Biography of G. B. Kline, Randolph Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Bridgette Cohen <bcohen@conwaycorp.net>
        Date:  1998
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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas
Copyrighted and Published 1889 by Goodspeed Publishing Company

G. B. Kline. As far back as can be traced the ancestors of Mr. Kline
have been native Germans, and in Bavaria, Germany, our subject was
born in 1834. His parents. G. B. (Sr.) and Louisa (Wayner) Kline, were
well-to-do land holders in their native land, and there lived and
died. The grandfather was also a Bavarian, and the family is one of
the oldest and wealthiest there. They are Lutherans in religious
faith. G. B. Kline was educated in Germany, and when about eighteen
years of age he emigrated to the United States, landing first in the
city of New York. He went from there to Virginia, where he had an
uncle living, and made his home with him for several years, working at
his trade, that of a shoemaker. but afterward worked as a section hand
on the railroad. After some time he went to the "Buckeye State,"
working at his trade two years, then lived successively in Virginia
and Illinois. While in the latter State he heard the speeches of
Lincoln and Douglass, who were then opposing candidates for the United
States Senate, their speeches being delivered in the city of
Bloomington. He was in Washington, Ohio, when Buchanan ran for the
presidency. After leaving Illinois he went to Memphis, Tenn., and
followed his trade for several months in that city, then came directly
to Pocahontas from that place. Here he has since made his home. During
the Civil War he espoused the Southern cause, and was in active
service for eight or ten months. He was taken prisoner at Yellville,
but was afterward paroled. After the close of the war he embarked in
the shoemaking business [p.407] on quite an extensive scale, and for
some time employed several journeymen. In addition to this work he
kept a saloon for some years, and his house was always orderly. He is
now the owner of some valuable town property, and has 200 acres of
good land three miles from Pocahontas. He is a Democrat in his
political views, and is a Master Mason, a member of the I. O. O. F.
and the K. of H. He has been married three times, his first wife being
Miss Angeline Lillard, who died soon after the birth of her first
child. George. His second wife, nee Ann Hubble, also bore him one
child, Laura C., and died after about six years of married life. His
present wife was a Miss Wilmoth B. Galner, and they have one child.
Frederick.