History of Knox County Illinois 1912
George W. Cline, another of the citizens of Indian Point township who has met with a gratifying degree of success in agricultural pursuits, was born Berwick township, Warren county, Illinois. His natal day was the 12th of October, 1863, and his parents Samuel Olive (Butler) Cline, the father a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and the mother of Greenbush township, Knox county. Samuel Cline came to Illinois during his boyhood with his father, who located in Sangamon county and there spent the remainder of his life. In his early manhood he went to Warren county, purchasing a farm in Berwick township upon which he resided until he retired to Abingdon, where he passed away in 1898. The mother survived for ten years thereafter, her death occurring in Abingdon in April, 1908. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cline there were born three sons and three daughters. In order of birth they are as follows: Mary, the wife of John Robinson, of Blackwell, Oklahoma; George W., our subject; Frederick, who is living on the old homestead; Clara, the deceased wife of Oscar Cashman, a resident of Knox county; Charles, who is living in Abingdon, and Olive, the wife of Reuben Davis, a farm of Indian Point township.
Reared at home, George W. Cline received his education in the district schools of Berwick township. While engaged in mastering the common branches of English learning he was receiving practical training, under the supervision of his father, in the cultivation of the fields and care of the crops. In common with the majority of farmer lads from his early boyhood he was assigned regular duties about the homestead, his responsibilities being increased with the passing years, until by the time had attained his majority he was fully qualified to begin his independent career as an agriculturist. In 1895 he engaged in the grain and lumber business, being connected with this in both Abingdon and Hermon for eight years. At the expiration of that period he withdrew from commercial activities and returned to farming, with which pursuit he has ever since been identified. Mr. Cline only spends the summer months on his farm, returning to Abingdon after the harvesting is over in the fall and remaining there until spring. He is progressive in his methods, yet practical in his ideas, so judiciously directing and supervising the cultivation of his fields and care of his crops that he is rewarded abundant harvests of a quality that commands good prices. His efforts are being substantially rewarded and he is recognized as one of the capable agriculturists of the township.
Mr. Cline was married to Miss Effie Baldwin, who was born in Abingdon in 1865, a daughter of Thomas A. and Nancy (Williams) Baldwin, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of Knox county. Mr. Baldwin, who was a painter by trade, removed with his wife to De Witt, Nebraska. Mrs. Cline passed away on April 17, 1886, and on the 11th of September, 1890, Mr. Cline was married at Avon to Miss Nellie Rose. She is a native of that village, her birth having occurred on the 26th of April, 1872, and is a daughter of W. H. and Harriet (Stevens) Rose, natives of the state of New York. They are now residents of Avon. The father was for many years, successfully engaged in agriculture and is the owner of several farms. Three children have blessed this marriage: Merle F., Harold D and Bertha.
Mr. Cline is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Abingdon Lodge, No. 185, A.F. & A.M., of which is a past master, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows, being pas noble grand of the Abingdon Lodge, No. 184, I.O.O.F. He affiliates with the Universalist church, of which Mrs. Cline is a member, and in politics he is a republican. He is one of the highly regarded citizens of Abingdon, who by honorable business methods and upright principles has won the esteem of those with whom he has had transactions.
1917 listed as a breeder of Jersey cattle
George W. Cline, another of the citizens of Indian Point township who has met with a gratifying degree of success in agricultural pursuits, was born Berwick township, Warren county, Illinois. His natal day was the 12th of October, 1863, and his parents Samuel Olive (Butler) Cline, the father a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and the mother of Greenbush township, Knox county. Samuel Cline came to Illinois during his boyhood with his father, who located in Sangamon county and there spent the remainder of his life. In his early manhood he went to Warren county, purchasing a farm in Berwick township upon which he resided until he retired to Abingdon, where he passed away in 1898. The mother survived for ten years thereafter, her death occurring in Abingdon in April, 1908. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cline there were born three sons and three daughters. In order of birth they are as follows: Mary, the wife of John Robinson, of Blackwell, Oklahoma; George W., our subject; Frederick, who is living on the old homestead; Clara, the deceased wife of Oscar Cashman, a resident of Knox county; Charles, who is living in Abingdon, and Olive, the wife of Reuben Davis, a farm of Indian Point township.
