Farmer
Son of Clemans Dunkelberger c1752-1801 & Anna Maria Catherine Margaretha Gurtner 1752-1821
Husband of Catherine Sunday 1778-1845

REL: Deacon & Elder of Luth Ch.

John Dunkleberger, Pvt, 1st Regt (Weirick's), PA Militia
(War of 1812, Roll Box 62, Roll Exct 602)

RES: Came to Perry Co in 1814 from Berks Co, PA.

1814 Tax List, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA:
Jno Dunkleberger, farmer

1820 Tax List, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA:
190 acres of patent land @ 25 + 4 horses @ 30 + 4 cows @ 10 = $4910 tax value.

1830 Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA, #272.

1840 Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA:
HOH John Dunkleberger
male 1 b 1770-1780
females 1 b 1780-1790, 1 b 1810-1820

21 May 1857 Lewiston Gazette, Lewistown PA Obituary:
Died
In Perry County. on the 5th inst., JOHN DUNKELBERGER, aged 81 years, 1 month and 26 days. Father D. emigrated to that county from Windsor Tp, Berks Co, in the year 1814, and dies on the farm where he settled 43 years ago. He was anm honest man, a good citizen, an obliging neighbor, a a kind and affectionate father, and a consistant member of the Enangelical Lutheran Church.

Mt Zion Evangelical Luthern Church Bicentennial 1790-1990, p. 4-6, 8, 12:
7 Jan 1857 Luthern Church meeting at home of Jeremiah Dunkelberger:
Selected the site for the church and burial ground offered by Jeremaih Dunkelberger
Jeremiah & Joseph Dunkelberger elected to building committee and had the corner stone laying ceremony o 19 Sep 1857
Jeremiah Dunkelberger was a Trustree
31May 1858 Jeremiah, Solomon, Joseph, Samuel, & Jonathan Dunkelberger signed a note to have the new Mt Zion Luth Ch and the older St Peters German Reformed Ch alternate Sunday services, since family members attend the two different churches.
24 Nov 1887, D B Dunkelberger, administrator of estate of Jeremiah Dunkelberger dec'd, settled with church on the last two additions to the grave yard, hitching place, and walk
18 Feb 1888, heirs agreed to donate 4 of the 5 shares of the Jeremiah Dunkelberger dec'd estate claim heirs were paid $48.17 due for the hitching grounds and cemetery and D B Dunkelberger received $20.00 for the hitching grounds