Adam Klein
Adam Klein, farmer, P. O. Randolph, was born in Germany January 12, 1832, son of John and Elizabeth Klein, natives of Germany, who immigrated to Ohio in 1832, and settled in Randolph Township, this county, where the latter died in 1841. Mr. Klein then married Gertie Deppre, who died in 1861, and he followed her September 7, 1881. Our subject was married, January 30, 1856, to Barbara Shaffer, born in Germany October 27, 1834, daughter of John Shaffer. Her parents both died in Germany, and she came to America when she was about eighteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Klein are the parents of fourteen children: Eva, John C. , Elizabeth, Barbara, Mary A., Clara E., Anna M., George, Adam, Emma A., Henry, Lewis, William and Alfred. Our subject has been engaged in farming through life with success, and now owns eighty-two acres of improved land. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885