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PETER J.CLINE

    Peter J. Cline was born in Augusta, Georgia, September 28, 1845. He was the
son of Peter and Bridget Connell Cline, natives of Roscommon, Ireland. He first
went to school at Sharon, Georgia, and later to St. Vincent's College in
Pennsylvania, where he remained until the close of the Civil War. -In 1870, he
and Mr. Joe Quinn began business in Milledgeville, Georgia, under the firm name
of Cline and Quinn. At the same time they also had a store in Eatonton. In 1875,
the firm's partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Cline continued in business in his
own name. Later he moved to Macon, and was in business with Mr. Lyons, of the
firm of Lyons and Cline. After several years, this partnerhip was dissolved, and
Mr. Cline returned to Milledgeville and resumed the management of his store
which had continued during his residence in Macon.

    He remained in active business until his health failed, when he retired. In
1888, he was elected Mayor of Milledgeville, and it was at this time that many
improvements in the old city were started. In 1891, during his term of office,
the contract with the American Pipe Manufacturing Company, of Philadelphia, was
made and the present water system in Milledgeville was installed. He was
interested in, and a stockholder in, the first Electric Lighting system in the
city. Mr. Cline was also an honored member of the Board of Trustees, of the
Georgia Military College, a director in the Milledgeville Banking Company, and a
member of the Board of Commissioners, of the Colored Industrial School at
Savannah, Georgia.

    He was twice married, first, in 1875, to Miss Kate L. Treanor, who died
August 1, 1884. By this marriage there were seven children: Hugh, Peter, John,
Theodore, Bernard, Mary, and Pearce. The second marriage was to Miss Margaret
Ida Treanor. Both wives were daughters of Hugh D. and Joannah Treanor, of
Milledgeville. By the second marriage, there were nine children: Conden, Katie,
Robert, Frank, Louis, Cleo, Regina, Agnes, and Herbert. Mr. Cline was a devout
and staunch member of the Roman Catholic Church. He died in 1916. Thus ended the
life of an honored and highly respected citizen.



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Part V

HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA
BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK

ILLUSTRATED
ANDERSON. S. C.
Keys-Hearn Printing Co.
-1925—

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