Reuben Fulton Kline

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Reuben Fulton Kline is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Nephew of Henry Kline; son of Reuben Kline Grandson of John Klein and Anna Fenstermacher

Reuben Fulton Kline grew up on the Reuben Kline farm, located just south of Rt. 322 in Ashland Twp. Clarion Co. PA but just east of the Venango Co. border.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	calc. 1867	Clarion Co. PA
Marriage			(1)to Flora May Dobson (2)Jennie Unknown
Death
Burial

Direct ancestry segment

  Generation 4             Generation 5        Generation 6         
 
                                   
                                     
                                           +-- John Klein  
                                           |   (1801-<1877)      
                        +-- Reuben Kline --+                     
                        |   (1827-1875)    |                         
                        |                  +-- Anna Fenstermacher
   Reuben Fulton Kline--+                      (1806-????)
   (~1867_????)         |
                        |
                        +-- Ann Elizabeth Heasley
                            (????-1879)
Sources: 

Children

Children with

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Kline

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Ashland Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Photo Gallery

Reuben Kline house, with unidentified family members or descendants

Reuben Kline farm, with unidentified family or descendants

Photos of Reuben Kline farm submitted by Janet Gritzner; date & photographer unknown.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1870 United States Federal Census, Ashland Twp., Clarion Co. PA, pg. 13, Ruben Kline age 41 M farmer, real estate value $3000, personal estate $1750; Anna A. Kline age 38, F, keeping house; Milton (B?) Kline age 18,M, going to school; George W. Kline age 16, M, works on farm; Harriet B Kline age 13,F; Margaret A. Kline age 9,F; Andrew C. Kline age 7,M; Ruben F. Kline age 3,M. All born PA. Milton, George, Harriet & Margaret in school. Date of census 6 July 1870
2	1880 United States Federal Census, Ashland Twp., Clarion Co. PA district 63 pg 12. Lines 41-47: Household of Reuben Kline, age 51, farmer; wife Harriett, age 41, keeping house; children: Andrew C., 17; Reuben F., 13; Susan L., 8. Stepsons: George N. Say, 20; Leslie L. Say, 17. All and all parents born PA. All children attended school in census year. In census record, Reuben is listed between his nephew Hudson Kline and Reuben's son John M. Kline. Reuben's brother Jacob Kline is on the following page as well as the family of Joseph Weaver. Harriett, Reuben's second wife, was a Weaver.
3	1900 United States Federal Census, Oil City, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 153, ancestry pg. 41. Date of census 1 June 1900. Lines 7-11: R. Klein, head, born May 1867, age 33, married 11 yrs, 4 children born, 3 living. He & parents b. PA. Occupation: grocery merchant. Rents house. Flora M., wife, b. Feb 1872 in PA, father b. Ohio, mother b. NY. Clair F., dau. b. Nov 1890, age 9. Floyd B., son b. May 1893, age 7. Clair & Floyd in school. Irene F., dau. b. Oct 1895, age 4. All children born PA.
4	1910 United States Federal Census, Oil City, Venango Co. PA, Enum. district 131, ancestry pg 4. Date of Census 15 April 1910. Moran Street. Lines 52-58 (near page top): R. Fulton Klein, head, age 42, married 20 yrs, he & parents b. PA, occupation motorman-streetcar, owns house with mortgage. Flora M., wife, age 38, married 20 yrs., 5 children born, 4 living, born PA, mother b. NY, father b. OH. Clare F., son 19, single, baker in bakery. Floyd B., son, 17, single, messenger-Penna RR. Irene, dau. 14; Fred, son 2. Dobbson, Sarah, mother-in-law, 61, 3 children born, 3 living, born NY, parents b. Germany.
7	1887 History of Clarion County PA by Davis, p. xxx. "Kline, Reuben, Kossuth p.o., Ashland, a merchant and farmer of Kossuth, PA., was born in Lehigh county, Pa., on December 7, 1828, and was a son of John and Anna (Fanstermacher) Kline, who settled in Clarion county, Pa., in 1837, and in Ashland, Pa., in 1847, and cleared and improved the farm which is now owned and occupied by the late Henry Kline. They had a family of eleven children - Henry, Reuben, Jacob, Maria, Catherine, Eliza, Susan, James, Elizabeth, Sarah and William. Reuben Kline settled in Ashland, Pa., in 1847, and was married twice. His first wife was Ann E., a daughter of John and Mary (McCleef) Measley, of Ashland, Pa. They had a family of seven children - John M., George W., Harriet L., Maggie A., Andrew C., Reuben F. and Susan L. His second wife was Harriet, a daughter of John and Mary (Kribbs) Weaver, of Ashland, Pa. They have had a family of children. Mr. Kline has served as constable of Ashland, Pa. for seven years, was justice of the peace for five years, and has been engaged in the mercantile business for ten years."
16	Obituary Reuben Kline, from Venango Daily Herald (Oil City) 7 June 1911 pg. 6, c. 1, abstracted in Obituary card file, Venango Co. Library; 2007 by EWW. "Kline, Reuben, aged 43, dropped dead this morn. In Warren, AK. Survived by wife & children: Clair, Floyd, Fred & Irene. Brother A.C. Kline, Sisters: Mrs. Henry Pierce, Mrs. Lettie Exley. (Note: This obituary refers to Reuben Fulton Kline)
8	Family Research of Ella Beals Wilson, lists children of Reuben Kline as John M.; George W; Harriet L.; Maggie A.; Andrew C.; Reuben F.; and Susan L. Kline. She also lists names they went by as Milton, George, Letta, Maggie, Curtin, and Fulton.
12	Descendants of Martin Klein, research manuscript by Cammy Whitehill Shreffler, 2006.
13	Fran Hazen Bean, correspondence 1990-2007, re. descendants of Reuben Kline & Anna Elizabeth Heasley

Research

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