Hello Listers: I just came across this information online at the Mennonite Encyclopedia site. I thought someone might be interested in it. This is the first paragraph of a biography on Joseph Funk. If you want more information, the URL is: http://www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/contents/F87ME.html Joseph Funk (Apr. 6, 1778-Dec. 24, 1862), of Singers Glen, Va., a pioneer Mennonite publisher and music teacher in America, established the first Mennonite printing house in the United States in 1847. He was the son of Henry Funk and Barbara Showalter, born April 6, 1778, in Berks Co., Pa., and a grandson of Bishop Henry Funck, who came to America in 1719 and became the founder of a long line of Funks. Early in his boyhood the family, 13 children, moved to Rockingham Co., Va., where Joseph spent his lifetime. He married Elizabeth Rhodes, Dec. 25, 1804, and raised five children. His second wife was Rachel Britton; they raised nine children. In 1847 Joseph Funk established a hand printing press in his log springhouse at Mountain Valley (Singers Glen), Va., which has the distinction of being the first Mennonite printing house in the United States. Funk had unusual ability in collecting songbooks, revising sacred melodies, and conducting singing schools. He and his sons organize! d singing schools by the dozens in at least eleven counties in Virginia. Pamela