*** Please see note at end of bio re: photo of George Kline.

"Doctor George Kline married Susan(na) Arndt."
"George Kline's father: Henry Kline/Klein, lived in VA before moving to PA."
"George Kline's mother: Anna Stebbins or Stebion, was from France."
"Susan Arndt's father: Jacob Arndt"
"Susan Arndt's mother: Susan Hulwick or Hulevick"

Above genealogy notes were passed down to Mildred (Bolton) Briggs; from her maternal grand mother, Rachel Ann (Ervin) Fulrath; who was the daughter of Nancy Ann (Kline) Ervin/Gabert; who was a daughter of this George Henry Kline.

Notes also state, "Henry Kline was in a military unit that took Hessian soldiers back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, after the Battle of Trenton, during the Revolutionary War; and was FROM Virginia (doesn't say born), then moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, after the war", no dates cited.

In 1819, Henry Klein is listed as a resident/freeholder of West Hempfield Twp, after separating from East Hempfield, in 1818 (History of Lancaster Co PA, p. 879).

Daughter, Louisa Jane (Kline) Rhoads' death certificate states her father as, "George Kline, born in Virginia." However, the 1880 census for George, states his parents were both born in Pennsylvania. The 1850/60/70 censuses for George Kline states he was born in Pennsylvania. As well, his daughters, Susan (Kline) Gompf's & Elizabeth (Kline) Campbell's death certificates states their father "Geo/George Kline, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania".
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According to the Aug 1810 -1850 Censuses of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, George's father, the HENRY KLINE household has him born Aug 1774 - Aug 1775 and died Aug 1820 - June 1830. George's mother Ann Stebbins, was born Aug 1775 - Aug 1780 and died June 1840 - June 1850. The aforementioned was calculated using 1800-1850 censuses.

Regarding George's father, Henry's birth range of 8/1774 to 8/1775, would make it nearly impossible for Henry to have been involved in the Revolutionary War or the Battle of Trenton, in any way whatsoever, since he would have been a toddler then. Its possible Henry Kline's father, aka George's paternal grand father who is unknown, was the Kline ancestor who was involved in the Revolutionary War. A possibility exists that the unknown grand father was the Hessian soldier who was possibly captured and confined to a POW camp until the conclusion of the war.

Several thousand of these soldiers fully integrated into American society and never returned to their German homeland after the war. In addition, there were also Hessian POW camps in Charlottesville and Leesburg, Virginia, as well as in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This could be the part of the unconfirmed ancestral story that makes a bit of sense, in that Mildred (Bolton) Briggs notes suggest a tie-in with Virginia before and after the war, regarding Hessian soldiers.
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Aug 1800 Census; Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
HENRY KLINE SR household (hh):

2m----(0-9)(b 8/1790–8/1800) UM1 & UM2
1m-(16-25)(b 8/1774–8/1784) HENRY SR (father)

1f----(0-9)(b 8/1790–8/1800) UF1
1f-(16-25)(b 8/1774–8/1784) ANN (STEBBINS) KLINE (mother)

NOTES:
UM1 = UNKNOWN MALE 1, UF1 = UNKNOWN FEMALE 1
Another Henry Kline hh is listed in Strasburg Twp.
Another Henry Kline hh is listed in Columbia Twp.

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Aug 1810 Census; Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
HENRY KLINE hh:

2m----(0-9)(b 8/1800–8/1810) George SR & Jacob Kline SR (sons)
1m-(10-15)(b 8/1794–8/1800) UM1 or UM2
1m-(26-44)(b 8/1765–8/1784) HENRY SR (father)

3f----(0-9)(b 8/1800–8/1810) UF2 & UF2 & UF3
1f-(10-15)(b 8/1794–8/1800) UF1
1f-(26-44)(b 8/1765–8/1784) ANN (mother)

NOTES:
Another Henry Kline hh is listed in Strasburg Twp.
Another Henry Kline hh is listed in Martic Twp.

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Aug 1820 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
HENRY KLINE SR hh:

1m----(0-9)(b 8/1810–8/1820) JOHN (son)
2m-(10-15)(b 8/1804–8/1810) Jacob Kline SR & HENRY JR (sons)
2m-(16-25)(b 8/1794–8/1804) GEORGE SR (son) & UM1 or UM2
1m-( 45) (b before 8/1775) HENRY SR (father)

1f-(16-25)(b 8/1794–8/1804) UF1
1f-(26-44)(b 8/1775–8/1793) ANN (STEBBINS) KLINE (mother)

NOTES:
Another Henry Kline hh is listed in Manor Twp.
Another Henry Kline hh is listed in Mt Joy Twp.

