The manuscript translator Abram Bowman Kolb, married the second daughter of John F. Funk, who was born in 1835 where he went on to publish Herald of Truth.
He also translated manuscripts including the Enchiridion of Anabaptist leader Dirk Philips, and Restitution by Henry Funk. On 3 January 1893, he married Phoebe Funk, the second daughter of John F. Funk. John Fretz Funk (April 6, 1835 - January 8, 1930) was a publisher and leader of the Mennonite Church. Funk published the Herald of Truth from 1864 until 1908 when it merged with the Gospel Witness to form the Gospel Herald. 
