married to Sarah A. Torry. They have four children, MINNIE L., ADDIE L., MARY A. and a babe--1873--and reside at the homestead settled by his parents in 1821, in Cotton Hill township.

WILLIAM F., born Nov. 22, 1842, enlisted in August, 1862, in Co.--, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded and captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864; one arm was amputated by a rebel surgeon. He was held a prisoner until the close of the rebellion. Is unmarried, and resides in Christian county.

THOMAS J., born May 6, 1845, married Angeline N. Carlton. They have four children, NELLIE VIOLA, JESSIE MAY, HANNAH E. and WILLIAM, and reside near the family homestead in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county.

Mrs. Hannah Funderburk died Sept. 22, 1873, after nearly fifty-three years of wedded life. David Funderburk resides with his children part of the time, near Staunton, and part in Sangamon county, Illinois.