From the December 1, 2016, Community Common (Ohio).
John Funk was a fifer in Captain Thomas Morgan's Company from Ross and Scioto counties, Ohio, and served in the militia twice. The first time from July 28 to September 9, 1812 and second from February 13 to March 18, 1814.
He was born March 30, 1790, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and died February 18, 1859, in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.
Members of the Scioto Valley Volunteers (SW) Chapter, United States Daughters of the War of 1812, Ohio Society, are planning a grave marking ceremony for John Funk in the next several weeks.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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