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The Funk Family is comprised of Midwestern pioneers in agriculture, politics, and civic life. [1] Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys (and later served in the US Senate with Isaac Funk); Absalom Funk was one of Northwestern University's first Trustees; Marquis de Lafayette Funk was on the University of Illinois Board; and the Funks helped found Illinois Wesleyan University and Chicago's Union Stockyards.
