BIO: WILLIAM A. LINE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 386-387
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    WILLIAM A. LINE, a retired farmer of Penn township, Cumberland county, now
  residing at Centerville, in that township, comes of a family which has long
  been identified with Cumberland county and whose members have ever ranked
  among her most substantial citizens.
    
    Mr. Line is a great-great-grandson of George Line, and a great-grandson of
  David Line, who was born June 10, 1753, in Leacock township, Lancaster Co.,
  Pa., and was a blacksmith by occupation. His family consisted of six
  children: Eliza (Mrs. Harris), Sallie (Mrs. Mackey), Levina (Mrs. Lutz),
  Mamie, Levi and Daniel.
    
    Daniel Line, Sr., the grandfather of William A., came to Cumberland county
  in an early day, and made a permanent home at Hogestown, in Silver Spring
  township, where he followed farming. 
    
    Daniel Line, Jr., father of William A., was born at Hogestown, Silver
  Spring township, April 1, 1822. He grew to manhood in his native place,
  received a common-school education, and learned the blacksmith's trade, which
  he followed for about. fifteen years. He then engaged in farming, being
  located for a time near Shippensburg, and later for a time on a place a half
  mile east of that place. There he passed the remainder of his days, and died
  in February, 1891. Mr. Line was married to Miss Hannah Allen, daughter of
  Americus and Rachel (Swigert) Allen, of Cumberland county, and four children
  blessed this union, namely: Abigail, who died at Shippensburg when thirty-two
  years old; Levi, now a resident of West Virginia, who married Miss Lucy
  Bingham; William A.; and John C., who died young. The mother of this family
  passed away in October, 1903, at Shippensburg.
    
    William A. Line was born in 1849 at Shippensburg, and there received his
  education. He worked for his father until his marriage, after which he
  located at his present home in Centerville, where he has ever since resided.
  Farming has been his principal occupation in life, and he still owns a fine
  farm in Penn township, which he himself cultivated for about sixteen years.
  He is regarded as an excellent business manager, and is respected by all who
  have come in contact with him for his uprightness of character. He has never
  cared for public honors, or sought them, though he has served one term as
  township auditor.
    
    In 1870 Mr. Line was united in marriage with Miss Mary Elizabeth Hawk,
  daughter
    
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  of William and Mary A. (Ausbaugh) Hawk, of Ohio, later of Shippensburg, and
  to this union came one daughter, Margaret, who was born in 1872. She
  graduated at Shippensburg State Normal in 1889, and from Dickinson College in
  1895, and is now the wife of Dr. George Heyde Krall, of Centerville. They have
  had three children: Elizabeth Line, born in 1896; Orena Eby, born in October,
  1901; and William Line, who died in infancy. Dr. Krall is a graduate of the
  University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1895, in both.  Medicine and Pharmacy,
  is a member of the Cumberland County Medical Society, and fraternally is a
  Knight Templar Mason, and a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. Mrs. Krall is a
  member of Carlisle Chapter, D. A. R.
    
    Mr. and Mrs. William A. Line are members of the Centerville Lutheran
  Church. He is a Democrat in political faith, and has always been active in
  the local work of the party. Fraternally, he is a member of Carlisle Lodge,
  No. 110, G. E.