Reuben Franklin Kline

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Reuben Franklin Klein is not in my direct ancestry. He is 3 steps removed in the following ways: Great-nephew of John Klein & grandson of Johan Jacob Kline (1796) Great-grandson of Johan Jacob Klein(1776) and Elizabetha Vogele

Johan Jacob Kline(1796) of Lehigh County PA migrated west to Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA. There his son Franklin Kline was born, and in 1872 a grandson Reuben Franklin Kline.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1872	Beaver Twp, Clarion, PA
Marriage	1903		To Amanda C. Best (????-before 1955
Death
Burial	28 Sept 1959	Mt Joy Cemetery

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 4               Generation 5            Generation 6           Generation 7           
                                                              
                                                                         +-- Johan Jacob Klein 
                                                                         |   (1766-1832/33)         
                                                 +-- Johan Jacob Kline --+                          
                                                 |   (1796-1861)         |                              
                                                 |                       +-- Elizabetha Vogele  
                           +--- Franklin Kline --+                           (1775-1810)
                           |    (1831-1905)      |
                           |                     |
 +--Reuben Franklin Kline -+                     +-- Susanna Weeter
 |   (1872-1959)           |
 |                         |
 +                         +-- Lavinia Wentling or Priscilla Matilda Best
 |
 |
 +--Amanda C. Best
 Sources: 

Children

5 children with Amanda C. Best

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Freeman Frederick Kline	M	16 March,1906	near Knox , Clarion Co, PA	Mable Kapp, married 15 Nov. 1952 4 children: Mrs. Audine Wingart, Shippenvill, Arnold, James, Donna.	d. 21 Apr 1955, age 49
infant Kline	F	1918	Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA		died 1918
Rellie Kline	M		Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA		died aft. 1959; resided Huey
Edna Kline			Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA	Unkn. Olson	died aft. 1959; resided Emlenton
Alverda Kline			Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA	Unkn. Douthett	died aft. 1959; resided Rimersburg

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Beaver Twp.,Clarion Co, PA.	1831 - 1905

Photo Gallery

Reuben Franklin Kline & wife Amanda C. Best

Gravestones at Mt Joy

Mt Joy Cemetery is located in Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA; located for us by Nancy Beals Walls.