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June 1830 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
ANN KLINE hh (mother living) Henry Kline SR (deceased)

1m-(15-19)(b 6/1810–6/1815) JOHN (son)
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1f-(10-14)(b 6/1815–6/1820) UF4
1f-(40-49)(b 6/1780–6/1790) UF5 (not a child of George & Ann)
1f-(50-59)(b 6/1770–6/1780) ANN (STEBBINS) KLINE (mother)

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June 1830 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
GEORGE KLINE SR hh (son of Henry SR, brother of Jacob Kline SR, Henry JR & John)

1m-(20-29)(b 6/1800-6/1810) GEORGE SR (father)

1f----(0-4)(b 6/1825-6/1830) NANCY "ANN" (KLINE) ERVIN(daughter)
1f-(20-29)(b 6/1800–6/1810) SUSANNA (ARNDT) KLINE (mother)

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June 1830 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
HENRY KLINE JR. hh (son of Henry SR, brother of George SR, Jacob SR & John).

1m-(30-39)(b 6/1790–6/1800) HENRY JR & no others in hh.

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June 1830 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
Jacob Kline SR hh (son of Henry SR, brother of George SR, Henry JR & John)

1m-(20-29)(b 6/1800–6/1810) Jacob Kline SR (husband)

1f-(20-29)(b 6/1800–6/1810) MARY A.(GARLOCK) KLINE (wife)

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June 1840 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
GEORGE KLINE SR. hh (son of Henry SR, brother of Jacob Kline SR, Henry JR & John)

1m----(0-4)(b 6/1835-6/1840) GEORGE JR (son)
1m-(30-39)(b 6/1800-6/1810) GEORGE SR (father)

1f----(0-4)(b 6/1835-6/1840) ELIZABETH (KLINE) CAMPBELL(daughter)
1f----(5-9)(b 6/1830–6/1835) CATHERINE (daughter)
2f-(10-14)(b 6/1825–6/1830) NANCY "ANN" (KLINE) ERVIN(daughter);
" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " SUSAN (KLINE) GOMPF(daughter)
1f-(20-29)(b 6/1810–6/1820) SUSANNA (ARNDT) KLINE (wife of George)
1f-(60-69)(b 6/1770–6/1780) ANN (STEBBINS) KLINE (mother of George)

NOTE:
Ann Kline (mother of George SR) is no longer listed as a head of hh or found listed in any of her known offspring's hhs after the above June 1840 census. Therefore, she likely died between 6/1840 & 6/1850.

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June 1840 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
JOHN KLINE hh (son of George SR; brother of George SR, Jacob SR & Henry JR) John is 1 census hh from brother, George, SR; 9 hhs from Jacob SR.

1m----(0-4)(b 6/1835-6/1840) ???
1m-(20-29)(b 6/1810-6/1820) JOHN (father)

1f-(20-29)(b 6/1810-6/1820) MARY A.(_____) KLINE (mother)

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June 1840 Census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
Jacob Kline SR hh (son of Henry SR; brother of George SR, Henry Jr & John) He is 10 census hhs away from his brother George SR & 9 away from John.

1m----(0-4)(b 6/1835-6/1840) AMOS (son)
2m----(5-9)(b 6/1830-6/1835) CHRISTIAN, JACOB G. JR (son)
1m-(30-39)(b 6/1800-6/1810) JACOB (father)

1f----(0-4)(b 6/1835-6/1840) LA(U)RA (daughter)
1f----(5-9)(b 6/1830-6/1835) MARY (daughter)
1f-(30-39)(b 6/1800-6/1810) MARY (GARLOCK) KLINE (mother)

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June 1850 census; "Manor Twp" in Hempfield, Lancaster Co, PA, hh 469:
GEORGE KLINE SR, wife Susan, and children; Catharine, George, Elizabeth & Louisa Jane, are enumerated living in Manor Township, Lancaster County, with George's occupation noted as "Hotel Innkeeper", where the census hh next to his hh is another hotel innkeeper, listed as James Wriply & family, which may have been a joint operation.
NOTE: LDS has this Kline family wrongly indexed as "Hein".

1860 census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA:
GEORGE KLINE SR, wife Susan and daughter Louisa are listed living in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Mountville post office. George's "occupation - botanical doctor", corresponding with the genealogy notes of Mildred (Bolton) Briggs.

