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Charles C. Cline Charles C. Cline was born in Ottawa, LaSalle County. Illinois, March 16, 1860, the son of George W. and America (Fishburn) Cline. His maternal grandparents, Jacob and Catherine Fishburn, were natives of Pennsylvania, but of German descent. They moved to Ottawa, Illinois, about 1844 when that country was in the first epoch of development. He was a butcher and cooper by trade, but upon his arrival in Illinois he took up farming, but later returned to the butcher business. He did well in the new country and was enabled to spend his last days in retirement. Their daughter, America, mother of the subject, was six years old when she was brought to Illinois and there she grew to womanhood and was married. The paternal grandparents of Charles C. Cline, of this sketch, John and Elizabeth Cline, were natives of Virginia, where they grew up and from there moved to southern Ohio, where they remained two years, and then came to Tazewell County, Illinois, locating near Delavan. Mr. Cline was a shoemaker by trade and this he followed for a livelihood, both remaining in the last named vicinity until their death. George W. Cline was born in 1829. He was reared near Delavan, Tazewell County, Illinois, and in 1858 he was married in LaSalle County. In 1865 they moved to Livingston County and there engaged in farming, the father's death occurring in 1900. Politically, he was a Democrat and held a number of local offices, such as Township supervisor. He was once a candidate for sheriff. He was very successful in his life work and at the time of his death owned a splendid farm of three hundred and twenty acres. His widow survives, being now seventy-four years of age. They became the parents of eleven children, ten of whom are living. The father was a good and useful man, took particular pains to rear his family in comfort and respectability, and he always set a good example. The mother is a worthy member of the Baptist Church.
The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 866. |
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