Reared at home, George W. Cline received his education in the district schools of Berwick township. While engaged in mastering the common branches of English learning he was receiving practical training, under the supervision of his father, in the cultivation of the fields and care of the crops. In common with the majority of farmer lads from his early boyhood he was assigned regular duties about the homestead, his responsibilities being increased with the passing years, until by the time had attained his majority he was fully qualified to begin his independent career as an agriculturist. In 1895 he engaged in the grain and lumber business, being connected with this in both Abingdon and Hermon for eight years. At the expiration of that period he withdrew from commercial activities and returned to farming, with which pursuit he has ever since been identified. Mr. Cline only spends the summer months on his farm, returning to Abingdon after the harvesting is over in the fall and remaining there until spring. He is progressive in his methods, yet practical in his ideas, so judiciously directing and supervising the cultivation of his fields and care of his crops that he is rewarded abundant harvests of a quality that commands good prices. His efforts are being substantially rewarded and he is recognized as one of the capable agriculturists of the township.
Mr. Cline was married to Miss Effie Baldwin, who was born in Abingdon in 1865, a daughter of Thomas A. and Nancy (Williams) Baldwin, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of Knox county. Mr. Baldwin, who was a painter by trade, removed with his wife to De Witt, Nebraska. Mrs. Cline passed away on April 17, 1886, and on the 11th of September, 1890, Mr. Cline was married at Avon to Miss Nellie Rose. She is a native of that village, her birth having occurred on the 26th of April, 1872, and is a daughter of W. H. and Harriet (Stevens) Rose, natives of the state of New York. They are now residents of Avon. The father was for many years, successfully engaged in agriculture and is the owner of several farms. Three children have blessed this marriage: Merle F., Harold D and Bertha.
Mr. Cline is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Abingdon Lodge, No. 185, A.F. & A.M., of which is a past master, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows, being pas noble grand of the Abingdon Lodge, No. 184, I.O.O.F. He affiliates with the Universalist church, of which Mrs. Cline is a member, and in politics he is a republican. He is one of the highly regarded citizens of Abingdon, who by honorable business methods and upright principles has won the esteem of those with whom he has had transactions.
1917 listed as a breeder of Jersey cattle
History of Knox County Illinois 1912
George W. Cline, another of the citizens of Indian Point township who has met with a gratifying degree of success in agricultural pursuits, was born Berwick township, Warren county, Illinois. His natal day was the 12th of October, 1863, and his parents Samuel Olive (Butler) Cline, the father a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and the mother of Greenbush township, Knox county. Samuel Cline came to Illinois during his boyhood with his father, who located in Sangamon county and there spent the remainder of his life. In his early manhood he went to Warren county, purchasing a farm in Berwick township upon which he resided until he retired to Abingdon, where he passed away in 1898. The mother survived for ten years thereafter, her death occurring in Abingdon in April, 1908. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cline there were born three sons and three daughters. In order of birth they are as follows: Mary, the wife of John Robinson, of Blackwell, Oklahoma; George W., our subject; Frederick, who is living on the old homestead; Clara, the deceased wife of Oscar Cashman, a resident of Knox county; Charles, who is living in Abingdon, and Olive, the wife of Reuben Davis, a farm of Indian Point township.
Reared at home, George W. Cline received his education in the district schools of Berwick township. While engaged in mastering the common branches of English learning he was receiving practical training, under the supervision of his father, in the cultivation of the fields and care of the crops. In common with the majority of farmer lads from his early boyhood he was assigned regular duties about the homestead, his responsibilities being increased with the passing years, until by the time had attained his majority he was fully qualified to begin his independent career as an agriculturist. In 1895 he engaged in the grain and lumber business, being connected with this in both Abingdon and Hermon for eight years. At the expiration of that period he withdrew from commercial activities and returned to farming, with which pursuit he has ever since been identified. Mr. Cline only spends the summer months on his farm, returning to Abingdon after the harvesting is over in the fall and remaining there until spring. He is progressive in his methods, yet practical in his ideas, so judiciously directing and supervising the cultivation of his fields and care of his crops that he is rewarded abundant harvests of a quality that commands good prices. His efforts are being substantially rewarded and he is recognized as one of the capable agriculturists of the township.
