Philip Cline

As printed in 1882

PHILIP CLINE, farmer, P. 0. Sabina, born in Clinton County, Ohio, May 27, 1816, is a son of Philip and Mary (Turner) Cline, natives of Virginia. The grandfather was also Philip Cline, a native of Germany, but when young, in an early day, emigrated to America and located in Virginia, where he died. Philip, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia March 16, 1781; his wife, Mary Turner, was born May 18, 1778. They resided in Virginia till about 1813, when they emigrated to Ohio, and located near Wilmington, in Clinton County, where they lived till 1818. They removed to near Sabina, locating on the place now owned by Peter Kelso. There he opened out right in the woods, not a stick miss, and there endured all the hardships of pioneer life; settlers were then few and far between; then there was but one house, a log-cabin, where Sabina now stands, and that was where a Mr. Love lived and kept a tavern. Mr. Cline remained Qn’ that farm till the death of his wife, June 24, 1863, aged eighty-five years. He died at his son Philip’s house, January 21, 1865, aged nearly eighty-five years. They had three sons and four daughters; four now survive — John, George, Elizabeth (married Thomas Antrim (now deceased) and resides in Iowa), and Philip. Mr, Cline was truly one of the pioneers of Clinton County, and one who did a great work in bringing out from the woods these now fine farms with all their present comforts and conveniences, which the present and future generations will continue to enjoy for ages to come. He was a man of very firm character, whose integrity was undoubted, and whose life was filled up with good works; a devoted Christian, and worthy member of the Christian. Church to which he belonged for many years, and in his death the Church lost a devoted man and the community a worthy citizen. Our subject was the youngest child of his father, and grew to manhood fully acquainted with the trials and hardships of the early settlers; was married July 14, 1836, to Delilah, daughter of Aden and Mary Antrim, who was born October 3, 1820. By her he had seven sons and five daughters, eight now living — John, born August 6, 1838; Alfred, December 10, 1840; Mary, May 19, 1843, married Amos Rooks; Thomas, April 1,1846; Anna Jane, July 30, 1848, married James Pavey; Sarah E., July 9, 1853, married Norman F. Martin; Philip A., December 14, 1855, and Martha A., born November 9, 1859, married Sanford West. Of those deceased, George J. settled in Marion County, Iowa, November 5, 1879, where he resided till his death, November 12, 1881. On that day, in attempting to ford the South Cedar Creek with his team, he and team were swept down the stream by the current, and both he and his horses were drowned. He was a man of great integrity of character, a devoted Christian, and also a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity. Though

* * Jssti* * *r* thus early and suddenly taken away in the prime of life, yet his life and character will remain as a bright and shining example, and one whose merits and hopes reached beyond the shores of time, and were anchored in the harbor of eternal bliss. Our subject lost his wife by death, December 8, 1875. She was a woman of excellent Christian character, a very worthy companion and mother, seeming to possess those qualities of mind which remarkably fitted her to fill all the duties of a wife, a mother and a Christian. On May 2, 1879, Mr. Cline married for his second wife, Mrs. Eliza A. Toner, a daughter of Jonathan H. and Lavina ( Donahue) Boyd, natives of Ohio. Eliza A. was born in Scioto County, October 22, 1836. She was first married, to Dr. Jacob M. Tcner, practicing physician of Sinking Springs, Highland Co., Ohio, where he spent most of his life; he died March 2, 1877, aged forty-seven years. By him she had three children, one only now living — Sampson Milton, born September 13, 185G. Mr. Cline has been a resident of Clinton County from his birth; has always followed farming as a business. He located where he now lives, about 1845, where he has since resided, He is a man of undoubted integrity of character, a member of the Christian Church, and as a man and a Christian is highly esteemed and respected by all who know him.

As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.