David Funsten

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David J. Funsten (born October 14, 1819 in Clarke County , Virginia , † April 6, 1866 in Tysons Corner , Virginia) was an American lawyer and politician for both the United States and the Confederate States . He also served as an officer in the Confederate Army . The Colonel Oliver Ridgway Funsten (1817-1871) was his brother.

Career

David J. Funsten, son of Margaret McKay and Oliver Funsten, was born in Clarke County about four and a half years after the end of the British-American War . Nothing is known about the youth. He graduated from Princeton University , where he Jura studied. After obtaining his license to practice law, he practiced in Alexandria . Between 1844 and 1846 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . His student and parliamentary days were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . After the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the 11th  Infantry Regiment of Virginia. From 1861 to 1862 he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and from 1862 to 1863 Colonel. He was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Seven Pines in 1862. As a result, resigned from the Confederate Army on September 24, 1863. He was elected in a by-election for the ninth constituency of Virginia in the first Confederate Congress to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of William Smith (1797-1887) on April 4, 1863. Funsten was also elected to the second Confederate Congress. He took up his post on December 7, 1863 and held this post until the end of the Confederation in 1865. About nine months after the end of the Civil War , he died of pneumonia in Howard (now part of Typons Corner), Fairfax County . His body was buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria.

family

On November 20, 1844, he married Susan Everad Meade (1825–1872). The couple had eleven children together: Mary (* 1844), Susan Meade (* 1848), Robert Emmett, William Fitzhugh, John Johnson, Louise Cary (* 1854), Lizzie Lee (1859–1945), George Meade (1860–1891 ), Emily Ridgeway (1864–1940), David and Richard Kidder.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Ridgway Funsten senior in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Oliver Ridgway Funsten on the arlisherring.com website
  3. ↑ David Funsten on the Encyclopedia Virginia website
  4. ↑ Susan Everad Meade Funsten in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Lizzie Lee Funsten Hinks in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ George Meade Funsten in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ Emily Ridgeway Funsten Ward in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 13, 2015.

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SURNAME Funsten, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Funsten, David J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, politician, and officer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Clarke County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1866
Place of death Tysons Corner , Virginia