BIO: David Line, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XLIV.

                           DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

  DAVID LINE, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born in Dickinson Township, 
this county, May 4, 1830, son of David, who was a son of William, who 
was a son of George Line, the founder of the Line family in this 
county.  Our subject attended the schools of the home district, and 
completed his education by a course in Burns Academy at Good Hope, 
Penn.  Seven years of his early manhood were spent principally in 
Washington County, Iowa, during which time he returned home to attend 
school for one winter.  He married, November 30, 1864, Mary E. Ralston, 
a native of this county, a daughter of David and Lacey (McAllister) 
Ralston, and soon after marriage they located where he now 

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resides, in Dickinson Township, where he has a fine farm of 173 acres, 
being part of the homesteads of both families.  On this farm David Line 
has erected a handsome brick residence and very complete and 
substantial farm buildings.  To our subject and wife were born five 
children:  James Edwin, William D., Samuel A., Marion Myers, and Sarah 
Ella.  Mrs. Line died November 12, 1876.  She was a sincere Christian, 
a devoted wife and mother, and her death was mourned by a large circle 
of friends.  She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Line and 
all his sons are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Carlisle, 
Penn.  Our subject devotes a great deal of attention to the education 
of his children, and takes a deep interest in all enterprises for the 
mental and moral improvement of the community.  In politics he is a 
Republican.