Latest revision as of 06:36, 4 March 2021

Sarah Jane Kline was the 10th child of John & Annie Kline. In about 1866, at age 18 or 19, she married Joseph Mong who was about 6 years her senior. Four years later they had 3 toddlers of their own, were raising a 4 yr. old nephew of Joseph's, and had a single parent Catherine Huddleston and her two toddlers living with them. Over the next 30 years Sarah had 11 more children, six of whom died before 1900. Sarah's husband and a seventh child died by 1910. Sarah and Joe Mong owned a farm without mortgage by 1900, but in 1910 she was renting her home. The farm may have gone to one of the children.

[edit] Direct ancestry segment

 Generation 5           Generation 6          Generation 7
 
                                     
                                     
                  +-- John Klein  
                  |   (1801-<1877)      
 +--Sarah Kline---+                     
 |  (1848-1917)   |                         
 |                +-- Anna Fenstermacher
 |                    (1806-????)
 |
 |                   
 |                    
 +--Joseph Mong 
    (1840-1906)                  
Sources: [7][10] 

[edit] Children

( children with Joseph Mong)

• 1900 & 1910 census report 14 children born, 7 surviving in 1910. This number (14) may include nephew Allison W. Mong, as only 13 are accounted for below.

( nephew of Joseph Mong, raised as his son from at least age 4.)

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Lyman W. Mong, wife Ida, children Lee, Irene & infant Walter

Gravestone Sarah Jane Kline Mong, at Redbrush Mt Zion Cemetery, Tionesta Twp., Forest Co. PA

