Paul Taylor FUNKHOUSER^[1]

1895 - 1918  (23 years)

• Name	Paul Taylor FUNKHOUSER
  Birth	21 Feb 1895	Leavenworth, Crawford, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CD9590E8413D4E57964ADD56F7A6CA1A9107
  Death	18 Oct 1918	Claire-Chenes Woods, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France   [2]
  Person ID	I17182	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Albert Winder FUNKHOUSER,   b. 4 Oct 1863, , , Indiana, USA d. 20 Oct 1940 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah Alta CRAIG,   b. 23 Dec 1867, Blue River, Harrison, Indiana, USA d. 28 Feb 1941 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1891	Leavenworth, Crawford, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	Reference Number:1430
  Family ID	F6171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [Lopp.FTW] Paul graduated from Evansville High School and attended Northwestern University; also the Indiana University Law School. He was a member of the Evansville football team in 1914-15 and on the Indiana All-Star team in 1915. He was attending Law School at Indiana University when World War I broke out, and he enlisted in the Army, 12 May 1917 and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant 15 Aug 1917 and assigned to Company C 59th Infantry, Third Division on 27 Aug 1917. On 5 Jan 1918, he was assigned to Company B 7th Machine Gun Battalion, and sailed for France 2 Apr 1918. His battalion was continuously engaged during his entire military service in France, taking part in the Battles of Chateau Thierry, the Marne, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. He was killed in action at Claire-Chenes Woods while leading missioned officer of Company B. was killed. The American Legion Post at Evansville is named the Funkhouser Post in honor of Paul and his brother, Albert. Because of this honor and to give my younger readers some insight into World War I, the service records of these two boys have been given in more detail than would ordinary have been done. written by Walter Beanblossom

  
  

• Sources

  [S451] Cheryl Harmon, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harmon1/). [S452] Walter Beanblossom, The Lopp's of Harrison County, Indiana.