Lewis Taylor Kline
Parents
| Father | Joseph Kline ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Quick ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 18 August 2013; Last Edited: 18 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 5777 |
| Name | Lewis Taylor Kline |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 4 January 1857 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 8 June 1881 in Genesee County, Michigan to Emily A. ‘Emma’ Gazlay7 |
| Married | 24 July 1895 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan to Elizabeth Lamonte McKinnon2, 3 |
| Died | 25 August 1930 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan1, 8 |
| Buried | in Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan1 |
Biography
An interesting biographical sketch of Lewis appears in the Biographical History of Northern Michigan:9
LEWIS T. KLINE.
One of the important industries of Alpena, Michigan, is that conducted by the subject of this sketch, who is engaged in the manufacture of Kline’s excelsior and wood turning machinery, the former of which is in use in all the wood-producing counties of the state and indeed the country. Mr. Kline is a native of the Wolverine state, having been born at Flint, Michigan, on January 4, 1857, and is the son of Joseph Kline, who came to Flint in 1837, at the age of fourteen years. The subject’s great-grandfather came to America from Frankfort-on-the-Rhine, Germany, while his son, the subject’s grandfather, was one of the pioneer settlers of Michigan. The subject himself saw the first train run over the Pere Marquette Railroad. The subject received a fair education in the public schools and upon attaining his majority started out on his own account. In 1879 he came to Alpena and was first employed by C. B. Warren and later engineer for the Minor Lumber Company. In 1883 he obtained a patent for a log roller and in 1887 a patent for a log roller and log deck apparatus, which have come into extensive use in the United States and Canada and other parts of the world. He later obtained patents on a steam feed valve, an automatic lathe and his excelsior machinery, all of them being marvels of ingenuity and greatly simplifying and cheapening the cost of production. The factory for the manufacture of these articles was at first a modest affair, but has rapidly grown in response to the demand for the product, until it ranks with the leading enterprises of this city. Mr. Kline does not allow his attention to be diverted from his business interests and is rapidly acquiring a reputation throughout the trade for the value of his productions and high quality of their manufacture.
Mr. Kline has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Gazlay, of Flint, Michigan, by which union were born two sons, Arthur L., of Detroit, and Herman J., who graduated from the Alpena high school and is now taking a course in Mechanical engineering at the State University, at Ann Arbor. Mr. Kline’s second union was with Miss Elizabeth Mckinnon, of Alpena, and to them have been born four children, DeEtte, Joseph and George, twins, and Flora. Mr. Kline is a gentleman who in all circumstances in which he has been placed has borne himself with that spirit which brings to a man the respect and esteem of the entire community. He has in all respects been the architect of his own fortunes and has builded wisely and well.
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Emily A. ‘Emma’ Gazlay (daughter of Miles Gazlay and Ruth Pettengill) |
| Born | 27 February 1860 in Michigan |
| Married | 8 June 1881 in Genesee County, Michigan to Lewis Taylor Kline |
| Died | 24 January 1895 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Children | of Lewis Taylor Kline and Emily A. ‘Emma’ Gazlay: |
| +1. | Arthur Lewis Kline |
| Born | 8 November 1884 in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan |
| Married | 28 November 1907 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to Caroline H. Blimke |
| Died | 9 January 1933 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan |
| 2. | Harmon J. Kline |
| Born | 10 August 1886 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Married | 18 October 1916 in Palo, Ionia County, Michigan to Lucile F. Hargrave |
| Died | 10 April 1972 in Michigan |
| 3. | Harvey E. Kline |
| Born | 24 July 1891 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Died | 25 December 1891 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Spouse 2 | Elizabeth Lamonte McKinnon (daughter of Kenneth McKinnon and Ann Lamonte) |
| Born | 5 December 1866 in Ontario, Canada |
| Married | 24 July 1895 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan to Lewis Taylor Kline |
| Died | 6 April 1947 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Children | of Lewis Taylor Kline and Elizabeth Lamonte McKinnon: |
| 1. | (male) Kline |
| Born | 9 October 1896 in Michigan |
| Died | 9 October 1896 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| 2. | Kenneth Kline |
| Born | 5 January 1898 |
| Died | 1 March 1900 |
| +3. | De Ette M. Kline |
| Born | 9 December 1899 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Married | 20 June 1923 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan to William R. Woelk |
| Died | 8 May 1964 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| 4. | Joseph E. Kline |
| Born | 1 May 1902 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Died | 18 August 1968 |
| 5. | George M. Kline |
| Born | 1 May 1902 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Died | 22 September 1972 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| 6. | Mary Flora Kline |
| Born | 13 January 1904 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
| Married | 1 October 1925 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan to Carleton Manley Dean |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, Lewis Taylor Kline, born: 4 January 1857 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; died: 25 August 1930 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, two spouses, and five children).
- Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Lewis T. Kline, age 38, born in Flint, Michigan; manufacturer; previously married one time; father: Joseph Kline; mother: Elizabeth Quick; and Elizabeth McKinnon, age 29, born in Canada; father: Kenneth McKinnon; mother: Ann Lamont; married on 24 July 1895 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Alpena County, Alpena City, Enumeration District 8, Sheet No. 7A; family of Lewis T. Kline (43, Michigan, Jan 1857, mfg. machinery); wife of 5 years Elizabeth L. Kline (34, Canada, Dec 1865); son Arthur L. Kline (15, Michigan, Dec 1884); son Harmon J. Kline (13, Michigan, Aug 1886); nephew Thomas R. Butler (10, Michigan, Dec 1889); son DeEtt M. Kline (5/12, Michigan, Dec 1899); niece Anna C. Butler (7, Michigan, July 1892); servant Julia Kubicka (13, Michigan, May 1887).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Alpena County, Alpena City, Enumeration District 8, Sheet No. 14A; family of Lewis T. Kline (52, Michigan, keeper, foundry, 2nd marriage); wife of 15 years Elizabeth Kline (44, Can., 2nd marriage, 6 children, 4 living); son Harmon J. Kline (24, Michigan, engineer, foundry); daughter DeEtta Kline (10, Michigan); son Joseph E. Kline (8, Michigan); son George M. Kline (8, Michigan); daughter Flora M. Kline (6, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Alpena County, Alpena, Enumeration District 10, Sheet No. 1B; family of Louise [sic] T. Kline (62, Michigan, manufacturer, foundry); wife Elizabeth L. Kline (53, Canada); daughter De Ette M. Kline (20, Michigan); son Joseph E. Kline (17, Michigan); son George M. Kline (17, Michigan); daughter Flora M. Kline (15, Michigan); servant Sarah A. Paige 53, Michigan, widow).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Florida, Sarasota County, Englewood, Enumeration District 58-12, Sheet No. 1A; family of Lewis Kline (72, Michigan, first married age 24); wife Elizabeth Kline (66, Canada, first married age 28); son George Kline (27, Michigan, carpenter, private home).
- Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Lewis T. Kline, age 24; and Emma Gazley, age 21; married on 8 June 1881 in Genesee [County], Michigan.
- Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995, available at familysearch.org. Lewis T. Kline, died: 25 August 1930 in Alpena, Michigan; father: Joseph Kline; mother: Elizabeth Quick.
- Biographical History of Northern Michigan, B. F. Bowen & Company, 1905. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Page 835-36, biographical sketch of Lewis T. Kline.