Abraham Line
Abraham Line was born near Lexington, Kentucky, in the year 1800. He is a son of Joseph and Magdalena (Hoost) Line. The father of Joseph Line was one of the three brothers who came over from England with Gen. Braddock (spoken of elsewhere). Joseph, together with his brother John, was in the Revolutionary war. He was born in New Jersey about 1756. From New Jersey they removed to Kentucky, but the time of their removal is not known. From Kentucky they came to Ohio in 1812, and located in Brown County, where they lived until 1835, when they came to Shelby County with their son Abraham, where the father died in 1841. Abraham married Sarah Line (a daughter of John Line) in 1820. They have had born to them twelve children, five of whom are still living, viz., Levisa, John, James, Levi, and Jacob. Mr. and Mrs. Line are both still living, he in his eighty-secoiid and she in her eighty-fifth year, they having travelled the journey of life together for sixty-two years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883