Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Kline, Wesley W. 1855 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

WESLEY W. KLINE was born October 15, 1855, in Orange Township, Columbia County,
Pa. He is a son of Jacob and Mary A. (Hess) Kline. His paternal grandsire,
Abraham Kline, was born in Pennsylvania and was there a farmer as was his son,
our subject's father. They were of German origin and Democrats in politics.
Jacob Kline served as Justice of the Peace in Pennsylvania. He came to Michigan
in the spring of 1856 and settled on section 4, Almer Township, on a farm of one
hundred and sixty acres which he had entered and partially improved. His decease
occurred here about 1862 when forty-nine years of age. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject's mother still survives. She was born in
Pennsylvania and is a daughter of George and Betsey (Brown) Hess, the former a
miller and a farmer who reared seven children, five sons and two daughters. She
is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This worthy couple were
the parents of the following children: Loretta O., Mrs. Weaver; Ameliam, Mrs.
Montgomery; George W.; Martha, Mrs. M. Brown; Harriet, Mrs. Kirten-
dale; Lavinia B., Mrs. Greenfield; Mary V., Mrs. Sees, and Wesley W.

  Wesley Kline received a common-school education and early began to be self
supporting. He has always lived here and took care of his mother and runs the
homestead. At twenty-two years of age he purchased forty-two acres of land on
section 9, which he cleared and to which he has since added forty acres.

  In 1883 Mr. Kline was married to Miss Anna McClelland, who was born in
Ontario, Canada; she is a daughter of John F. and Mary (McCall) McClelland. This
union has been blessed by the birth of five children, whose names are John W.,
Grover C., Charles, Carrie A. and a babe unnamed. In their religious sentiments
the family adhere to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically our subject is
a Democrat. He is a young man who is honored and respected by all who know him.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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