Charles Kline

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Charles Klein is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Nephew of John Klein, and son of Johan Jacob Kline Grandson of Johan Jacob Klein and Elizabetha Vogele

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	7 Aug 1836/35	Reading, Berks Co. PA
Occupation			Farmer
Military	Sept. 1861-3 May 1865	See Records of Company L	Sergeant,Civil War, Co. L, 108 Reg., Penn Vol 11th Cavalry . Pension # 694707
Marriage	25 July 1865	Fryburg, Clarion Co. PA	To Hannah Marie Boyd, b. 2 Mar 1847, Clarion Co. PA; d. 11 Sept 1916, in Goshen,Graham Co. KS. Parents: Wm. Boyd & Mary McNaughton
Death	2 Oct 1918	Goshen, Graham Co., KS
Burial		South Cem., Lenora KS

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 5    Generation 6           Generation 7           
  
                                               
                                           +-- Johan Jacob Klein  
                                           |   (1766-1832/33)         
                   +-- Johan Jacob Kline --+                          
                  |    (1796-1861)         |                              
                  |                        +-- Elizabetha Vogele
   Charles Kline--+                            (1775-1810)
   (1836-1928)    |
                  |
                  +-- Susannah Weeter
                      (1808-1861)
 Sources: 

Children

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary Emma Kline	F	15 Apr 1866	Clarion Co. Pa	John Shaw Dawson	See Source Notes
William Grant Kline	M	13 Mar 1868	MO
James Washington Kline	M	30 June 1870	MO
Samuel Winfield Kline	M	7 Oct 1872	MO
Henry Franklin Kline	M	31 Jan 1875	MO
Sarah Elizabeth Kline	F	17 May 1877	MO
Celina Belle Kline	F	2 Nov 1882	KS
Elena Ruth Kline	F	2 Jan 1887	KS

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Reading, Berks Co, PA.	b. 1836-
Beaver Twp., Clarion Co, PA.	by 1844 -  ?
MO	by 1868-1877
Goshen, Graham Co., KS	d. 1918

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census, Beaver Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 9. Census is not dated. Family headed by Jacob Kline: 2 males <5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 40-50; 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40. The males <5 correspond to Charles and James; the males 5-10 to David and Franklin; the male 10-15 to Henry. The female child is the wrong age for the reported date of birth for Sarah who should be 6. (This could be a mismarking or misunderstanding). The adults are the right ages for Jacob and Susanna.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, PA Clarion Co., Beaver Twp., pg. 539-270, ln. 6-17. Date of census: 25 Sept. 1850. Jacob Kline, 46, Blacksmith; Susannah, 40, can't read/write; Harriet, F, 20; Franklin, 19; David, 16; Sarah, 15; Charles, 12; James, 11; Susannah, 9; Jackson, 6; Washington, 2; Wesly, 2 mos. All born PA.
8	"Johan Jacob Klein Family", research manuscript by Kerry Kline, Shippenville, PA, received 1992. Copy available at Clarion Public Library, Clarion PA. (Kerry Kline, deceased, descendant of Jacob Klein, worked as research librarian with the Clarion County Historical Society.) Details of the descendants of Jacob Klein and Susanna Weeter; notes dates, locations, occupations and spouses of children & grandchildren. Military records of sons Charles Kline and James Madison Kline, veterans of Civil War "Charles Kline, sergeant, Sept. 13, 1861, three years; discharged by general order May 31, 1865."	"Johan Jacob Klein Family", research manuscript of Kerry Kline
9	"Descendants of Johan Jacob Klein" research manuscript by descendant Kelly Fulcher, correspondant 2008-ongoing. Sources include various histories and documents, as well as family interviews.
10	Obituary of James S.(sic) Kline, ancestry.com, publication source & date not included. Extract: resided in Sedgwick, on Hanging Rock Pike, Lawrence county; died after illness of 4-5 yrs culminating in stroke/paralysis. Age 73; member Central Christian Church. Born in PA; moved to Lawrence Co. OH at age 23 where he remained till death. Resided in Sedgwick last 6 years. Survivors: wife Eliza Kline; 3 daughters Mrs Neva Daniels & Mrs Mary Ferguson of Ironton, Miss Dora Kline at home; brothers Chas. of Kansas City, George of Tennessee, Jack, Reuben & Wesley of Pennsylvania. (This is the obituary of James Madison Kline, b. 1839, brother of Charles Kline) See http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/37028705/person/19026350176

Source notes

• Per Kerry Kline: Mary Emma Kline (Dawson) had son Hubert Alonzo Dawson. He m. Bertha Leona Howard, had 9 children including Margaret Dawson (Smith) and Lois A. Dawson (Meixsel).

Conjecture

• Obituary in News Herald (Franklin PA) 10 Mar 1934 pg 5 col. 3; from obituary extracts card file at Venango Co. Library, retrieved June 2007 by EWW.
  "Kline, 3 day old infant son of M/M Samuel Kline."
  Relationship not established.