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.

Ed. Margin notes, possibly from Kerry Kline, indicate that the name of the first subject was David Kline, b. 1808, d. 14 Sept. 1833, that he was not a "native of Clarion Co.", as he 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.