"Johan Jacob Klein Family", research manuscript of Kerry Kline

Please note that the research notes and conclusions as they appear below are those of Kerry Kline, deceased, as they appear in her manuscript.

K1.6 JAMES MADISON KLINE - blacksmith; b. March 1839, Clarion Co., d. March 1912 in Hanging Rock, Elizabeth Twp., Lawrence Co., OH. (Married) m1. LUCINDA RUPERT of Foxburg, PA in 1859. She divorced him after he left her in 1866. No children to her. m.2 28 Nov 1866 to JEMIMA NULL - b. 1848, OH; presumed to be the daughter of Andrew and Julia Null; had 2 daughters to Jemima listed below; d. 18 Jan 1897; m.3 9 March 1897 to ELIZA HUNLEY (according to one sworn statement in James' pension file, she was "colored"). James might have had an illegitimate daughter to her before he married her, while married to wife #2. Served in the Civil War. Co. H, 103rd Penn. Infantry, served from 20 Feb. 1862 to 17 June 1862, discharged early due to temporary blindness; filed invalid pension 9 June 1887, application #C12469, certificate #440936. Eliza applied for a widow's pension on 12 June 1912, application #988230, certificate #844749.

K1.6.1 MARY KLINE - b. ca. 1868, OH
K1.6.2 LENORA KLINE - ca. 1872, OH.
K1.6.3 DORA KLINE - b. Jan 1896, OH; Eliza's daughter. She could be the illegitimate daughter of James.

Company H, 103 Regiment, P.V. Information from A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, pp. 257-261.
"Kline, James, private, February 22, 1862, three years; date unknown".

Company H was recruited principally in the western part of Clarion County, by Captain James F. Mackey. It was mustered into the United States service at Kittanning, PA, 22 February 1862. Bearing an active and honorable part in the various engagements in which the regiment participated, Company H suffered various losses.

The following information was extracted from his pension record, a despoition dated 8 February 1889 at Vesuvins, Lawrence Co., Ohio.
James Madison Kline served as a private in Company H, 103 PA Voluntary Infantry from Feb. 1862 to 20 June 1862. He was discharged from the Army on 20 June 1862 from Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D.C. on Surgeons Certificate of Disability on account of Amaurosis or disease of the eyes. He had contracted his disease of the eyes before Yorktown, VA, either the last of April or first of May 1862 under the following circumstances. His company had been building a temporary hospital and he was very hot. He laid down and took a drink of water from a spring. The water was very cold, which chilled his stomach and affected his eyes. He could feel the effect in his eyes within five minutes after drinking the water. The next day James was taken by ambulance to Yorktown and that night was then taken to the Mount Pleasant Hospital in Washington, D. C. James remained there until he was discharged in June 1862. After his discharge James returned to Church, Clarion Co., where he remained until the middle or latter part of April 1863. In April 1863 he moved to Vesuvins, Lawrence Co., Ohio and lived there until he died in 1912.