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Abram D. Kline
Born 1808

ABRAM D. KLINE, Sr., farmer, Monticello Twp., Sec. 30; P.O. Monticello; born in Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1808; his father died before Abram was born. Mr. Kline removed to Western Virginia in 1832. He was married to Ann Newland in 1830. Came to Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1849, where he resided until 1866; he then came to Jones Go. and located at what is now Center Junction, where he lived till 1874, when he removed to Monticello, where he lived three years. Mrs. Kline died October 24, 1876. He purchased his present farm in the winter of 1876, where he located in the spring of 1877. He was married in June, 1877, to Mrs. Hannah Batchelder, daughter of Mr. John Batchelder, an early settler of Wayne Township from New Hampshire, Mr. Kline had nine children by his first marriage, six of whom are living—Martha E., married John Tuel and resides in Kansas; Ann E., married Benjamin Fern, of Dubuque Co.; Nancy C., now Mrs. Arthur Hudson and resides in Minnesota; John H., who lives in Decatur Co., Iowa; Jane, now Mrs. H. Putnam and resides in Monticello, and Andrew D., who lives in Kansas. Mr. Kline's farm contains 220 acres. He suffered a severe loss in building and crops by a tornado in October, 1877. His mother married again after the death of her first husband, but again became a widow; she accompanied her son to Iowa and died at his residence at Center Junction in 1866, aged 79 years.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 672.

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W. H. Kline
Born November 19, 1851

W. H. Kline is one of the type of men who have won the success they now enjoy in this world entirely through their own efforts. He has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and for more than thirty-five years has cultivated a farm of the one hundred and eighty acres he owns in sections 25 and 26, Greenfield township. He was born in Pennsylvania, November 19, 1851, and was fifteen years of age when his parents removed to Missouri. They later went to Illinois, where W. H. Kline remained for about seven years, coming to Jones county in 1872. His father, J. F. Kline, has also become a resident of this state and is living in Prairieburg, Linn county, at the advanced age of eighty-three. The mother died when her son, their only child, was but six months old. The father again married and has by this union the following children: Mrs. Sarah Knapp, residing in Prairieburg; C. W., who lives in Dakota; J. M., of Weldon, Iowa; Amanda, the wife of Henry Kohl, of Greenfield township; H. P., of Marion, Iowa; Mrs. Beebe, also of Marion, Iowa; Ella, who lives with her father in Prairieburg; and Mrs. Callie Knapp, whose home is in Martelle.

Having but just attained to man's estate when he came here, Mr. Kline was determined to succeed in his farming operations, and secured his tract of land. On this he has labored, cultivating the fields as best he could, keeping abreast of the advancement made in agricultural methods, and never sparing hard toil when such was necessary. He also possessed a realization of the need of thrift and the capacity to manage his affairs economically, so that little of his efforts or substance has been wasted. His life has not been without its struggles, but they were met valiantly and he now is in the enjoyment of many comforts.

Mr. Kline was married January 1, 1874, to Miss Mary Kohl. She is a daughter of Amos and Maria (Grimm) Kohl and one of a family of eleven children, the others being, Henry; William; John, deceased; Mrs. Hempy; Ida, deceased; Lewis; Mrs. Emma Stearns; Mrs. Tena Melton; Charles; and Mrs. Minnie Fink. Except Mrs. Melton, who lives in Cedar county, those surviving are residents of Greenfield township. Mr. and Mrs. Kline have had nine children: Mrs. Ida Andre, of Mechanicsville, who is the mother of a daughter, Lela, aged seven, and a son Melvin, aged three; Mrs. Anna Longerbeam who lives in Cedar county and has a daughter, Leola, aged seven; C. H., who lives in Hale township, southeast of Olin, and has two children, Mildred, aged five, and Valma, aged three; Elmer, who lives in Dakota; W. M., of Rome township; C. D., of Jackson township; Clayton and Cletus, twins, the latter deceased, the other living at home; and Clarence, who also lives at home.

