Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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BIOGRAPHIES. 137 EUGENE DUNCAN FUNK was born September 3, 1867, in Shirley, Ill. He prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and VVyman's Institute, Upper Alton, Ill., and entered college in Freshman year. He says that before entering Yale he was a green country boy. He was President of the Andover Athletic association in 1887-88, and captained the Freshman Football team of Yale in 1888. His father, La Fayette Funk, was born january 20, 1834, in Funk's Grove, Ill. His parents were American and German. He was married in 1863, and resides in Shirley, Ill. He is a farmer-banker, and a director of many cor- porations. He was State Senator, County Supervisor, member and ex-President of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, a director of the Union Stockyards of Chicago, President of the Illinois- Commission of the Worlcl's Fair, 1893, and President of the Springfield and Northeastern Electric Railway Company. ' His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Paullin, was born in So. Charleston, O. His parents were Americans He had two brothers: Deless and Ed0'ar Paullin, who died in january, 1874. He married Mary Andersen, a graduate of Pacific Uni- versity, july 19, 1894, in Portland, Dre., and has six children, three born -in Bloomington, Ill., and three in Shirley: Gladys, November 1, 1895, La Fayette, jr., Qctober 17, 1897, Elizabeth, july 6, 1899, born in Blooming- ton, the last three in Shirley, Eugene, jr., August 25, IQOO, Paul Allen, February 8, 1903, and Theodore, April 25, 1904. Funk organized the Funk Bros. Seed Co. in 1901, and is now ex-President of the corporation. His present occupa- tion is farmer-plant and animal breeder. In politics he is a Republican, and says he is in favor of electing United States senators by popular vote of the people. He would like to see a radical change towards the elevation of more honest men in public office if necessary, regardless of political athl- iations. He is a member of P. A. E., Andover, Mass.. b x

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136 CLASS or 1891 S., YALE COLLEGE. NEHEMIAH CANDEE was born August 9, 1870, in Easton, Conn. Staples Academy, Easton, prepared him for college, which he entered in Freshman year, Staying only a year with us, but graduated from the Academic depart- ment in 1893 and the Law School in 1897. His father, jason Candee, Son of Amos Candee, and grandson of Samuel Candee, Sergeant in the Revolutionary Wfar, was born June 13, 1829, in Southbury, Conn. He was married February 22, 1850, and resides in Easton. He is a farmer. His mother, whose maiden name was Caroline Amelia Canfield, daughter of David Canfield, who was killed in the Seminole Indian VVar, was born April 1, 1833, in Ridgefield, Conn. He had six brothers: Fletcher, who died in 1868 in Easton, Wfilbur, Lewellyn and Benjamin, who died in infancy, Lafayette died in 1901 in Hartford, Conn., and WVilliam I., who died in 1904 in Monroe, Conn, also two sisters: Clara, who died in Easton in 1868, and Mrs. P. J. McCollam, the only one living. He married, june 29, 1901, in New Haven, Conn., Annie M. Chunn, of Mechanicsville, St. Mary'S Co., Md., a graduate of the Baltimore Normal School, and daughter of Mark Bourne Chunn Cdeceasedj, a graduate of the Char- lotte Hall Military Academy. They have three children, two of whom are twins: Mark Chunn and Margaret Dent, born October 22, 1903, and Randolph Frederic, born june 29, 1905. Candee entered the law firm of Magruder, Thompson 81 Candee, Chicago, Ill., as junior member. Bzinsmess address: Suite 511-I2-I4 Chicago Opera House Building, Chicago, Ill. Home add1'ess.' 882 VVinthrop Ave., Chicago, Ill. ROBERT FRANCE ELMER. Add1'ess: New York City.

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138 CLASS or 1891 S., YALE COLLEGI3. Master Masons, Knights Templar, 22Cl degree Peoria Con- sistory, Mohamed Temple, International Live Stock Exposi- tion association, Bloomington, Bloomington Country and Auto clubs, Saddle and Sirloin club of Chicago, President National Corn and Grain Exposition, Chicago, 1906, ex- President Illinois Farmers club, Secretary Illinois Sheep Breeders' association, and Chairman of the committee on Pure Bred Seed and Plant Business of the American Breeders' association. Since leaving Yale, in junior year, he has tried the simple life, has been tiller of the soil, an Illinois farmer, and now lives on a farm in one of the grand- est farming regions on earth. I-Ie has also traveled exten- sively throughout the United States and Europe. Funk was President for tive years since November 1, IQOI, of the Funk Bros. Seed Co., an organization primarily for the object of breeding ine bred Seedcorn, oats, clover, Timothy and all farm seeds, also the popular breeds of live-stock, horses, cattle, Sheep and swine, and above all, the cementing together of an organization composed entirely of his family, controlling a large tract of land, consisting of 25,000 acres, in central Illinois. The company has now a world-wide reputation, shipping seeds into every State in the Union, and almost all foreign countries. PC7 l'iLClILCll'l' 7'lICll.1'l.7'l'g add1'e5s.' Shirley, Ill. SIMON PHILIP GOODHART was born january 8, 1870, in New Haven, Conn. He prepared at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, and entered college in Freshman year, taking the Biology course. I-Ie won the Campbell gold medal for highest examination marks in medicine, Yale Medical School. I-Iis father, Phillip Goodhart, was born Qctober 12, 1837, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is of Dutch stock from generations, all his ancestors being born in Holland. He is a Sheriff, residing in New Haven. His mother, whose maiden name was Clara Philips, was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.