BIO: WILLIAM H. LINE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 321-322
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    WILLIAM H. LINE, who has recently taken up his home in Carlisle, comes of
  one of the oldest and most respected families of Cumberland county. He is a
  great-grandson of George Line, a native of Switzerland who emigrated from
  that country to America about 1710, when a young boy. The family settled in
  Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood and married, in Lancaster county,

    322  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

  Salome Zimmerman. Their children were: William, who served in the
  Revolutionary war; David, who remained in Lancaster county; Abraham,
  grandfather of William H.; John, who married Anna B. LeFevre, and lived on
  the family homestead in Cumberland county until his death; Elizabeth, Mrs.
  McFeely; Sarah, Mrs. Houk; and Susanna, Mrs. Smith. The daughters all settled
  in Cumberland county. In 1778 George Line, the father of this family, came
  from Lancaster county to Dickinson township, Cumberland county, and purchased
  540 acres of land from Gen. John Armstrong, here passing the remainder of his
  life.

    Abraham Line, grandfather of William H., married Christina Eby, and their
  children were as follows: Abram, William, Gabriel, George, Henry, Ann (Mrs.
  Carothers), Sarah (Mrs. Kurtz), Susan (Mrs. Tritt), and Betsy (Mrs. LeFevre).
  William became the founder of Linesville, Crawford County, Pa., and Henry was
  also a very influential citizen of his community.

    George Line, son of Abraham and father of William H., was born March 5,
  1801, and died Sept. 9, 1877. He married Miss Rebecca Myers, daughter of
  Jacob and Susan Myers, and they became the parents of nine children, namely:
  Abram, who is deceased; George, deceased; Rebecca, Mrs. Long; a twin sister
  of Rebecca, who died in infancy; Jacob Zitzer, a well-known farmer near
  Carlisle; Annie, Mrs. Lindsey; William H., who is mentioned below; Agnes,
  Mrs. Allen; and Mollie, who is deceased. Mrs. Line survived her husband, and
  resided in Carlisle, Cumberland county, until her death.

    William H. Line was born in 1859 at a place situated on the Spring road in
  Dickinson township, the old Line homestead. He received his education in the
  public school of the locality, attending the Spring school untilnineteen
  years of age, after which he devoted all his time to work on the home farm.
  He continued to live on that place for eleven years after his marriage, in
  1895 moving to his late home, the old Galbraith farm of 133 acres near
  Mooredale, which he had purchased in 1886. He fenced in the entire tract, and
  made all the other improvements which now enhance the value of the place, and
  he lived there for seven years, since which time he has rented it out.
  Removing from the farm to Carlisle, he was located for two years on North
  Hanover street, and in 1904 bought the fine home at the corner of College and
  North streets where he now lives. Since his removal to Carlisle he has been
  successfully engaged in carpenter work. In fact, he is a man who has met with
  success all his life, for he is thrifty and industrious, and energetic in
  pursuing anything he undertakes, with excellent results.

    On Nov. 14, 1883, Mr. Line was married to Miss Eunice P. Kissinger,
  daughter of George and Maria (Myers) Kissinger, of Cumberland county, and
  this union has been blessed with one child, Laura Emma, born Dec. 21, 1889,
  who died Aug. 25, 1895, in Dickinson township. Mr. and Mrs. Line are members
  of the First Lutheran Church of Carlisle, and he is a Prohibitionist in
  political sentiment.