The tenets of the Evangelical church have appealed strongly to the different members of the family and to it they have given their religious allegiance. The republican party is the one to which Mr. Kline looks for guidance in political matters, and while he has not sought nor held, any office for twenty years he has served most efficiently as a member of the school board of his township. Educational matters have always interested him and he has frequently acted upon the various committees appointed by his fellow directors.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 593.

E. H. Knittle, M.D.
Born April 10, 1874

Dr. E. H. Knittle, who since 1899 has been a successful representative of the medical profession in Onslow, is now enjoying a most extensive and lucrative practice and is also the proprietor of a modern and up-to-date drug store. His birth occurred in Maquoketa, Iowa, on the 10th of April, 1874, his parents being Henry and Maria (Engalls) Knittle, who were natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively. The father, who came to Iowa when about fourteen years of age, worked at the painter's trade for two years and then secured employment as a clerk in the store of a Mr. McGregor of Maquoketa, in which connection he became familiar with the business in principle and detail. At the end of two years he embarked in business on his own account as a merchant at Maquoketa, forming a partnership with Benjamin A. Spencer, which continued throughout the remainder of his active connection with mercantile interests. He was for many years a prominent factor in business circles and was widely recognized as one of Maquoketa's most enterprising, progressive and public-spirited citizens. It was largely owing to his efforts that the Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee & St., Paul Railroads built their lines through that town, and in fact his aid and influence were ever given on the side of progress and improvement. His death, which occurred in March, 1903, when he had attained the age of sixty-two years, was deeply mourned by all who knew him, and it was uniformly conceded that the community had lost one of its most respected and influential residents. He was a charter member of the Masonic lodge in Maquoketa and a worthy exemplar of the craft.

Dr. E. H. Knittle was reared in the place of his nativity and, beginning his education at the usual age, was graduated from the Maquoketa high school with the class of 1893. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered the office of Dr. A. B. Bowen at Maquoketa, under whose direction he read during the periods of vacation until he had won his degree. In the fall of 1894 he entered the medical department of the Iowa State University and was graduated from that institution in 1897. He then began the practice of his chosen profession in partnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Bowen, which association was maintained for two years. On the expiration of that period, in 1899, Dr. Knittle opened an office in Onslow, Jones county, where he has since built up an extensive and altogether enviable practice. His skill and ability have been constantly manifest in the excellent results which have attended his efforts for the alleviation of human suffering and the restoration of health, and he well merits the confidence. which his patients repose in him. He keeps in touch with the onward march of the profession through his membership in the Iowa State Medical Society and the Jones County Medical Society. In the spring of 1907 he opened a handsome and well equipped. drug store at Onslow and, placing a registered pharmacist in charge, has already built up an extensive, trade in this connection.

In 1901 Dr. Knittle was united in marriage to Miss Beth Neelan, of Onslow, by whom he has a daughter, Grace Maurine. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church, with which his wife is also identified. His fraternal relations are with Keystone Lodge, NO. 206, F.&A.M., of Wyoming; Onslow Lodge, No. 296, I.0.0.F.; Modern Woodmen Camp, NO. 2120; and the Mystic Workers of the World. While yet a young man, he has already attained a creditable position in professional circles, while the salient characteristics of his manhood are such as have brought him the warm regard of those with whom he has been otherwise associated.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 133.

F. Knomminga
Born 1841

F. KNOMMINGA, farmer, Castle Grove Twp., Sec. 32; P.O. Castle Grove; born in Hanover, Germany, in 1841; he came to Jones Co. in 1867; he settled on his present farm in the fall of 1868. He was married to Margaret Hobbs, who was born in Wisconsin; they have four children—Udo, Mary, Lena and Edward. Mr. K. has 80 acres of land. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 699.

Amos Kohl
Born October 18, 1832

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AMOS KOHL, farmer, Greenfield Twp., Sec. 26; P.O. Mechanicsville; born October 18, 1832, in Berks Co., Penn. In 1851, came to Wisconsin; in 1864, he came to his present owns 420 acres of land. Married Maria Grim in 1853; she was born in Center Co., Penn., in 1835; had eleven children, nine living—Mary, Henry, William, Annetta, Lewis, Emma, Tena, Charles and Mena.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 587.