{"id":399,"date":"2019-02-08T01:14:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T01:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wp\/?p=399"},"modified":"2019-02-10T19:37:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T19:37:54","slug":"frederick-de-funiak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wp\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Frederick de Funiak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DeFuniak.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DeFuniak.jpg 250w, https:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DeFuniak-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DeFuniak-103x150.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Legend has it that Frederick de Funiak, who immigrated from Europe in 1861, won the right to name the town that now bears his name in a card game. Many<span style=\"background-color: rgb(232, 234, 235);\"><i> <\/i><\/span>prominent newspapers across the country published his death notice or obituary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Louisville, Ky., March 29. &#8212; Col. Frederick de Funiak, capitalist and distinguished citizen, died at his residence here <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">to-day<\/g>. Col. de Funiak was born in Rome, Italy, sixty-five years ago, and was a veteran of Garibaldi\u2019s army. He was for a long time chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">Railroad,<\/g>&nbsp;and had been connected with railroad building in many parts of the country. He was a member of the New York Yacht club, of the old Southern Yacht Club and of the Philadelphia Yacht club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Besides his wife, Mrs. Olivia de Funiak, he is survived by four sons, Ernest de Funiak, general agent or the Louisville and Nashville Railway south of Decatur, Ala., Lieut. Fred. R. de Funiak, Jr., of the United States regular army, stationed at Fort Russell, Wyo.; Albert de Funiak, agent for the Southern Railroad at Birmingham, Ala., and Herbert de Funiak, a student at Cornell.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Obituary: <em>The&nbsp;Times-Democrat<\/em>, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 30, 1905, Page 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burial: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/182692672\/frederick-rudolph-defuniak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cave Hill Cemetery (opens in a new tab)\">Cave Hill Cemetery<\/a>, Louisville, Kentucky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legend has it that Frederick de Funiak, who immigrated from Europe in 1861, won the right to name the town that now bears his name in a card game. Many prominent newspapers across the country published his death notice or obituary. &#8220;Louisville, Ky., March 29. &#8212; Col. 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