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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES scrx'cd fo r six months the Booncsboro charge, during the absence o f its regular pastor. In the fall o f 1844 he w as called to bloom s­ burg a s assistant English |»5tor to K ev. D. S. T obias, in the Bloomsburg clu rg e, and on Dec. 8th follow ing he w as installed as pastor at O rangeville, P a., by R ev. E. KicfTcr and Kev. D r. H en ry H arbaugh, the contmittcc appointed by the Susquehanna classis. H e served ac­ ceptably this large field, which at that time c o n s is t^ o f a number o f con gr^ation s, widely separated, for ten years, giving all o f his time and energy to the work, arranging it is said a sermon for each day of the month, a task, in addition to long rides on horseback in inclement weather, too severe for one of his physique. H is life o f se lf sacrifice came to an early end, by his death on A pril 16, 1S 55, and he w as laid to rest in the cemetery of the Keform ed Church at Hagerstown, Md. H is w ife, M atilda (S n y d e r) Funk, was a daughter o f Daniel Snyder, S r., one of the early settlers o f Bloom sourg, and M ary MickIcy Snyder, a granddaughter o f Jo h n Jacob Nlicklc)’, who brought the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown Sept. 23, 17 7 7; they had but one child, Nevin U . Funk. N e v i . U . Fu.s'K, son o f Rev. Ilcn ry and s M atilda (S n yd e r) Funk, w as born .at Blooms­ burg. P a.. Feb. t i, 1852. H e w as educated at the Bloomsburg Literary Institute (subse­ quently merged into the Blooni.sburg Literary Institute and State N o rn u l School) and at Princeton U niversity, from which institution he graduated in 1874 with the degree o f Bach­ elor o f A rts. In the succeeding year he took u {5 the study of the law, attending lectures' at the Columbia L aw School; and afterw ards read law in the office o f Hon. Charles K. Buckalew, o f Bloomsburg. In 1877 he w as admittctl to the lu r o f Columbia county, and since that date has developed a large and lu­ crative practice. Besides being a fine law yer, M r. Funk is a good business man, and is closely identified with some of the principal institutions of the town o f Bloomsbuig;. He is one of the charter members and one of the three surviving original directors of the F a n n ­ ers' National Bank o f Bloomsburg. In 1890 he and several others organized the Blooms­ burg lu n d Improvement Comp,any, which pur­ chased a large farm adjoining Bloomsburg on the cast, laying same out into streets and lots, upon which h.avc since l>ccn built nuny fine residences and large factories. H e was one of the ten charter members, a director and secretary of the Irondale Electric Light, Heat & Pow er Company, which subse<|uently

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became merged into the Columbia & Montour Electric Company. H e is also a member of the board o f trustees of the Bloomsburg L it­ erary Institute and State Norm al School. In i88t M r. Funk w as m arried to M ary L. Elw ell, daughter o f Ju d g e W illiam and M arv (T h a y c rJ Elw ell. T hey have had four children: N cvin Elw cll Funk, M arie .Amelia Funk, H enry E . Funk and William E . Funk, the last named deceased. M r. Funk is a mem­ ber of the Reform ed Church at Bloomsburg, and has been an elder, trustee and treasurer continuously since 1877. H e is a Democrat, and has served several times as a delegate to the State conventions o f his party. C H A R L E S S . K L I N E, a leading attorney o f Catawissa, Columbia county, w as born March 23, 1 8 ^, son o f D r. Luther B., grand­ son o f Harmon G-, great-grandson o f Isaac and descendant o f Herman K line, the last named the founder of the fam ily in Am erica. Herman K line emigrated to A m erica in the early part of the eighteenth century and settled in Ilomtcrdon county, N . J ., where he imught considerable land. It is said that he xvas rich, and generous to his less fortunate neighbors, l i e reared a large fam ily o f sons and daughters. T he date o f his death is not known. Lsaac Kline, son o f Herm an, came to Penn­ sylvania in 1799 and settled in Augusta town­ ship. Northumberland county, near the site of the village o f Klincsgrove, on the road lead­ ing from Sunbur}' to Danville, at the line o f Upper Augusta and Kush townships. In this locality he bought four or five hundred acres ■>f land, which was nearly all forest, made a home and raised a fam ily o f two sons. He died in 18 18 at the age o f ninety ye ars: bis w ife, M argaret, preceded him to the grave hy three years. Isaac K line ( 2 ), one of the sons o f Isaac, w as bom in Northumlicrlnnd county and lived on his father’s farm all o f his life. H e ntarricd Elizabeth DcW itt, and they had a large fam ily o f children, whose n.amcs have not l>een preserved. Harmon G. Kline, the other son o f Isaac, was born in Rush township .Aug. 30, 18 18, and like his father w as a farm er, at Klinesgrove. He w as very active in the Methodist Church and contributed largely to its support. In 1841 he married M ary, daughter o f Luther Bassett, a native o f N ew Je rse y and a resi­ dent o f Sunbury, N orthu m ^ rlan d county, for seventeen years before her death. M r. and .Mrs. K line enjoyed over fifty years o f wedded