John KIEFFER

                   SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA, p.299
                  

                   BURIAL: Dayton Cemetary

BIOGRAPHY: Fretz "History of Bishop Henry Funck" p.864

OCCUPATION: Noted teacher, poet, composer, publisher, editor, andmusician.
"The Valley Poet".  Founded the "Musical Million".  Works included:"My
Mountain Home"; "The Old School House"; "Grave on the Green Hillside".

MILITARY: During the Civil War, served in Co. H, 10th VirginiaVolunteer
Infantry (Chrisman's Infantry).
Military roster describes: Light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes,
5'8". Enl.4/18/61 Harrisonburg as Pvt., Co. H. Absent sick 10/4-12/61typhoid
fever. Appears 5th Sgt. 2/63. POW 5/3/63 Chancellorsville. (OldCapitol
Prison?), Washington, D.C. 5/4/63. Exchanged 5/10/63 City Point. POW5/12/64
Spotsy. C.H. Ft. Delaware, De., 5/21/64. Released under Oath ofAllegiance
4/23/65.  There is a story (unconfirmed, told by Edgar Ruebush) thatEphraim
rode his horse to Washington to see Abraham Lincoln to get Aldinereleased from
prison.
                  

                   NAME: Known as "KIttie"; never married

BURIAL: Singers Glen Cemetary  "Kittie Kieffer dau. of John & MaryKieffer
died age 28 yrs, 2mo, 7 da."

CENSUS: 1850 Rockinghan Co census lists Catherine as 8 yr old livingin
grandfather Joseph Funk's home (Armentrout p.I-93)

SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA, p.299
-Russell Armentrout, Armentrout Family History 1739-1978, 1985,Harrisonburg
Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton VA. p.I-93
                  

                   BIRTH: Born in Warm Springs VA (Now WV) during 1843-1844 return visitof John &
Mary Kieffer family to Singers Glen, VA (G. Gloyd)

CENSUS: 1850 Rcokingham Co. census shows her as a child of 6 yrs.living with
mother in home of grandfather Jos. Funk. (Armentrout p.I-93)

RELIGIOUS:  Joined the United Brethren Church in early womanhood.  Shewas a
close student of the Bible, and a pioneer in the Woman's ChristianTemperance
Union.

MISCELLANEOUS: "Lou" was one of the first women in Virginia to passthrough
Confederate military lines, when she went to join Ephraim in Mineraland Grant
counties (today WV) during the Civil War. (G. Gloyd)

SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA, p.299, 865.
-Gary M Gloyd, Gaithersburg, MD
-Russell Armentrout, Armentrout Family History 1739-1978, 1985,Harrisonburg
Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton VA. p.I-93
- Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72,Box 557,
Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 p.87
                  

                   BURIAL: Dayton Cem. with Benjamin Kirkpatrick (on tombstone as AnnieShank)

RELIGION: Member Dayton Presby. Ch.

CHILDREN: MGK says died at age 88 had four great great grandchildren,
62 great grandchildren and total of 99 descendants at her death.

CENSUS: 1850 one of 5 children living with widowed mother atgrandfather Joseph
Funk's; In 1870 listed as widow with 2 children living with motherMary
Kieffer (Armentrout p.I-93)

SOURCES: M. Glen Kirkpatrick, John & Priscilla Kirkpatrick of PrinceWilliam
County, VA and Their Descendents; 1765-1959 ; Skyland, NC, M. GlenKirkpatrick,
1959; Copy in Prince William Library, Manassas, VA
-Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA
-Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72,Box 557,
Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508
-Russell Armentrout, Armentrout Family History 1739-1978, 1985,Harrisonburg
Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton VA.
-Ernest B. Kirkpatrick, grandson
-Terrence V. Murphy, 10th Virginia Infantry, 1989, H.E. Howard,Lynchburg VA,
available from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Soc., Dayton VA.p.172
                  

                   OCCUPATION: Printer, Dairyman

RESIDENCES: West Lafayette, IN

RELIGION: Missionary Baptist

CENSUS: 1850 age 3 living with mother in home of grandfather JosephFunk
1870 He and wife living with mother Mary Kieffer

SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA p.300
-Russell Armentrout, Armentrout Family History 1739-1978, 1985,Harrisonburg-
Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton VA, p. I-94