David Klein

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR David Kline is not in my direct ancestry. He is a member of the Philip Wendel Klein family: Grandson of Peter Klein Son of John Jacob Klein Philip Wendel Klein immigrated to America in 1744 on the same ship "Phoenix" with our ancestor Johannes Klein, and both settled in what became Lehigh Co. PA. Their relationship, if any, remains unproven.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1808	Northampton Co. PA(now Lehigh Co.,expect Lowhill Twp.)
Marriage			To Mary Magdalena Reighart (22 July1808-4Apr1895) ; Mary married (2nd) John Stauffer of Porter Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Death	14 Sept 1833	Sacon Twp., Northampton Co PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6           Generation 7          Generation 8
 
                                        +-- Peter Klein
                                        |   (????-????)
               +-- John Jacob Klein ----+
               |   (1781-1857)          |
 David Kline --?                       +-- Margaret Stettler
 (1808-1833)   |                            (????-????)
               +-- Susanna Gross
                   (1785-1872)

Sources:

Children

(children with Mary Reighart)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Aaron Kline	M	b.27 Jan 1831 - d. Nov.1902	Northampton Co. PA	Elizabeth Wiant (1834-Dec 1890);	resided old Wiant homestead, Porter Twp. Rimersburg when old Member Reformed church
Rebecca Ann Kline	F	~1832		Stewart Henry; resided Missouri
David Kline	M	6 Sept 1833	Nieder(lower) Saucon Twp., Northampton Co. PA	Sarah Smith (1837-1919)	died 6 June 1906 of heart failure following surgery for gangreen

(children of Mary Reighart (Klein) & 2nd husband John Stauffer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Stauffer, Jr.	M	~1836		To Lavina F. Wiant
Levi Stauffer	M	~1846		To Mary F. Wike; resided on old Stauffer homestead, Porter Twp. in (1913?)/time of writing "Hist. Allegheny Valley"

• Lavina F. Wiant's name is supported by census from 1880 showing John married to Lavina F. Wiant.
• Mary F. Wike's first name supported by census data from 1880 showing Levi married to Mary F. Stauffer.

These census are not reproduced here. They can be found at 1880 US census for Porter Twp, Clarion Co, page 10.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
expect Lowhill Twp., Lehigh Co. PA	b. 1808
Saucon Twp., Northumberland Co. PA	d. 1833

