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life before his death, which occurred five years a fte r thcir renwval lo Sunbury. She died Sept. 27, 19 14, aged ninety-three years, five months, seventeen days, at Sunbury. H er health w as renxarkable, and her mental facul­ ties unclouded up to the time o f her death, though she had a paralytic stroke the Ju n e p reen in g. T hey were the ja re n ts o f nine children, sev­ eral o f whom have become noted in educa­ tional and medical circles, v iz .: ( 1 ) Luther B. is mentioned below. ( 2 ) Elisha B. gradu­ ated from Dickinson Sem inary, W illiam siwrt, Pa., studied law and w as prepared for a< ^ ission tu Ihe bar just before his death. ( 3 ) Elizabeth Cecilia, a graduate o f Dickinson Sem inary, m arried H. C. W allize, o f K lines­ grove. (4 ) George M ., also educated at Dick­ inson. is now a merchant at W infield, in Union county. ( 5 ) Maig;arct Eleanor, also a grad­ uate o f CNckinson, widow o f I. L ew is Bender, resides with her son. P ro f. H arold II. Bender, o f Princeton U niversity. (6 ) D r. David C. attended the Bloomsburg Norm al School. Dickinson Sem inaty and llahnem ann Medical College, from whicn he w as graduated in 1883, and now practices in Reading. H e is an exprcsident of the Homeopathic State Medical iw ie t y. ( 7 ) 1. Clinton, a graduate o f Blooms­ burg .Normal, Union Sem inary. Bucknell Academ y and Lafayette College, has practiced law in Sunbury since 1894. (8 ) J. Simpson, who studied at Lafayette College, is an attor­ ney o f Sunbury. (9 ) Rachel Estelle is the w ife o f P ro f. William S. H all, head of the Dexnrtment o f M ining and Et^ineering at I.a ayette College. Easton. M rs. M ary ( B a s ­ sett) Kline w as survived by thirteen grand­ children and six great-grandchildren. Luther B. Kline, M .D., father o f Charles S ., w as bom in Rush township, NorthumlwrLmd Co., P a., Dec. 24, 1842. H e resided on the farm o f his father until his eighteenth year, attending the country schools. .After ihat he taught a small school and then took a course in the Sunbury Academy. In the fall o f 1865 he entered Jefferson Medical Col­ lege. Philadelphia, from which he w as gradu­ ated in M arch, 1867. T he following A pril he came to Catawissa, where he has gradually built up an extensive practice. In 1870 he married Desdemona, daughter o f J. K. and M ary M. Sharpless. and they became the laren ts o f four children: Charles S ., Grace I-'., and two who died in childhood. Mrs. Kline died in 1904. She was a meml»«r of the Methodist Church, to which D r. Kline also be­ long*. H e is connected with Catawissa

IxKlge, N o. 349. F. & .A. M ., the Ro>'al Arch Chapter and ^ ^ ttish R ite bodies. H e has been school director, is a member of the County Medical Society, and w as vice-president of the State Medical Society in the years I9t(>'ii. Charles S . Kline attended the public schools o f Catawissa. spent one year in Susquehanna U niversity, attended Dickinson College as a member of the class o f 19 0 1, and in 1903 graduated from I>ickinson I^ w School. He read law in the office o f W. H. R haw n. He w as admitted to the bar in M ay. 1903. W’hilc at college he took a strong interest in ath­ letics, and w as also prominent in the Phi Della Theta fraternity. H e is a member of the Methodist Church and is connected with several Masonic bodies. On Sept. 7, t9to. M r. K line m arried I.,aura, daughter o f (Seorge Scvtnore and Anna Ploughman (Sh arpless) Ctifl>crt. M rs. Kline graduated from the Bloomsburg State X om iat School in 1895 and for several years w as a successful teacher in the public schools o f Catawissa. She is a mem­ ber of the Episcopal Church. George Seym ore Gilbert, father o f Mrs. Kline, was bom in Ogdensburg, N. Y ., and died in Catawissa in 19 12. H e cam e to this Kirt o f Pennsylvania as a surx'cv'or on the inc of the Cataw issa railroad, ano w as made the first station agent at Rupert. H e also carried on a mercantile business. H e w as a mcmlxrr of the Episcopal Church and of the .Masonic fraternity. H is w ife. .Anna Plough­ man, 'laughter o f John Sharpless, w as a dcsccndani of the Snarplcss fam ily o f Bolton Manor. Leicestershire. England. Harriet Sharidess and her cousin, members o f this Lamily, were noted nurses in the days of the C ivil war. Mr. and M rs. Kline arc also re­ lated to the H arder fam ily, the ancestors of which came from Haarlem, Holland, and set­ tled in N ew Y o rk in 16 16. T hr'je of the H arders fought in the Rex'olulion and two others were practicing physicians in this State in early Colonial times. JO H N R. T O W N S E N D has had so active a part in the various movements which have worked together fo r the promotion of the best interests o f Bloomsburg that the results of his efforts can hardly be estimated at the present lime. His work is recognizetl and appreciated by his fellow citizens, who have bWii encouraged to cooperate in many projects o f importance lo the town because of their confidence in his judgment of their relative value. A s chief executive fo r three successive terms he gave the most conscientious atten­