Gravestone of Joseph Mong, Redbrush Mt Zion Cemetery

Gravestone of James W Mong & Mary Liebrum Mong,at Shippenville's Mt. Zion

Gravestone of George W. Mong, Redbrush Mt Zion Cemetery

Gravestone Melvina J. Mong, Redbrush Mt. Zion Cemetery

Gravestone of Matilda M. Mong, Redbrush Mt Zion Cemetery

Gravestone of Allison W Mong, Redbrush Mt Zion Cemetery

[edit] Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census PA Clarion Co. Elk Twp., pg 471-236. Date of census 7 Sept. 1850. John Kline age 48, Farmer, $325 value real estate; wife Anna age 44, can't read or write; children: Henry age 23, Farmer; Jacob age 19, Farmer; Maria age 18; Catherine age 12; Eliza age 10; Susanna age 8; James age 6; Elizabeth age 4; Sarah age 2. All born PA
2	1860 United States Federal Census, PA Clarion Co. Ashalnd Twp. pg.5, ln 11-22. Date of Census 5 July 1860. John Kline, 59 M Farmer, real estate value $1000, personal estate value $200; Ann Kline, 53F; Henry 33M; Rebecca 31F; Jacob 29M; Maria 27F; Catherine 25F; Susanna 23 F; James 18M; Elizabeth 14F; Sarah 12 F; William 10 M. All born in PA.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Tionesta Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 7. Census dated 17 June 1870. Lines 15-22: Joseph Mong, 28, farmer, $400 personal property; Sarah Jane, 22, keeping house; James W., 3, (M); Mary M., 1, (F); Margaret E., 2 months, (F); Alison W. Mong, 4, (M), b. Illinois; Sarah C. Mealy, 15, (F), housekeeping, $100 personal property, father of foriegn birth, married in December, attended school; Catherine Huddleson, 28, housekeeping, father of foriegn birth; James L. Huddleson, 4, (M); John C. Huddleson, 1, (M). All and parents b. PA except as noted. The relationship of the Huddlesons and Sarah Mealy is unexplained. the listing of Alison W. Mong age 4, after the rest of the family with surname repeated, indicates she is some relationship other than a child of Joseph & Sarah Jane Mong.
4	1880 United States Federal Census, District 101, Tionesta Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 10. census dated 8 June 1880. Lines 8-17: Joseph Mong, 39, farmer; Sarah J., 33, wife, keeping house; James W., 13, son, works on farm; Mary M., 11, dau., at home; Susan E., 10, dau.; George W., 8, son; Melonie, 7, dau; Matilda, 5, dau.; Daniel R., 2, son; Allison W., 14, nephew. All and all parents b. PA. All children except Matilda and Daniel attended school.	* The surname is indexed as Mawg in Ancestry.com
5	1900 United States Federal Census, district 52, Tionesta Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 2 and 3. Census dated 2 June 1900. Lines 97-100 (page 2) and 1-2 (page 3): Joseph Mong, 59, head, b. Dec 1841, m. 34 years, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Sarah J., 52, wife, b. May 1848, m. 34 years, 14 children born, 8 living; Lyman W., 16, son, b. July 1883, farm labor; Belle L., 14, dau., b. June 1885, at school; Florence M., 11, dau., b. Dec 1888, at school; Preston C., 4, son, b. Sept 1895. All but Preston read write and speak English. All and all parents b. PA.
6	1910 United States Federal Census, District 61, Tionesta Twp, Forest Co, Pa, page 7. Census dated 21 Apr 1910. Lines 18-20: Sarah Mong, 61, head, widow, 14 children born, 7 living., rents home; Florence, 21, dau., single; Preston, 15, son, single. All b. PA (and parents). All can read, write and speak English. Family of Lyman Mong is previous entry.
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 if 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." p.? - Abraham Richards is listed as one of the Clarion town incorporators, in 1841, and a member of the town council at that time.
8	Descendants of Martin Klein, research manuscript by Cammy Whitehill Shreffler, plus ongoing correspondence and assistance in locating Kline family cemeteries, gravestones, and records.
9	Gravestone transcriptions, Redbrush Mt. Zion Cemetery, Tionesta Twp., Forest Co. PA. Transcribed by Elizabeth Wilson Williams in June 2008, accompanied by Cammy Whitehill Shreffler who located the cemetery & Mong graves. Sarah J. Wife of Jos. Mong, 1848-1917 Joseph Mong, Co. G. 155 P.V.I., 1840- 1906 George W. Mong 1871-1922 Melvina J. 1873-1884 Matilda M. 1875-1884 Richard F. 1877-1884 Rollon C. 1880-1884 Logan J. 1887-1893 Verna 1882 - 1882 Mong, Allison W. 1865-1939; Ida Mae 1868-1913 All these appeared by their placement to be Mong stones. It is unclear which belong to the family of Joseph and Sarah Kline Mong.
10	Research Manuscript of Ella May Beals (Wilson) researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of her siblings Robert Beals and Bertha Beals (Chambers), and of her aunt Mary P. Kline (Fillgrove).
11	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams,descendant of John Abram Kline, granddaughter of Winnifred May Kline.
12	1890 Veteran Schedule, Tionesta Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 1. Line 12: Joseph Mong, Private, Company G, 155 th PA Regiment, Inducted 2 Aug 1862, discharged 25 June 1865, served 2 years 10 months 23 days.
13	Gravestone transcriptions, Shippenville Mt. Zion Cemetery, Elk Twp., Clarion Co. PA. Transcribed June 2009 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. MONG James W. 1867-1932; Mary 1874-1943

[edit] Source Notes

• Third child listed as Margaret E. Mong in 1870 census, age 2 mos., is not listed in 1880 census, but Susan E. Mong appears, age 10. This may be the same child, with name listed erroneously in one of the census. If they are two individuals, Susan would have been born by December 1870, a bare 8 1/2 months after Margaret's birth, and Margaret would have died before the 1880 census. If they were twins, both should have appeared in the 1870 census.
• By 1870 the Mong household included 4 yr old Allison Mong, as well as 28 year old Catherine Huddleston and her 2 small children. We speculate that young Allison Mong and the two Huddleston children may have lost their fathers in the Civil War; that Catherine Huddleston may have been Joseph Mong's sister.
• Allison is clearly listed in the 1880 census as a nephew in the Joseph Mong household. Allison's birthplace is listed as Illinois in 1870,1910,1920,1930 (but as PA in 1880 & 1900). Shreffler reports that one ancestry tree lists his birthplace as Peru (Peru, IL?). Additional Shreffler sources indicate Allison Wade Mong to be a son of David & Lilly Mong, married Ida Mae Mealy. Possibly, but "our Joseph Mong who m. Sarah Kline did have a brother David; however 1900 census list David & wife as having 3 children, all living; the 1880 census lists those three children, and none are Allison."
• The 7 children who were deceased by 1910 include Margaret E., Susan E., Melvina, Matilda, Daniel, possibly Mary or Lizzie, or possibly a 14th child name unknown (if nephew Allison was not counted as the 14th).

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