Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Arville L. Funk (1929–1990) was a lawyer, teacher, author, and an Indiana historian. Born in Harrison County, Indiana, Funk 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 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 Our historic Corydon (1966), Hoosiers in the Civil War (1967) A Sketchbook of Indiana History (1969), 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), The Morgan Raid in Indiana and Ohio (1978), A Hoosier Regiment in Dixie: A History of the Thirty-Eighth Indiana Regiment (1978), The Hoosier Scrapbook (1981), and numerous others. He coauthored Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana in 1966 and was a regular contributor the Indiana Magazine of History between 1950 and 1980. He was an advocate of county historical societies and oversaw the creation of historical societies in several Indiana counties. He died in 1990 and is buried in Corydon's Cedar Hill cemetery.. }
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- Arville_Funk abstract "Arville L. Funk (1929–1990) was a lawyer, teacher, author, and an Indiana historian. Born in Harrison County, Indiana, Funk 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 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 Our historic Corydon (1966), Hoosiers in the Civil War (1967) A Sketchbook of Indiana History (1969), 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), The Morgan Raid in Indiana and Ohio (1978), A Hoosier Regiment in Dixie: A History of the Thirty-Eighth Indiana Regiment (1978), The Hoosier Scrapbook (1981), and numerous others. He coauthored Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana in 1966 and was a regular contributor the Indiana Magazine of History between 1950 and 1980. He was an advocate of county historical societies and oversaw the creation of historical societies in several Indiana counties. He died in 1990 and is buried in Corydon's Cedar Hill cemetery.".