Adam Kline
Adam Kline, farmer, P. O. Rootstown, was born in Germany September 18, 1818, son of Peter and Barbara Kline, natives of Germany, and who immigrated to America in 1839, settling in Randolph Township, this county, where they remained the rest of their lives. Mr. Kline died in 1867; his wife in 1849. Our subject was married April 6, 1844, to Barbara Knapp, born in Germany in 1824, daughter of Peter Knapp, deceased. To this union have been born the following children: Elizabeth, Barbara, Margaret, Mary, Henry, John and George, living, and Adam and an infant, deceased. Our subject worked on the canal for fifteen years, after which he engaged in farming, an occupation he has since followed. He settled in Rootstown Township, this county, in 1844, and owns 173 acres of improved land, where he and his family reside.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885