Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   PETER KLINE was born in Germany February 28, 1831.  He is the son of
Peter and Anna Marie (Fries) Kline.  His father was a farmer and a
blacksmith.  Our subject went to school until he was thirteen; worked 
on a farm till he was twenty-one years old, at which time he came to
America and located at Madison, Indiana, where he obtained work in a 
packing house; then at gardening as a laborer; at Indianapolis on a
dairy farm.  From there he went to Champaign County, Illinois, and
engaged himself to attend cattle, and soon saved money enough to buy
thirty head for himself, after the sale of which he purchased eighty
acres of land in the above county.
   On September 30, 1862, he married Elizabeth Long, daughter of John
and Jemima Long, formerly of Pennsylvania, but lately of Pickaway
County, Ohio.  Nine children were born to them--John William, Jacob E.
(deceased), Peter A., Rosella (deceased), Anna Marie, Charles M.,
Thomas (deceased), Clarabell (deceased), and Clarriedell (twins).
   He lived about one year on his farm, then sold out and came to
Benton County, Indiana.  Here, for a time, he dealt in cattle, then
went to Kentland, Newton County where he bought and sold cattle, and
purchased town property.
   In 1866, he purchased twenty acres of land, with some improvements in 
Section 27, Washington Township, where he moved his family, and now owns
830 acres, well cultivated, with eleven miles of fencing, twenty-five
gates, good wells, ditches, etc., and it is well known that he has
raised some of the finest and largest corn in Newton County.  His farm
is now mostly in grass.  Annually, Mr. Kline ships to Chicago about
twelve carloads of the finest cattle in this county.  He and his wife
are both members of the church, and he is well known throughout Northern
Indiana.  In politics, he is a Democrat.


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