Gravestone of Reuben Franklin Kline, Mt Joy Cemetery

Gravestone of Amanda C. Best Kline, Mt Joy Cemetery

Gravestone, infant Kline, plot of Reuben F. & Amanda Kline

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1880 United States Federal Census, District 64, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 66. Census dated 13 June 1880. Lines 34-43 (page 33 and 1-3 (page 34): Franklin Kline, 49, farmer; Priscilla, wife, 40, keeping house; Charles, son, 16, farm labor; William, son, 15, at home; Sarah, dau., 14, at home; Emily, dau., 13, at home; Ida, dau., 11, at home; Elsie, twin dau., 8, at school; Reuben, twin son, 8, at school; James, son, 7, at home. All and all parents b. PA. All children except James attended school.
2	1900 United States Federal Census, District , Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 3. Census dated 4-5 June 1900. Lines 33-37: Franklin Kline, head, 70, b. May 1830, married 50 years, farmer; Priscilla, wife, 60, b. Mar 1840, married 50 years, 9 children born, 9 living; William A., son, 40, b. Feb, 1860; day labor; Reuben, son, 28, b. Dec. 1871, day labor;James, son, 26, b. May, 1874, day labor. All and all parents b. PA. All can read, write and speak English.
3	1910 United States Federal Census PA, Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh. Enumeration District 438, Ancestry pg 13. Date of Census 23 Apr 1910. Lines 36-44: Family of Daniel J. Hilty, age 30, carpenter; wife Rebecca age 30; 5 children, a daughter-in-law, and boarder Frank Kline, age 38, single, occupation:none, he & parents born in PA.
4	World War I Draft Registration Cards, Reuben Frank Kline, registration date 12 Sept 1918. Turkey City, Clarion, Penn; age 45, born 24 Dec 1873; white, native born citizen; employed by B40 Railroad; nearest relative: wife, Amanda Kline; medium height and build, blue eyes, dark hair.
7	1940 United States Federal Census PA, Clarion, Beaver, E.D. 16-2. Date of Census 8 April 1940. Lines 10-12: Reuben F. Kline age 68, occupation masonwork in building industry, worked 12 weeks in 1939; looking for work. Amanda C. age 54, occupation "none". Birchfield, Jerald, grandson age 18, occupation messenger for telegraph company, worked 23 wks in 1939; looking for work. All 3 lived in same house since 1935. All born PA.
10	Gravestone transcription, Mt. Joy UCC Cemetery, Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA. Transcribed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. Ruben F. Kline 1871-1959 Amanda C. Kline 1886-1950 Infant Kline 1918 - 1918
11	Obituary of Reuben Frank Kline, The Derrick,(Oil City, Franklin, & Clarion PA), 29 Sept, 1959 pg. 14, posted on MyFamily.com-The Keystone Corner by P. J. Grewell. Mr. Ruben Frank Kline of Emlenton RD, died at 1:30 P.M., September 25, in his home of a heart condition. He was 87 years old. Mr. Kline was born in Knox, on December 24, 1871, the son of Frank and Matilda Best Kline. He spent his entire life in the Mt. Joy section. Mr. Kline was a coal miner and stone mason by trade. In 1903, He was married to Amanda Best, who is deceased; also one son Freeman, preceded him in death. Surviving are one son and two daughters: Rellie Kline, Huey; Mrs. Edna Olson, Emlenton, and Alverda Douthett, Rimersburg; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Mr. Kline was a member of the Knox Lutheran Church. Funeral services were held in the Guy M. Hawk and Son Funeral Home, Sligo, at 2 p.m. Monday (yesterday), September 28, with the Rev. Merle U. Fox, officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Joy Cemetery.
12	Obituary of Freeman Frederick Kline The Derrick, Oil City PA, Friday, 22April 1955. Transcript from MyFamily.com/KeystoneCorner. Freeman F. Kline, 49, of Shippenville RD 1 died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday in Clarion Hospital following an illness of a few days. Mr. Kline was born near Knox March 16, 1906, a son of Ruben and Amanda Kline. He was employed by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Clarion for the past 12 years. He was married to Mable Kapp November 15, 1932. He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. Audene Wingard of Shippenville, and three children, Arnold, James and Donna, at home. Also surviving are his father, Ruben Kline, one brother, Rellie of Hughey(sic), and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Olson of Emlenton, and Mrs. Alverda Douthett of Rimersburg. Three grandchildren also survive. The body will be taken to the family home in Shippenville RD today.
13	Obituary of Alverda Kline Douthett, The Derrick, 16 Mar. 1921, pg. 16. Contributed by Nancy E. Beals Walls; transcribed by E.W.W. of this website. "Alverda Kline Douthett, 100, of Penn Highlands Jefferson Manor passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Alverda was born Jan 24, 1921. ...the daughter of Reubenand Anmanda Kline. Her siblings were Edna, Rellie, Freeman, and infant daughter Kline, all of whom are deceased. On July 3, 1938, Alverda married Roy Douthett. Roy passed away on Jan 1, 1993. Alverda was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Rimersburg...She is survived by one son, William (Bill) Douthett of Rimersburg, one grandson Matthew Douthert of Seneca, one granddaughter, Melissa Douthett Shugarts of Brockway, and great-grandsons Seth & Daniel Shugarts, Brockway... Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 16, at the Varner Funeral Home of Rimersburg, officiated by Rev. John Monger. (Obit. does not mention burial).
17	"Johan Jacob Klein Family" research manuscript by descendant Kerry A. Kline of Clarion PA, deceased late 1990's; descendant of Jacob Kline & Susanna Weeter. Personal correspondence 1992-1996.	"Johan Jacob Klein Family", research manuscript of Kerry Kline
18	Correspondence of Kelly Kline Fulcher (2008-ongoing), and her family tree at KeystoneCorner, Myfamily.com ; sources not given descendant of Jacob Kline & Susanna Weeter via their son Franklin Kline. Line of descent: Johan Jacob Klein & Elizabeth Vogele; their son: Johannes Jacob Kline (b. 6 Oct 1796, Macungie T., Lehigh Co. PA; d. 6 Apr 1861 Blair Corners, Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA) m. Susanna Weeter (b. 8 May 1808). Their son: Franklin "Frank" Kline (b. 7 May 1831 Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, d. 14 July 1905, Beaver T., Clarion Co.PA) m. Priscilla Matilda Best (dau. of John Henry Best & Catherine Sherry) (b. 24 Mar 1841 Beaver T. Clarion Co. PA, d. 2 Feb 1929, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co. PA); both buried St. Paul's Union Cemetery, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co.PA. Their son: "Charley" Kline (b. 30 Nov 1862, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co.PA , d. 5 Aug 1953, Sligo, Clarion Co. PA), m. Louella Mae Watson (b. 23 Mar 1863, d. 10 Mar 1949); both buried at Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Callensburg, Clarion Co.PA. Their son: Robert Stanley Kline (b. 3 Sept 1892 Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, d. 14 July 1969 Clarion Co.), m. Mabel Philista Dixon (b. 28 Dec 1895 Porter T. Clarion Co. PA, d. 20 Nov 1989 Clarion Co. PA.) Their son: Living Kline son > author Kelly Kline Note: Catherine Sherry, mother-in-law of Franklin Kline - Is Sherry surname possibly a} variant of Shirey, a common surname of Clarion County?	Origins of Surnames Sherry and Shirey

Source notes

• Sources 2 & 3: Note that Reuben Franklin Kline goes by "Reuben" in 1900 & before, but by "Frank" in 1910. He may have switched to the more modern "Frank" after this father Franklin "Frank" Kline died in 1905. The name "Reuben" first appears among our lines in 1829. See Reuben Kline, sons of Johannes Klein. Johannes came west along with brothers Philip Klein and Johan Jacob Klein- the ancestor of this particular line of Klines in Clarion Co. PA.
• regarding Freeman Frederick Kline's wife Mable Kapp, see Kapp connection to the John Henry Strotman & Mary Ann Kline

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