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census, Lower Saucon Twp, Northampton Co, PA, page 15. Census page is not dated. Family headed by John Staufer: 1 male 0-5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 20-30, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30. Note: As a match to the John Stoupher family in Porter Twp., Clarion Co. PA in 1850, this is a fair match. One male age 5-10 is unaccounted for here, and there's an extra male in his 20's.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, Porter Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 5,6. Census dated 5 Sept 1850. Page 5, lines 40-42: John Stoupher, 41, farmer, $300 real property; Mary, 41; John, 14, attended school; Levi, 4. All b. PA. Page 6, lines 1-3 (no new household indicated): Aaron Cline, 19, farmer; David, 17; Rebecca, 18. All b. PA. The Kline siblings have moved to Clarion Co. and are working/living on the Stoupher farm. Page 6, lines 29-36: Jacob Wyant, 38, farmer, $700 real property; Hannah, 41, William, 17; Elizabeth, 16, attended school; Catherine, 14, attended school; Jacob, 12, attended school; Henry, 9, attended school; David, 3. All b. PA. Also on page are families headed by Peter Wyant age 60 and by Abraham Wyant age 36.
3	1860 United States Federal Census, Porter Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 39. Census dated 12 July 1860. Lines 1-4: John Stoufer, 57, farmer, $2000 real, $646 personal property; Mary, 50; John Jr., 23, farmer; Levi, 14. All b. PA.
4	1860 United States Federal Census, Porter Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 7. Census dated 5 July 1860. Lines 13-19: Aaron Kline, 33, laborer, $225 personal property; Elizabeth 31; Madison S., 8; Mary C., 6; Permina J., 4; David M., 2; Alvin N., 9 months. All b. PA.
5	Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania by John Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1913. 3 Vols. pg. 634 KLINE The first member of this family of whom we have record and whose first name is unknown, was a native of Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and during the major portion of his active career was engaged in diversified agriculture and stock raising on a finely improved farm in Porter township, Clarion county. His wife bore him three children: 1. Aaron, mentioned below. 2. David. 3. Rebecca Ann, married a Mr. Henry and went to Missouri. Mr. Kline died prior to 1859 and his widow married a Mr. Stauffer, of Porter township. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer had two children: John, married a Miss Wiant; Levi, married a Miss Wike and is living on the old Stauffer homestead in Porter township. (II) Aaron, son of ___Kline, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and he died in November, 1902. After his marriage he purchased the old Wiant homestead, on which his wife was born and reared, and there he spent most of his active life. In old age he removed to Rimersburg and there resided in retirement for a number of years prior to his demise. He had a farm of forty-eight acres, besides the old homestead of one hundred and six acres. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Reformed church. Aaron Kline married, in Porter township, Clarion county, Miss Elizabeth Wiant, who was born in 1834 and died in December, 1890. She was a daughter of Jacob and Hannah Wiant; who were early settlers in Porter township from Northampton county. Mr. Wiant owned a farm in Porter township, Clarion county, and there resided until death.He was a stalwart Democrat and with his wife was a member of the Reformed church. Children of Jacob and Hannah Wiant: 1. Henry, was killed in the Civil War. 2. William was a soldier in the Civil War and after the close of his military career returned to Pennsylvania and settled in Clarion, where he resided until death, in 1909. 3. Jacob is a minister in the Reformed church at Greenville, Pennsylvania. 4. Solomon was killed in the Civil War. 5. David, is engaged in the lumber business in Marionville, Pennsylvania. 6. Catherine is the wife of Harrison Slaughenhaupt, of Rimersburg. 7. Elizabeth, married Aaron Kline. Children born to Mr. and Mrs Kline: 1. Madison Sylvester, is engaged in the real estate business in Cleveland, Ohio; he married Carrie Luther. 2. Marian is the wife of J. M. Loughbaugh and they lived in Oklahoma. 3. Jennie was the wife of Harvey Cochran at the time of her demise. 4. David Ursines, mentioned below. 5. William Henry is a carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri. 6. Jacob Fair, married ___ Coysin; he is a farmer in Clarion county. 7. James Ross, married a Miss Sherman and they live in Oklahoma. 8. Charles Edward is a resident of Ridgway, Pennsylvania. 9. Emma E. is the wife of Ed Arnor, a farmer near Rimersburg. 10. Oliver Clyde, married Nettie Coysin; he is a farmer in Clarion county. (III) David Ursines, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Wiant) Kline, was born in Porter township, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1859. He was educated in the common schools of Porter township and grew up on his father's farm, in the work and management of which he early became an active factor. As a young man he began to work in the oil region and is still interested in the oil business (1912). He has eleven acres of land at Blair's Corners and is the owner of extensive tracts in other neighborhoods, aggregating about one hundred and fifty acres. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a devout member of the Reformed church. Mr. Kline married, October 3, 1883, Miss Sarah Susannah Neely, a daughter of Cyrus and Mary (Shaffer) Neely, the former of whom is a son of John Neely. Mrs. Kline was born in Clarion county in July, 1864, and died January 9, 1908. Mr. Kline has no children. Please see corrections to this biography in Source Notes section below.
6	History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Alfred Mathews & Austin Hungerford, 1884, p. 290. Peter Klein, a native of Germany, settled in Weisenberg, adjoining the family of Grim. About 1800 he purchased a tract of land of Michael Mosser, which was warranted by John Deter Bouman. His son, Lorentz, moved upon this land, stayed a few years, and returned home. John Jacob Klein, a younger brother, married Susanna, a daughter of Peter Gross, of Whitehall township, and settled upon this farm about the year 1806. He lived upon it all his days, and died there. His sons were Jonathan, Charles, Joseph, Samuel, David, and Solomon. Jonathan and Samuel settled near Laury's Station, where they died. Charles settled in Weissenberg, on the homestead of his grandfather. Joseph settled in the upper part of the township, and rebuilt the old Fenstermacher mill in 1848. He lived at the place seventeen years, and then moved to Allentown, where he now resides. David settled on the homestead, and remained there ten years, and moved to North Whitehall, where he now lives.
7	Kerry Kline correspondence 1992-1993; deceased, descendant of Johan Jacob Kline and wife Susanna Weeter. Kerry submitted the Kline biographical source from "History of Allegheny Valley", along with margin correctional notes; see Source Notes below. from her correspondence with John Whitehouse, descendant of Philip Wendel Klein, this lineage: Philip Wendel Klein > Peter Klein b. 1741 m. Margaret Stettler > Joh. Jacob Klein b. 1781, m. Susanna Gross > David Klein b. 1808, m. Mary Reighart > David Klein m. Sarah Smith > L. Curten Klein m. Alice Curll > Reba Klein m. Alfred Whitehouse > John Whitehouse.
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Winnifred May Kline.	N/A
9	Baptismal Records of Williams Twp. Congregation, Northampton Co.,PA, as posted on Rootsweb by Martha Cross Sargent Sept 2006, at: http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?617,465446 Aaron Klein, son of David and Maria Klein, was born Jan. 27, 1831, and baptized April 17, 1831. Sponsors were Jacob Reichert and Maria Klein. Williams township, still in Northampton Twp., is in the triangle formed where the Lehigh River flows into the Delaware. It lies south of the city of Easton, PA, and northeast of Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co. (Upper Saucon lies across the border in Lehigh Co.)
10	M. S. Kline biography, from the Elk County Genealogy Project of pa-roots.com, for Ridgeway Twp. & the borough of Ridgeway. (Madison S. Kline was a son of Aaron Kline, & grandson of David Kline.) M. S. Kline was born 1853 in Clarion Co. PA, to Aaron & Elizabeth Wiant Kline. Aaron was a native of Northampton Co. PA, but resided in Clarion Co. Elizabeth Wiant's parents were natives of Bucks Co. PA; Elizabeth died 4 Jan 18990 aged 55 yrs. M. S. Kline was a lawyer, also a clerk & cashier with the Elk County Bank. he married on 2 Sept 1880 to Carrie V. Luther, daughter of D. S. Luther. They had 4 children, 2 of whom survived: Frederick Luther Kline and Hugh Earl Kline. See http://www.pa-roots.com/~elk/history/chapter17.html	pa-roots.com Copyright Statement
11	John Whitehouse correspondence Aug 2008 - ongoing. See Contributors page. In an interview by phone on 12 Aug 2008, John Whitehouse confirmed that the David Kline of Clarion County PA is a descendant of Philip Wendel Klein, and these are his direct line ancestors. His mother, grandfather and great-aunt contributed family papers and knowledge to his research. David Kline, son of David Klein b. 1808, was the great-grandfather of John Whitehouse.