1870 census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA:
GEORGE KLINE SR, "occupation - practice of medicine" and wife Susan are listed living in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Columbia post office. Also listed in their hh is a George Leonard, age 10 - born about 1870 in PA.

1880 census; West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA:
GEORGE KLINE SR "occupation - botanic physician" and wife Susanna are listed living in the Henry Albright dwelling unit who is identified as "a shoemaker". In the same #49 dwelling unit as George and Susanna is listed a John Kline, age 66 - born about 1814, also a "shoemaker", with his wife Mary A. Kline, age 63 - born about 1817, in PA.
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From the History of Lancaster County;
by Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, 1883.

KINDERHOOK is a straggling village located on Chestnut Hill on the public road leading from Columbia to the Marietta and Lancaster Turnpike. In the midst of the [Presidential] Political campaign of 1840, DR. GEORGE KLINE, who was an ardent supporter of Martin Van Buren, the sage of Kinderhook [New York] and the only Democrat in that neighborhood, named the hamlet in his honor and the Whigs and the Republicans have not been able to get it changed, although there was an effort made some years ago to do so. The village contains two or three dozen houses scattered over the hill. There is an elegant spring in the heart of the village that supplies its inhabitants with fresh water.

Note: "Chestnut Hill" is on the Chestnut Ridge and is aka Chickies Ridge. The spring mentioned above flows into what was formerly known as Snyder's Creek, which flows into current day, Big Chickies (Chiques) Creek, which flows into the Susquehanna River.

In this memorial's pictures, the 1864 map of West Hempfield, shows where George's home was (red arrow - on modern day Fairview Dr) from approximately 1810, onward. Same map also shows where brother Jacob's home was (red arrow - aprox. one/half mile south, on the corner of Fairview Dr & Kinderhook Rd) where he lived until about 1865, as he had relocated in Carroll County, Illinois, by July 1865. Brother Henry JR, is then shown on the 1875 map of West Hempfield, living in the same exact location where his brother Jacob SR , was living in 1864.
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SIBLINGS (known & likely):

Jacob Kline SR, born ca. 1806,, was living 10 census hhs away from brothers George and John Kline in 1840, in West Hempfield. Jacob married MARY GARLOCK and she died between 3/1846 & 6/1850. Jacob moved on to Carroll County, Illinois, between 1864 & the summer of 1865; with his niece, Nancy Ann (Kline) Ervin, who was a daughter of Jacob's brother, George Kline and her two children, Rachel and George Ervin.

HENRY KLINE; BORN ABOUT 1810, listed in West Hempfield 1880 census, age 70 & his WIFE, CATHARINE ______, age 79 - born about 1801. They are living 8 hhs away from George Kline. On the 1875 map of West Hempfield, it shows "H. Klein" living at the EXACT LOCATION (modern day Fairview Dr & Kinderhook Rd) where his brother, JACOB KLINE SR was living, in 1864.

JOHN KLINE; BORN ABOUT 1814, listed in West Hempfield 1880 census, occupation - shoemaker, age 66 - , & his "WIFE, MARY A.______, age 63 - born about 1817; living in the very same hh as brother George Kline Sr. & his wife Susanna (residence #49). As well, in the 1840 census, John Kline, born between 1810 & 1820, is listed next to the George Kline residence and they have a daughter, 0 to 4 years old (unknown name).

Other likely/unknown siblings of George Kline SR, aka
Other likely/unknown children of Henry & Ann (Stebbins) Kline:

UNKNOWN MALE 1 (b 8/1790 – 8/1800)

UNKNOWN MALE 2 (b 8/1790 – 8/1800)

UNKNOWN FEMALE 1 (b 8/1794 – 8/1800)

UNKNOWN FEMALE 2 (b 8/1800 – 8/1810)

UNKNOWN FEMALE 3 (b 8/1800 – 8/1810)

UNKNOWN FEMALE 4 (b 6/1815 – 6/1820)
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George Kline SR & Susanna Arndt, likely married in the early half of 1828.

Other child of George SR & Susanna, not listed below in family links:

CATHERINE KLINE: born about 1834; married, died or burial unknown, after June 1850.

Biography compilation by 4X great grandson, Mark Hayden.

*** In regards to the photo of George Kline posted here, please note, it LACKS PROVENANCE and was discovered on Ancestry, originally shared by mmeller75 on 10 Dec 2017. Contact [email protected] if you can assist with further defining it's authenticity. Thanks!