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The Klein/Kline/Cline Family OCCG EF ENCEO The Klein/Kline/Cline Family Elder George Klein was born October 9, 1715, in Elder John Kline, a son of John. born June 17, Zweibrucken, Rhenish Bavaria, South Germany. He im­ 1797, Dauphin Co., Pa., was martyred on June 14, 1864. migrated to Philadelphia on September 15, 1738, on the In 1811, when he was fourteen years old, his family Glasgow, along with Dorothy Rebman and her father, moved to Broadway. On March 10, 1818, John married Conrad Rebman. The master of the Glasgow was Walter Anna Wampler, whose father, Elder John Wampler, had Sterling who had sailed from Rotterdam, and later from moved from Maryland at about the same time the Cowes, England, along with some 380 other passengers. Klines came from Pennsylvania. The couple moved to a After landing in Philadelphia, George settled in farm near the Kline homestead and lived there the rest Amwell, New Jersey. It is believed that George was a of their lives. minister of the Lutheran faith when he came to America. John was active in the life of the church early in At Amwell, he became acquainted with the Brethren, life. In 1830 he was elected to the ministry, and was known as German Baptist at the time, and later known as ordained an elder on April 18, 1847. Of his ministerial Dunkard Brethren. He was baptized in their faith in 1739 career it was said that few persons at any time have more by Elder Johannas Naas, and was soon elected to the completely renounced material things and given them­ ministry to assist Elder Naas. selves more wholeheartedly to the Christian ministry than George was married to Dorothy Rebman and had did Elder John Kline. seven children. There were six sons: George, Jr., Philip, John was also noted as a physician and was inter­ David, Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph; and one daughter, ested in the Tomsonian Theory of medicine, which was a Sarah. vegetable or botanic method of treatment. In true mission­ It is reported that during the next ten years he ary fashion, he prepared himself to be a healer of the body made numerous trips to Berks County, Pennsylvania. as well as of the soul. His medical practice continued George moved his family to this area in 1750 to take charge for nearly thirty years with an extensive business. He of the Northkill Congregation. Church services were held compounded his own medicines from various herbs and in the home for a time. Elders Michael Pfaut and Martin plants. Lastly, he was also a skilled surgeon. Urner ordained him as an elder in the Brethren Church in In 1835, he began to keep a most extensive diary, 1757. He was also a farmer and a carpenter as he which recorded all that he did each day. He was also produced grain cradles. interested in education and was among the first of the His long and useful career in the Christian minis­ Brethren to see the importance of training for the work of try, which was confined to Amwell (New Jersey), Berks, the ministry. Through his efforts, a school was established Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties came to an end on Janu­ in advance of the common schools of that day among the ary 2, 1783. George and Dorothy's resting place was in the Brethren in the Broadway area. family plot located near Bernville, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, Elder John Kline was ministering The children of George and Dorothy Klein were: during the Civil War in an area that was a dividing line between the North and South. His loyalty was questioned I. George Klein, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1740; d. Aug. 19, 1795 several times by federal officers. His actions and where­ buried at Hay's Place, Broadway, Va. - abouts were always answered satisfactorily. But on the m. Elizabeth Altaffer Wednesday morning of June 15, he left home to go to a 2. Phillip Klein, b. June 17, 1742; d. May 9, 1815 blacksmith shop to have his horse, Nell, shod. While on his buried in Klein Family Cem. return home, he was ambushed by someone concealed in m. Elizabeth Stump bushes. 3. David Klein, b. Mar. 2, 1746; d. Jan. 28, 1814 Elder John Kline was buried at the Linville buried in Klein Family Cem. Creek Church Cemetery. A memorial has been erected at m. Elizabeth Breneison the site of his martyrdom. Sometime previous to his 4. Abraham Klein assassination, he stopped by the home of a friend on his m. Mary Dornback way home from a conference for dinner. A discussion was 5. Jacob Klein held during that dinner concerning the danger of his 6. Joseph Klein position and he said, "I am threatened. They may take 7. Sarah Klein my life, but I do not fear them. They can only kill the body." What a statement by one who gave his life to his George Klein, Jr., moved to Broadway, Va., in Lord. - Francis Kline, 206 E. Pen11 Ave., 1780. Hi' oldest son, John, was born in 1763; died in 1844. Robesonia, PA 19551 0 RANG f ': 0 .J ' iTV r ALI F '?;m~~rl 997 Branches ofBerks G£1~t:nLOGILAL 3CCIE t ... _. .............. ._.. ,._"'"'"'" .... ._.._._._._._._. .. __. _._._ ..... _... _....___.._._._...,.__._.._,._~_..- .. _. ...... _.. _..... ~--... -~- ---~------ ------- - -a••nn111un1111u111ncp11UlllJlllJUlllUU(IHUllM Kline Family OCCGSR y Komar Gail Fairfax VA 22031 [email protected] Kramer Ellen/Geo. Ringwood NJ 07456 [email protected] Kwadrat Margaret Res ton VA 20194 [email protected] Leemhuis Beatrice Erie PA 16505 [email protected] Leh James K. Pottstown PA 19464 [email protected] Leinbach Paul W. Orlando FL 32822 [email protected] Leinbach Harvey Hollywood MD 20636 anselrn [email protected] Long James D. 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