Biography of Henry Kline. Vol. II, page 626 / 627. Presidents, Soldiers, 
Statesmen; H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, New York, Toledo, and Chicago, 1894.

Henry  Kline

Is a son of John and Catherine (Gesler) Kline, the father living in 
Hastings, Mich., and the mother deceased, and was born in Huron Co., Ohio, 
Dec. 11, 1839.  He moved with his parents to DeKalb county, Ind., in 1851, 
where he received a common school education.  Dec. 20,1874, he was married 
in Sturgis, Mich., to Elvira Reynolds, who was born in the state of New 
York, Dec. 14, 1839.  Her parents, neither of whom are living, were 
Nathaniel and Jeannette (Markham) Reynolds.  By a former marriage to Elvira 
Harding, he had two children, Arvesta S., and Archie. Comrade Kline was 
following his trade as a carpenter, at the time of his enlistment, from 
Kendallville at the age of 25 years in Co, C, 35th Ind. V.I., 3d Brig., 1st, 
Div., 4th A.C., as a private, Jan., 1864; he was in the hospital at 
Huntsville, then transferred to Nashville, four weeks with fever, and was 
granted an honorable discharge June, 1865 at Nashville Tenn.  His present 
wife's first husband, Orlando Crocker, served in the late war, a member of 
Co. A, 25th Mich. V. I., Sept. 1861; was in hospital at Louisville, Ky., 
from Oct. 1, to Nov. 18, 1861, where he died with typhoid fever; he was 
brought home and buried at Eckford, Mich.   Her father, Nathaniel 
Reynolds, served in 8th Mich. V.I., and died in hospital at Nashville, 
Tenn., where he is buried.  A brother, Fred, was in 5th Mich. Cav., 
serving in 28 battles, and received a flesh wound; our  comrade is a hotel 
keeper, he does not receive a pension, and his  address is Corunna, Ind.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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