Person:Henry Kline (10)

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Kline, Henry H.
April 04, 2002 09:10PM

Source: Biographical Annals of Lancaster Co., Pa., 1903 published by J. H. Beers & Co., page 1232.

HENRY H. KLINE. One of the representative citizens of West Hempfield township, Lancaster county, industrious, enterprising and prosperous, is, Henry H. Kline, now engaged in general farming and Dairying at Klinesville. He is a native of East Hempfield township, where he was born Oct. 18, 1838 (*1), the son of John and Catherine (Hougendobler) Kline, and the grandson of Jacob and Elizabeth (Docksie) Kline, of East Hempfield township, and of Joseph and Mary (Heastand) Hougendobler, of West Hempfield township. Both grandfathers were farmers of German extraction.
John Kline, the father of Henry H., was in early life a stone mason but later followed farming. He was a member of the New Mennonite Church. He died Jan. 2, 1876, aged sixty-nine years. His wife died Aug. 4, 1868, aged fifty-five years. They were buried in Klinesville cemetery. Eight children were born to John and Catherine Kline, as follows: Mary, of Columbia, Pa., widow of Jacob Metzgar; John, deceased; David, retired in Klinesville; Ephraim, a farmer ot Klinesville; Anna, wife of John Seifried, a farmer of Lancaster; Jacob deceased, Henry H.; Samuel, a painter of Marietta.

Henry R. Kline (*2) was reared on the home farm, where he remained until he was eighteen. He then began life for himself at farm work among the neighboring agriculturists and in 1879 he purchased from his father's estate the well-tilled farm where he now resides and which he has since operated. He married Oct. 24, 1871, in West Hempfield township, Miss Hester A. Sourbeer, who was born in Columbia, Sept. 16, 1849, the daughter of Joshua and Charlotte (Hougendobler) Sourbeer, prominent residents of West Hempfield township. To Henry and Hester (Sourbeer) Kline have, been born five children, namely - Joshua S., who married Anna M. Wagner and lives at Columbia; Charlotte S., at home; Joseph C., a silk weaver at Marietta; Edmond, who, died at the age of two years; and Charles B., at home. Politically Henry H. Kline supports the principles of the Republican party. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church. In the social life of West Hempfield township they are highly esteemed for their many estimable qualities, with which are united that shrewd judgment of men and affairs, and that staunch unswerving integrity which command admiration and insure a deserved and abundant prosperity.
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Probable typographical errors:

• 1. Henry Kline is listed as being born in 1838. This is probably incorrect. David Kline was born in 1838. Henry Kline was probably born in 1848.
  
  

• 2. Henry's middle initial changes from "H." to "R.". I'm going with H. until I find R. to be correct.
  
  

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