Source notes

• Margin notes accompanying our photocopy of pg. 634,Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania, presumably written by correspondent Kerry Kline (now deceased), indicate that the omitted name of the first subject, the father of Aaron Kline, should be David Kline, b. 1808, d. 14 Sept. 1833; furthermore that he was not a "native of Clarion Co.", but died in Northampton Co., Sacon Twp. He was a son of John Jacob Klein b. 1781, a grandson of Peter Klein b. 27 April 1741, and a great-grandson of Philip Wendel Klein.
  Our research confirms that David Kline does not appear in the census records of Clarion County. The three children however appear together in that county in 1850 where they live with their mother and step-father, John and Mary Staupher. The wording in History of the Allegheny Valley regarding a "finely improved farm in Porter township", attributed to the father, must therefore have been the farm of either his son Aaron, (who is said to have purchased the farm of his wife's parents, Jacob and Hannah Wiant, residents of Porter twp.), or to David Kline's widow Mary's 2nd husband, "a Mr. Stauffer of Porter township".
• In the Klein biographical notes in " Histories of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon", it is stated that David, son of John Jacob Klein, resided in Whitehall Twp. (Lehigh County) at time of writing (1884?). This conflicts with the death date of 1833. If David Klein, son of John Jacob Klein, was alive in 1884, he is not the father of Aaron Kline of Porter Twp., Clarion Co. PA.
• Ancestry.com search for Stoupher/Stoffer/Stouffer families in Venango, Northampton, Lehigh, Berks and Bucks Counties in 1840 gave multiple families. Only the one listed as source #1 above came close to the right ages and children for the combined Stoupher and Kline families.

Research

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