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time he studied d aitistry wilh D r. of C atawissa, and then entered the Philadelphia Denta) College, from which he w as graduated in i88S. l i e at once started practice in Uioomsburg, where he followed his profession until 1909, establishing a large patronage. He beloiig> to the Susquehanna Dental A ssocia­ tion and to the Pennsylvania State Dental A s­ sociation. Since (he death o f his brother H arvey he has abandoned practice to devote all his time to the brother’s estate and his own business interests, the demands o f which have hccn increasing steadily o f late years. H e is tltc owner o f two valuable farm s, one o f 220 acres, the other o f 140 acres, which he has stocked, and gives his personal management to their o])cration. ne of the farm s is the old Appleman place. Since the death o f his brother he has t>cen a director of the Blooms­ burg National Bank, taking the latter’s place on the l>oard. On Ju n e 1, 19 12, he w as ap(pointed a trustee of the Bloonisbuf^ State Nonital School, succeeding K. E. Hartman, l i e is also a tnistce of the Methodist Church o f Bloomshurg, in whose work he takes an active part, and socially he is a Mason, holding membership in Washington Lod^e, No. 265, F. & A. M., Caldwell Cons(stor> and Irem Temple, A . A . O . N . M . S ., o f Wilkcs-Barrc. On .Aug. 18, 1887, D r Hess w as married to Minnie A . W intersline, daughter o f Joseph O. and l.yd ia (W o lf) W interstine, and they arc the (>arents o f three children: Miriam graduated from the local high school and in 19 ( 1 from the Bloomsburg State Normal School: Helen |rraduatc<] from the same in* stitutions, finishing her course at the Normal in 1 9 10; Esther also graduated from the high school and Bloomsburg State Norm al .School, class o f 19 12 . T he (Uughters are all engaged in teaching school, A ltriam and Helen in the Hoboken (N . J . ) schools, and Esther in lUoomsburg. The fam ily home is on F ifth street. Bloomsburg. H. x r v e v W i l b u e H k s s. laic o f MifBinvillc, W one of the well known business men of .XS central Pennsylvania. H e w as 1>om at MiBlinville A pril 28, i860, and rccei%*ed a common school education at that place. W hen a young man he went to Hazleton, P a., where he Icanted the jew eler's trade with Stephen Engle, i lis intelligence and aptitude soon obtained for him the position o f salesman and advertiser for a patent engraving machine. Som e time later he l>ccamc manager of the oil plant o f J. C. Bright & Co.. shippers and dealers in oil, continuing tn this position until the firm merged with one of the large combinations.

Then he engaged in the lumber business, ia which he w as (particularly successful, having large mills in Columbia and surroundmg counties. H e w as both a m anufacturer aod dealer on a large scale, handling railroad and mining supplies, and also acquired extensive interests in other tines. H e was one of the organizers of the Bloomsburg Nationa) Bank and w as a member o f its first board o f direc­ tors. continuing to serve as such until his death. He also held slock in other banks in this locality. A t one time he oxsited one of the finest stock farm s in this part of the State, a tract o f about two hundrt^ acres lying near .Mifflinville, part of the farm o f his father-inlaw, W'illiam Keller, selling this property to a W ilkcs-Barrc com|>any. I'hough still in his prime at the time o f his death, which occurred m October, 1909, M r. H ess lu d accumulated a very large estate, which is now managed by his brother. Dr. M. J. Hess. Mr. Hess n urried C arrie E. K eller, daugh­ ter o f William and M argaret (Bowman) Keller, and two children were horn to this union, both o f whom died young. Mr. Hess w as buried at Mifflinville. where his widow continues (o make her home, l i e w as a mem­ ber of the Lutheran Church. K I L E Y L . K L I N E, one of the most repre­ sentative men o f Berw ick. Columbia county, and a iK>wer in the Bower Memorial CTturch, w as l)om Feb. 17. i8 6 i, near Mordansville, Columbia Co., Pa., on a farm owned by his grandfather, Phillip Kline. W illiam W. Kline, father of R iley L. Kline, w as liorn Sept. 4. 18 3 1. near Homcllsvillc. .^tculKfi Co., N. V ., a son o f ITtillip and (.liaritv (D ildine) Kline. Phillip Kline, grandfather o f R iley I.. Kline, w as bom in Greenwood township, Columbia Co., 1 ., and ^ there received a common school education. Soon a fte r his m arriage to Charily Dildine. who was l)orn in .August, 1808. at Orangeville, Columbia Co., Pa., he moved to New York State and engaged in general farming. He cleared a fan n out of the forest in Steuben county and could relate many experiences with the tribe o f Indians in that part of the Sute. I u tc r on in life he moved hack to Mordans­ ville. Columbia county, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 18S0. H e and his w ife had the following children: Jam es was accidentally killed in a collision on the road while returning from a campmeeting, and he is buried in Greenwood cemetery in Greenwood township: W illiam W. married Phœbe K. K eichard; M argaret n urried William