Husband Nicholas L. K. Kline 1 2 3
Born: 1 Nov 1836 1
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Father: John Kline (Abt 1809-1855) 3 4 5
Mother: Elizabeth Knappenberger ( -1890) 3 4 6
Marriage: 17 Jan 1865 1
Wife Elizabeth Boice 1
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Father: Alonzo H. Boice (Abt 1807-1843) 7
Mother: Elizabeth Hardin (Abt 1812-Aft 1882) 1 7
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General Notes: Husband - Nicholas L. K. Kline
He was brought up on the homestead farm, and was educated in the common schools, and at the age of eighteen years made a trip at coal-boating from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, after which he entered Leechburg Academy, in Armstrong County, which institution he attended in summer sessions. In the winter he taught school in his native township, commencing his career as a school-teacher in 1857. He followed school-teaching for four years. In 1861-62, he was occupied in the oil regions in Venango County, PA, in company with his brother, Dr. W. J. K. Kline, operating in oil. Returning from the oil regions he went to the study of dentistry in the office of the late Dr. A. E. Fisher, of Greensburg, where he remained for about two years, and then located at Irwin Station for the practice of his profession. When the doctor settled at Irwin it contained only ten houses, but the enterprise of the doctor and others so improved it that in a few years it was incorporated as a borough, the doctor being one of the incorporators. In 1867 he, in company with his brother Amos, established there a drug-store, which, together with his dental business, he conducted for some years. Finally he sold his interest in the drug-store, and after remaining a year longer at Irwin moved to Scottdale, in August, 1873, practicing dentistry there, and enjoying a good practice. He was devoted to his profession, and conscientious in his work as well as skillful. As an evidence of his sedulous industry it may be mentioned that he has without assistance manufactured over three thousand sets of teeth aside from all his other professional work. When he settled at Scottdale the borough was a new place, and had but five dwelling-houses. The building of the rolling-mill had just commenced. Dr. Kline was one of the incorporators of the borough, and soon after its incorporation was elected the first justice of the peace of the place. He served as such for five years and two months. He has always taken an interest in the improvement of the borough, and has been one of the Council. He was a member and elder of the Reformed Church, and was one of the eleven founders of the church in Scottdale, and together with his wife, who for some years was the organist thereof, took an active interest in its growth and maintenance. [HWC 1882, 692]