BIO: George W. KLINE, Jr., Lebanon County, PA

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Biographical Annals of Lebanon County Pennsylvania.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1904
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Pages 23-24

GEORGE W. CLINE, Jr., deceased, was born in Lebanon March 13, 1833.  He was 
given a splendid preliminary education at Lebanon Academy, and was prepared for 
Yale at the noted Hopkins Grammar School of New Haven.  Matriculating at Yale, 
he immediately took an advanced position in his class and graduated with honors, 
his class being the famous one of 1853, containing many names that have since 
been noted for high position.  Entering the office of his uncle, the late Hon. 
Levi Kline, of Lebanon, he took up the study of the law and was admitted to the 
Bar April 25, 1857, though he never pursued his profession.  His tastes led him 
rather into literary work, and he soon became connected with the press of the 
city, where his facility as a writer made him a valuable addition to the staff.  
In his politics he was a Republican, and was most patriotic.  When the Rebels 
invaded Pennsylvania, in 1863, Mr. Kline was one who enlisted with the 
"emergency men," as a private.  He was a most companionable man, and was one of 
the leading Masons of the city at the time of his death.  This sad event 
occurred October 15, 1889.  Mr. Kline married, November 14, 1872, Martha 
Weidman, daughter of the late Gen. John Weidman, of whom a biography appears 
elsewhere.