COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES KArcbner, and has the following children, I.loyd, Boyd, Elm er, Alveretta and R ile y; Lloyd Paxton Kline married 'ITteressa Kester, w ho died having no children, and he later m ar ried AK'crctta Kester, by whom he had the follow ing children, Oram, IHoyd and Ivan (they are now living at Woodbury, N . J . ) . In politK's Phillip Kline w as a Republican, but he never aspired to public preferment, devot in g himself to his private affairs rather than those o f his community, although he at all tim es took a creditable interest in those move ments which tended towards the betterment of existing conditions or the general moral up lift. William V. Kline, one of the children of Phillip Kline, was also ar farm er by occupa tion. l i e spent some o f his active years near Buck Horn, in Hemlock township, Columbia county, where he owned a farm o f one hundred acres on which he carried on gen eral farming. B y experimenting he found that fruit growing w.as profitable, and devoted con siderable attention thereto, becoming enthusi astic upon apple and peach culture. H is death occurred, after a long and useful life, Ju n e 14. 10 10 . H is w'ife, Phœbe £ . Donohoy, w as born M arch 9 ,18 3 9 . and lived prior to her ntarriage in Madison township, Columbia C o., Pa. When two weeks old she w as adopted by the fam ily o f John Reichard. The name is sometimes spelled Donohue. T w o of her brothers were among the first engineers on the Delaw are, Lackawanna & Western railroad during the early sixties, and ran between Northumberland and Scranton, through Col umbia county, on the Bloomsburg division. T he children o f Mr. and M rs. William W. Kline were as follow s: 1-ydia C, bom Sept. • 3 . 1863. married Charles V. Nuss, and they have the following children. Raymond. H ow ard, Floyd, E arl, Charles. Glenn and H azel; id i ., born Ju ly 12, 1863, married W illits B. Kester, and has two children, Veda and Z o e : N ora B . was born Dec. 26, 18 7 3; R iley L . is mentioned below. In ]K>litical faith W illiam W . Kline was a Republican, but like his father he never aspired to public honors. T he Methodist Episcopal Church held his membership and received his faithful support. Kiley I.. Kline w as cducatc<l at the Cnristian schoolhouse in Madison township until the family moved to Hemlock township, when he attended the Leidy school. With the removal of the Klines lo the vicinity o f Buck Horn he W.IS given the advantages o f attendance at Buck fforn high school, and w as graduated therefrom, On ,pril 1. 1880. he moved to
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Berw ick, and I x ^ n working for the Jackson & Woodin M anufacturing Company in the wood car shop, under Abram Cortright, fore man, and Charles H . Zehnder, general superin tendent. A fte r four years at Berwick M r. K line’s parents ntuved back to the farm, but he continued in Berwick for a year. H e then joined them on the family farm, and taking a teacher's preparatory course at the Blooms burg N ornu l School fitted himself fo r teach ing, and in 1886 taught the M cM ahan’s school, near Shaffer's bridge, just outside Bloomsburg, for one term. Going back to Berwick, he re entered the employ o f his old company as cellar clerk in thcir general store and was rapidly promoted, owing to his efficiency and faithfulness, becoming head of the hardware department, and also head o f other depart ments. With the formation of the Berwick Store Company he w as put at the head of the credit department, which responsible office he still retains, having held it since 1898. F o r twelve years he has been one of the directors o f this company. R ilcv L. K line was married Sept. 8, 1887, to A lk c Walton, who w as bom in Salem town ship, Luzerne Co., Fa., a daughter o f M orris and Caroline Walton. M r. and M rs. Kline have had the following fam ily: H arry R ., bom une 14, 1888, at Berw ick, w as n urried on eb. 28, 19 12, to M argaret Brobst, and they have a daughter, R u th; Beulah G . w as bora Oct. 3, 1890, at B erw ick; Ruth G. was bora June 2 1, 1893, at B erw ick; Russell W ., born D e c 25, 1 ^, died Oct. 2, 1 9 1 1, and was buried in Fine Grove cemetery. Politically Mr. Kline has usually voted with the Prohibi tion party in national and State affairs, but is an independent voter when he knows the char acter of the candidate. H e is conscientious in his conviction that the licensed liquor traffic is the great problem before the people to-day. and that many other troublesome questions o f State will begin to adjust themselves when once this “ offspring o f hell” is wiped off the .merican map. So no candidate, cither national or municipal, need hope to receive his vote or siip(Mrt unless he stands against the ofKn saloon. M r. Kline has not confined him self to this pha.sc o f good work only, for he has given his services to the Young Men’s Chris tian .'s.sociation both as a member and an officer, having been a director of the organiza tion a l Berwick for twenty-six ye ars; this branch was but two years old when he associatc<l him-sclf with it. T he Ifower Memorial Church, o f Berwick, has received both material and spiritual aid from M r. K line which has
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