Jessie Wesley Funk

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History

Life Sketch of Jesse Funk Contributed By: Hatchc2 · 12 May 2014

Jesse Funk born at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, 22 January 1864, the son of Danial Buckley Funk and Mary Jane Pectal. Danial Buckley Funk came from Pennsylvania.. He came to Utah in 1851, crossing the plains by ox-team and stopped for awhile in Salt Lake City. Then moved to Manti, Sanpete County, Utah in 1853. He took part in the Walker and Black Hawk Indian wars. He was original owner and promoter of the pleasure resort called Funks Lake in his honor. He was married to Mary Jan Pectal on 15 October 1856. He died at the lake. His wife Mark Jane Pectal Funk was born in Indiiana, 24 March 1836. They were the parents of the following children: Arlisha, Janevia, Sylvia, Jesse, Alfred, Geneva, Andrew, Frank. The construction of Funks Lake was started in 1874, covering ab out eighty acres, with a depth of over twenty feet. A small steam boat and several row boats were put on the lake. A dancing pavilion was build and thousands of trees planted. Six Mile Creek supplies the water for the lake. This made a pleasure resort that was well patronized by people from all of the state. Visitors came in wagons to enjoy the pleasure of the resort, camping in tents. Some spent the day there, others camped for days and weeks at a time during the summer, enjoying fishing, boat riding horse racing, dancing and camping. Funks Lake is located northeast of the town sight of Sterling and is now known as Funk's Lake and Palaceade Park. Mr. Jesse Funk said that when he was a small boy living at Funk"s Lake with his parents. He remembered one time a band of Indians camped at Funk's Lake putting on their war dances. Mr. Funk's father became alarmed fearing that the Indians intended to cause trouble, so he contacted the Chiefs of the bank and was told by them that they did not have any intentions of causing trouble. The Indians continued their war dances for three days; however, they moved on. Jesse Funk was married to Temena Nielsen at Funk's Lake on 16 October 1889 by William D. Funk. Jesse Funk's two sisters Arlisha Geneva and Sylvia were married at the same time and place to two brothers. Arlisha Geneva married Asa Beal and Sylvia Ira Beal. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Funk are the parents of ten children, nine of whom are still living. Their names are as follows: Hazel Bell, Mary Arlisha, Jesse Wesley, Carolina, "M", Emerett, Bertha, Julie Evelyn, Elnor, Hillard Nielson, (Odell deceased.) They have 32 grandchildren and 6 great grand children. Mr and Mrs Funk said that a settlement known as Petty ville was first located two miles west of the present sight of Sterling and wa so called in honor of its founder, Bishop George Petty. After a few years time the settlers of Pettyville moved to the present sight of Sterling. The name Sterling was suggested by a Mr. Gus "M" Clark, a school teacher there at the time. The settlement has been known as Sterling ever since about 1878. This information obtained by a personal interview with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Funk at Sterling, Utah by Grant Borg, Sterling, Utah 3 January 1939.