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Philip Klinger

• Last Edited: 29 Jun 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Philip Klinger is also referred to as Philip Rumberger in some sources.^1,2
• He was born on 21 July 1840, Dauphin County, PA.^3,4
• He was the son of John A. Klinger and Susannah Romberger.
• Philip was a musician who served with the 190th NY Infantry during the Civil War.⁴
• Philip Klinger married Mary M. Underwood, daughter of Eri Underwood and Margaret C. Ammerman, circa 1868.⁵
• Philip Klinger died on 22 April 1918, Michigan Soldiers Home, Grand Rapids Township, Kent County, MI, at age 77.³
• He was buried on 24 April 1918, at Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI.^4,3
• Online biography:
  The son of John Adam & Susannah (Romberger) Klinger, in 1860 he was a laborer and miller living with his family in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
  A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Perry County May 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Washington DC July 27 as a private with Co. B, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer November 10, 1863, in Washington DC. and promoted to musician, date unknown. On May 31, 1864, the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ceased to exist, and he transferred to Co. I, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service, honorably discharging with his company June 28, 1865.
  He married Mary Amanda Rusho October 18, 1863, in Pennsylvania, but children, if any, are unknown. Mary Amanda's status is unknown, but he married Mary Magdalene Fauver and fathered John A. (b. ?). Mary Magdalene's status is unknown, but he married German-born Ella Coulson in Michigan, fathering Elma Minne with the last name of "Rumberger" (b. 11/21/93 - married Stanley Oliver King). He died in the state soldiers' home at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The family is in the 1860 census as "Glinger."
  Another source notes:
  "Son of Phillip Klinger & Mary Underwood. Phillip was a scoundrel and eventually had 5 children by 3 of his wives. Philip eventually changed his name to Romberger but Mary nor her two children knew how to spell Romberger so they morphed the name into Rombyger and then Rombyer."^4,5
  

• Father*: John A. Klinger b. 23 Mar 1811, d. 16 Dec 1872
• Mother*: Susannah Romberger b. 18 Dec 1815, d. 30 Mar 1891