Dr. John Melvin Dunkle and Lena M. Kison

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Husband Dr. John Melvin Dunkle ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Jul 1882 - West Freedom, Perry Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Henry C. Dunkle (1854-1924) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Mary L. Russell (      -      ) 2 5

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       Marriage: 26 Apr 1911 5 6

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Wife Lena M. Kison ^{5 6}

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         Father: Harvey A. Kison (      -      ) 5 6
         Mother: Sarah "Sally" Way (      -      ) 5 6

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Children

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1 M Robert Leroy Dunkle ^{5 6}

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           Born: 30 Jun 1913 5
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         Spouse: Audrey Kean (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 23 Sep 1937 6

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2 F Sarah Lucretia Dunkle ^{5 6}

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           Born: 9 Apr 1915 5
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3 M John Melvin Dunkle, Jr. ^{5 6}

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           Born: 24 Aug 1916 5
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           Died: 29 Aug 1923 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Melvin Dunkle

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He was educated in the public schools of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and took a preparatory course at Sligo, and Clarion Normal School. In 1909 he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of the University of Pittsburgh. He served his interneship at Mercy Hospital, 1909-1910, after which he located at Worthington, Pennsylvania. In 1918 he came to Butler, where he then engaged in the practice of his profession.
He was a member of the Butler County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and American Medical Association. As a fraternalist he was a member of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity; Victory Lodge, A. F. and A. M., No. 694, New Castle; Consistory, thirty-second degree, New Castle; Syria Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Syria Caravan, No. 14, A. A. O. N. M. S., Butler.
In political matters Doctor Dunkle was a Republican, and while a resident of Worthington was a member of the City Council and served as its president for five years. He was a member of the Methodist Church, while Mrs. Dunkle belonged to the United Presbyterian Church.

1 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 742.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 71.

3 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 161.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 808.

5 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 743.

6 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 72.