Mr. Cline was married to Miss Effie Baldwin, who was born in Abingdon in 1865, a daughter of Thomas A. and Nancy (Williams) Baldwin, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of Knox county. Mr. Baldwin, who was a painter by trade, removed with his wife to De Witt, Nebraska. Mrs. Cline passed away on April 17, 1886, and on the 11th of September, 1890, Mr. Cline was married at Avon to Miss Nellie Rose. She is a native of that village, her birth having occurred on the 26th of April, 1872, and is a daughter of W. H. and Harriet (Stevens) Rose, natives of the state of New York. They are now residents of Avon. The father was for many years, successfully engaged in agriculture and is the owner of several farms. Three children have blessed this marriage: Merle F., Harold D and Bertha.
Mr. Cline is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Abingdon Lodge, No. 185, A.F. & A.M., of which is a past master, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows, being pas noble grand of the Abingdon Lodge, No. 184, I.O.O.F. He affiliates with the Universalist church, of which Mrs. Cline is a member, and in politics he is a republican. He is one of the highly regarded citizens of Abingdon, who by honorable business methods and upright principles has won the esteem of those with whom he has had transactions.
1917 listed as a breeder of Jersey cattle
George W. Cline, another of the citizens of Indian Point township who has met with a gratifying degree of success in agricultural pursuits, was born Berwick township, Warren county, Illinois. His natal day was the 12th of October, 1863, and his parents Samuel Olive (Butler) Cline, the father a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and the mother of Greenbush township, Knox county. Samuel Cline came to Illinois during his boyhood with his father, who located in Sangamon county and there spent the remainder of his life. In his early manhood he went to Warren county, purchasing a farm in Berwick township upon which he resided until he retired to Abingdon, where he passed away in 1898. The mother survived for ten years thereafter, her death occurring in Abingdon in April, 1908. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cline there were born three sons and three daughters. In order of birth they are as follows: Mary, the wife of John Robinson, of Blackwell, Oklahoma; George W., our subject; Frederick, who is living on the old homestead; Clara, the deceased wife of Oscar Cashman, a resident of Knox county; Charles, who is living in Abingdon, and Olive, the wife of Reuben Davis, a farm of Indian Point township.
Reared at home, George W. Cline received his education in the district schools of Berwick township. While engaged in mastering the common branches of English learning he was receiving practical training, under the supervision of his father, in the cultivation of the fields and care of the crops. In common with the majority of farmer lads from his early boyhood he was assigned regular duties about the homestead, his responsibilities being increased with the passing years, until by the time had attained his majority he was fully qualified to begin his independent career as an agriculturist. In 1895 he engaged in the grain and lumber business, being connected with this in both Abingdon and Hermon for eight years. At the expiration of that period he withdrew from commercial activities and returned to farming, with which pursuit he has ever since been identified. Mr. Cline only spends the summer months on his farm, returning to Abingdon after the harvesting is over in the fall and remaining there until spring. He is progressive in his methods, yet practical in his ideas, so judiciously directing and supervising the cultivation of his fields and care of his crops that he is rewarded abundant harvests of a quality that commands good prices. His efforts are being substantially rewarded and he is recognized as one of the capable agriculturists of the township.
Mr. Cline was married to Miss Effie Baldwin, who was born in Abingdon in 1865, a daughter of Thomas A. and Nancy (Williams) Baldwin, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of Knox county. Mr. Baldwin, who was a painter by trade, removed with his wife to De Witt, Nebraska. Mrs. Cline passed away on April 17, 1886, and on the 11th of September, 1890, Mr. Cline was married at Avon to Miss Nellie Rose. She is a native of that village, her birth having occurred on the 26th of April, 1872, and is a daughter of W. H. and Harriet (Stevens) Rose, natives of the state of New York. They are now residents of Avon. The father was for many years, successfully engaged in agriculture and is the owner of several farms. Three children have blessed this marriage: Merle F., Harold D and Bertha.
Mr. Cline is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Abingdon Lodge, No. 185, A.F. & A.M., of which is a past master, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows, being pas noble grand of the Abingdon Lodge, No. 184, I.O.O.F. He affiliates with the Universalist church, of which Mrs. Cline is a member, and in politics he is a republican. He is one of the highly regarded citizens of Abingdon, who by honorable business methods and upright principles has won the esteem of those with whom he has had transactions.
1917 listed as a breeder of Jersey cattle
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