Arville Lynn Funk (1929–1990) was a lawyer, teacher, author, and an
Indiana
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historian. He was born in
Harrison County, Indiana
Harrison County is located in the far southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Ohio River. The county was officially established in 1808. Its county seat is Corydon, the former capital of Indiana.
Harrison County is part of the Lo ...
, the son of Herman E. and Elsie McGonigle Funk. He attended public school in
Corydon and studied law in
New Albany. He opened a law practice in Corydon where he lived most of his life.
A member of the
Indiana Historical Society
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street ...
and the Harrison County Indiana Historical and Genealogical Society, Funk was most interested in
Indiana's Civil War History. He authored several books about Indiana history and commonly wrote an abbreviated version of his larger works dedicated to Harrison County topics. His many books include:
* ''Tales of Our Hoosier Heritage'' (1965)
* ''Indiana's Birthplace: a History of Harrison County, Indiana'' (1966)
* ''Our Historic Corydon'' (1966)
* ''Hoosiers in the Civil War'' (1967)
* ''Harrison County in the Indiana Sesquicentennial Year'' (1967)
* ''A Sketchbook of Indiana History'' (1969)
* ''The Morgan Raid in Indiana and Ohio'' (1971)
* ''Historical Almanac of Harrison County, Indiana'' (1974)
* ''Squire Boone in Indiana'' (1974)
* ''Revolutionary War Soldiers of Harrison County, Indiana'' (1975)
* ''Revolutionary War Era in Indiana'' (1975)
* ''The Battle of Corydon'' (1976)
* ''Harrison County in the Indiana Sesquicentennial Year'' (1976)
* ''A Hoosier Regiment in Dixie: A History of the Thirty-Eighth Indiana Regiment'' (1978)
* ''The Hoosier Scrapbook'' (1981)
He coauthored ''Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana'' in 1966 and was a regular contributor the ''
Indiana Magazine of History
The ''Indiana Magazine of History'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by the Indiana University Bloomington Department of History. Established primarily as a venue for historical documents of interest, particularly on Indiana ...
'' between 1950 and 1980. He was an advocate of county historical societies and oversaw the creation of historical societies in several Indiana counties.
From 1955 to 1965 he taught high school history. Funk married Rosemary E. Springer on August 25, 1956. They had two children, named Cynthia and Mark. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1963 and, in 1965, formed a partnership with
Frank O'Bannon
Frank Lewis O'Bannon (January 30, 1930 – September 13, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. As of October 2022, he remains the most recent United States Governor to ha ...
and C. Blaine Hays Jr.
Arville Funk died in 1990 and is buried in Corydon's Cedar Hill cemetery.
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External links
Arville L. Funk historical marker
1929 births
1990 deaths
People from Corydon, Indiana
Indiana lawyers
Indiana Historical Society
People from New Albany, Indiana
20th-century American historians
American male non-fiction writers
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American male writers
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