[1] He taught school, and during the American Civil War, entered the Union Army in 1861 as lieutenant in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery.

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 53rd Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until August 2, 1894, when he was succeeded by Horace L. Moore, who successfully contested the election.

[2] In 1861, Funston married 18-year-old Ann Eliza Mitchell of West Charleston, Ohio; she was a cousin of his Civil War battery commander and a great-grandniece of Daniel Boone.

[3] Frederick Funston went on to become a major general in the United States Army and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress