Name: John L. KLINE
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Birth: 1816 Tennessee
Occupation: Miller
Residence: Moved to Mo then on Benton Co. OR by 1853 Second wife died on the way in Bosie
Father: Jacob KLINE (~1782-1860)
Mother: Hannah LOWRY (1799-<1835)
Other Spouses: Mary E. CARDWELL (HOLT)
 Sarah
Marriage: 30 Jan 1839 McMinn Co. TN
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Spouse: Serena J. HOLT
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Birth: 1820 McMinn Co. TN
Death: bef 1853 Most likely in Dade Co. Missouri
Father: Irby HOLT (1783-1829)
Mother: Sarah ANDERSON (-1849)

Children:
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1 F: Louisa Frances KLINE
Birth: 1840 Tennessee
Spouse: William M. TURPIN
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2 M: Frances A. HOLT (Step)
Birth: 1845 Tennessee
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3 M: Hamilton KLINE
Birth: 1846 Tennessee
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4 F: Abagail A. KLINE
Birth: 1847 Missouri Dade Co.
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5 F: Laura E. KLINE
Birth: 1850 Missouri Dade Co.
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6 M: John L KLINE Jr.
Birth: 1852 Missouri Dade Co.

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Notes for John L. (Lowry?) KLINE
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John Married at least three times:
1st to Serena J. Holt Jan 30 1839 in McMinn Co. TN
2nd Mary E. Cardwell Holt married between 1847 and 1853 in Dade Co. MO
(who was the widow of Serena J. Holt's brother Thomas)
3rd Sarah S. who was listed on the 1860 Benton Co. Or census they married aft. 1854 and bef. 1860
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Land records from BLM Accession/Serial #: MO5320__.449
Patentee Name: JOHN L KLINE Document #: 8966
Issue Date: November 1, 1848
Authority: April 24, 1820: SALE-CASH ENTRY (3 Stat. 566)
Acres: 40 State MISSOURI  County DADE
Land Office: SPRINGFIELD
*note Louisa John's sister also lived in Dade Co. MO its possible that Jacob wrote the deed mentioning Louisa, John L. and grand daughter Eliza just before they left for Missouri together.  See deed under notes for Jacob Kline Jr.
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DLC DLC No. 4030 HOLT, Francis A. & Samuel H., Benton Co. John L. Kline, guardian, filed on c for Francis A. & Samuel H. Holt, orphans of Thomas W. and Mary E. Holt. Thomas W. Holt d abt 25 Dec 1848 in Benton Co, Mo. and wife, Mary E. left Mo. to come to Ore. in company with John L. Kline (Klein, then her husband. ) Mary E. Holt Kline d 20 Aug 1853 on Snake River abt. 100 mi. east of Ft. Boise, leaving the two minor children. Aff: Robert H. Jordan, Thomas C. Jordan, Philip Ritz. -- Are the children Francis and Hamilton listed in the Kline family these same two?
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Benton County Oregon Territory 1854
J.L. Kline - 1 legal Voter,
1 male 21 and up,  born after 1833 (John L. Sr.)
3 males under 10,  born between 1854 and 1843 (John L. Jr., Frances, and Hamilton)
2 females 10 to 18, born between 1836 and 1844 (Louisa Frances and an unknown daughter)
4 females under 10 born between 1854 and 1843 (it seems that some of John's children died young)
(since their is no record of  females over the age of 18 then it appears that Mary E. John's second wife died prior to 1854  by the 1860 census John was married to Sarah S. who was a Milliner and was born in NY)
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1860  Federal census index  KLINE John L Benton County OR pg 19 Corvallis City Township
KLINE,     John L       age 44      Miller          TN
                Sarah S.     age   39      Milliner       NY
                Francis H.  age  15                          TN
                Hamilton   age  14                         TN
                Abigail A.   age  13                          MO
                Laura E.    age  10                          MO
                JOhn L      age   8                           MO
(milliner - hat maker)
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1870 Federal Census Index  KLINE JOHN Benton County OR pg. 337 Williams Township
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Notes for Serena J. HOLT
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From: <Dheldr@aol.com>

> Robin:
> Irby Holt born 20 July 1783 either TN or VA died 12 Jan 1829 in McMinn Co TN
> buried in Browder Memorial Cemetery in Mc Minn Co TN He was an itinerant
> Methodist minister in the East TN area. His parents were Robert Holt and
> Milly Stanfield. Robert parents were Robert Holt, Sr and Elizabeth Warren.
> With the help of many, many others I can take the Holt line back to England.
>
> Wife was Sarah who according to court records moved to Missouri on Oct 17,
> 1845 and died there in March 1849. Their children:
>
>     1. Betsy died before 1829 mrd James H Ragan or Reagan. Had 1 child -
> daughter
>
>     2. Robert S born abt 1812-1813 believe in Bledsoe Co TN mrd Elizabeth
> Ragan served in TN House of Representatives
>
>     3. Emily S born abt 1814 mrd Robert H Jorden or Jordan [may hv moved to
> CA, Oregon or Washington]
>
>     4. Jane M no known marriage died abt 1835
>
>     5. Frances (Fanny) mrd James C Henderson and later believed to hv mrd
> Franklin L Yoakum
>
>     6. Serena J mrd John L Kline 30 Jan 1839 in McMinn Co TN [in Missouri in
> 1840's with her mother]
>
>     7. Thomas W
>
>     8. Francis (Frank) A born 13 Nov 1826 and died 5 June 1887. 1st mrg to
> Sarah D Yearwood on 26 Oct 1845  2nd mrg to Melissa Dallas Blevins Sharp [she
> was the widow of Sharp when she mrd Frank on 13 Sept 1882] they had one
> child, a daughter. Frank and Sarah [my line] had 5 sons John F, William
> Thomas, Irby Willington, Franklin B and Farrow C (Fire)
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