Rockingham Co., VA - Rev. Samuel Cline Obit 1905 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ SOURCE: Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Friday, June 23, 1905) HEADLINE: Rev. Samuel Cline Has Passed Away. Well Known Minister of German Baptist Church. Death Due to Paralysis. Born 84 Years Ago on Linville’s Creek—Man of Kind Heart and Humble Christian Faith ARTICLE: Rev. Samuel Cline, a venerable minister of the German Baptist church, died at half-past 9 o’clock Wednesday night at his home on the Port Republic road, about three miles south of Penn Laird. He had been an invalid for many months, having sustained several strokes of paralysis, and for more than a year prior to his death was confined to his bed. Mr. Cline was one of the most widely known and highly respected citizens of East Rockingham. He was born 84 years ago on Linville’s Creek and moved 45 years ago to the eastern part of the county, residing from that time until the day of his death on the farm on which he died. As a minister of the German Baptist Church, Mr. Cline for many years married more people than any other man in East Rockingham, couples coming to his home for that purpose from many miles around. It was nothing unusual for him to perform three or four marriage ceremonies in a day, and it was often the case that upon their arrival at his home candidates for matrimony would find there on a similar mission two or three other couples, who were patiently awaiting the minister’s return from the mill, post office, or blacksmith shop. Frequently the ceremony was performed at the front gate, the young people remaining in their buggy or on horse back. Often, however, it took place in the harvest or hay field, or wherever else the minister might be located, for he was a busy farmer and almost constantly at work in the field. Throughout his entire life, Mr. Cline maintained an evenness of temperament and a kindness of heart that won for him the esteem of all his neighbors and acquaintances. He was always sincere and conscientious and his life was that of an humble Christian man. Mr. Cline’s wife, who was a Miss Showalter, died many years ago. He is survived by six sons—Michael, Frederick, Samuel, and Joseph Cline, of this county; Daniel Cline, Mo., and John Cline, of Kansas; and four daughters—Mrs. Kate Lamb, Mrs. John Good, Mrs. David B. Wampler and Mrs. John S. Wampler, all of this county. The time of the funeral has not been definitely fixed. It is probably however that it will take place at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The services will be conducted at the Mill Creek, Dungard church by Rev. John Hashberger, of Illinois.