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Frances Marguerite, Donald Richard, Josephine,
George John, Jr., Jeannette, and
Arthur Parsons Funk, and the grandparents
of one grandchild, Jack Richard
Beckwith.
Note—The original name of Funck was preserved
until the present generation, which took
the form Funk, and in 1916 the name of the
business was changed from C. Funck & Son to
C. Funk & Son. Incorporated.
EDDY, George William,
Physician.
It is the province of the strong to protect
and care for the weak. Where might
is used to usurp the place of right, it is a
survival of an order which the progress
of civilization has left in the discard.
Now, so far as the right-thinking, forward-looking
public is concerned, the
great need of weakness and suffering is
met by the outstretched hand of strength.
Men and discernment hold all abuse of
power a relic of barbarism, and the world
has recently witnessed the noble spec-
tacle of nation uniting with nation to put
down despotism ; the hand of pity following
in the wake of destruction. The trail
of disease is marked by human wrecks
which present a similar appeal to that
spirit of brotherhood which binds the
human race together, and science, with
all the accumulated power of ages, meets
that appeal through the men who have
searched out its secrets and hold them for
the good of their fellows. These men are
men of strength—often men of the open,
born and reared where the broad spaces
gave mental balance, and where life and
living creatures inspired their interest in
the preservation of life. In Dr. George
William Eddy, of Collinsville, Connecti-
cut, we see a man whose training for a
life of service to mankind was begun
among big out-door interests, with the
traditions of his family those of strong
men who have done the work of men.
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The name Eddy is evidently Anglo-
Saxon. According to Ferguson, it comes
from Ead, which signifies prosperity.
Eada, Edde, Eday, Eadie, and Eady are
all variations of the name. In "Burke's
Landed Gentry," a celebrated Saxon
monk bore the name of Ede.
(I) This branch of the family came
from Killingly, Connecticut, but Dr.
Eddy's great-grandfather, Dan Eddy, was
a famous old-time mountaineer »of the
Adirondacks, who had passed his youth
and early manhood in the wooded mountain
country of Vermont.
(II) Stephen Eddy, son of Dan Eddy,
was born in South Corinth, New York.
He was a dealer in produce, which he
supplied to the hotels at Saratoga, then
at the height of its prosperity as a pleas-
ure resort. He did a large business along
this line. He served as a scout in the
Civil War, and was caught between the
lines at Cold Harbor. He was in a swamp
and was obliged to remain there for sev-
eral days. As a result of his exposure
and hardships he died prematurely, hav-
ing never regained his health. He enlisted
from South Corinth. He married
Susan Cowles.
(III) Alonzo L. Eddy, son of Stephen
Eddy, was born in Corinth, February 27,
1856. He was educated in the district
schools, which were the only available
educational institutions in that section at
the time. Throughout his life he was
identified with the lumber business. He
was only sixteen years of age when he
began buying timber and going into the
woods and getting out the logs. He was
an ambitious boy, and had been left alone
some years before by the death of his
father just after the close of the Civil
War. He married Ida, daughter of Jeremiah
Naylor, and sister of Dr. Naylor,
of Hartford. Alonzo L. and Ida (Nay-
lor) Eddy were the parents of eleven chil-