Peter Cline [14696] Details

Peter Cline
b. - 
d. - 
----- Children -----
Jacob "Rich Jake" Cline

pages 36-37 of History of Kentucky, Vol 5 By William Elsey Connelley, 
Ellis Merton Coulter, American Historical Society, 1922:
  
John S Cl1ne Faith in the future of his community ability to look ahead 
and visualize conditions as they were to be in the coming years and 
patience in waiting for his dreams to materialize have been important 
factors in the success of John S Cline of Pikeville An attorney by 
profession Mr Cline has traveled far in his chosen calling but it has 
been as an investor in Pike County land that he has found the greatest 
measure of material prosperity Mr Cline was born in what is now Mingo 
County West Virginia near Dolorme July 1o 1869 a son ot Perry A and 
Martha Adkins Cline a grandson of Jacob Cline and a great grandson of 
Peter Cline Peter Cline came from Eastern Tennessee in 179o and 
  
settled at the mouth of Peter's Creek named in his honor a small stream 
in the western part of West Virginia Perry A Cline a noted character in 
West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky was born on a farm at the mouth of 
this stream in 1845 and at one time was the owner of the home property 
which he traded for a farm on the west side of the Tug River in Kentucky 
He had the advantages of only about three months of schooling but was 
blessed with good common sense and through reading observation and the 
use of his inherent qualities never allowed his early educational 
disadvantages to handicap him He was elected sheriff of Pike County for 
two terms and served capably in that offce from 1876 to 188o was school 
commissioner two terms and a member of the State Legislature in 1886 and 
1887 He then studied law and was admitted to the bar but his career was 
cut short in 1891 when he was only forty three years of age His widow a 
native of Pike County survived him until March 2 192o and was seventy 
three years of age at the time of her demise In politics Perry A Cline 
was a Union democrat While he was too young for service at the outbreak 
of the war between the states he was an ardent Union sympathizer and his 
brother served in the Federal Army Mr and Mrs Cline were the parents of 
eight children John S AD a minister of the Methodist Church in Pike 
County Roxana the wife of PF Preston of Lebanon Ohio Myra who died at the 
age of thirty years at Pikeville as the wife of Watt Curnutte Ella the 
wife of William A Richards of Columbus Ohio WOB a farmer at Oak Hill Ohio 
Jacob P an engineer on the C & O Railroad and Maude the wife of WL York 
of Pikeville 
  
The early education of John S Cline was secured in the public schools of 
Pikeville following which he pursued a course at the Agricultural and 
Mechanical College at Lexington Having determined upon a career in the 
law he took up the study of that profession under the preceptorship of 
his father and in 1887 was admitted to the bar after an examination 
before the Kentucky Court of Appeals When Mr Cline began his law practice 
he had for two years as his partner WK Steele but at the end of that time 
the association was dissolved and Mr Cline has since practiced alone 
While he is a general practitioner much of his law business has been 
identified with land titles for this is a field in which he is greatly 
interested personally and has naturally made a close study of the subject 
Mr Cline belongs to the various organizations of his calling and is held 
in respect by his fellow members in the profession who have always found 
him an observer of the highest ethics of the calling He is capable 
learned and shrewd and has a great capacity for industry in his 
profession his success in which has been fairly earned and is well 
deserved 
  
Years ago even before the possibility of a railroad had been brought up 
Mr Cline began buying land in east Kentucky for the most part coal land 
During the time thathe has been thus engaged it is said that at different 
times he has owned a greater acreage of coal property than any other one 
individual He had the vision and patience could see success at the end of 
a long period of time and was content to wait for his award The pioneer 
in this line of endeavor he has continued therein to the present time and 
as Pikeville has extended its boundaries it has spread constantlv over 
Cline land Mr Cline donated the ground at Pikeville occupied by Grace 
Avenue which was named in honor of his daughter Grace who died in to16 at 
the age of twenty seven years as the wife of William H Vest of Lynchburg 
Virginia 
  
In 1891 and 1892 Mr Cline served as sheriff of Pike County and made an 
efficient and conscientious official in that position as he did also in 
the office of county attorney which he filled for two terms He is a 
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a Mason of high 
standing being a member of the Commandery at Ashland as well as a noble 
of the Mystic Shrine He and his family are faithful members of the 
Presbyterian Church 
  
In 1887 Mr Cline was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Scott daughter 
of William M Scott of Pikeville and of the five children of this union 
Grace is deceased as before noted the others being Octavia the wife of JH 
Smith Jr of Lynchburg Virginia Thelma the wife of Sid Trioette of 
Pikeville Genevieve who is unmarried and resides with her parents and 
John S Jr also at home.
  


	Peter Cline b. - d. - ----- Children ----- Jacob "Rich Jake" Cline pages 36-37 of History of Kentucky, Vol 5 By William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter, American Historical Society, 1922: John S Cl1ne Faith in the future of his community ability to look ahead and visualize conditions as they were to be in the coming years and patience in waiting for his dreams to materialize have been important factors in the success of John S Cline of Pikeville An attorney by profession Mr Cline has traveled far in his chosen calling but it has been as an investor in Pike County land that he has found the greatest measure of material prosperity Mr Cline was born in what is now Mingo County West Virginia near Dolorme July 1o 1869 a son ot Perry A and Martha Adkins Cline a grandson of Jacob Cline and a great grandson of Peter Cline Peter Cline came from Eastern Tennessee in 179o and settled at the mouth of Peter's Creek named in his honor a small stream in the western part of West Virginia Perry A Cline a noted character in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky was born on a farm at the mouth of this stream in 1845 and at one time was the owner of the home property which he traded for a farm on the west side of the Tug River in Kentucky He had the advantages of only about three months of schooling but was blessed with good common sense and through reading observation and the use of his inherent qualities never allowed his early educational disadvantages to handicap him He was elected sheriff of Pike County for two terms and served capably in that offce from 1876 to 188o was school commissioner two terms and a member of the State Legislature in 1886 and 1887 He then studied law and was admitted to the bar but his career was cut short in 1891 when he was only forty three years of age His widow a native of Pike County survived him until March 2 192o and was seventy three years of age at the time of her demise In politics Perry A Cline was a Union democrat While he was too young for service at the outbreak of the war between the states he was an ardent Union sympathizer and his brother served in the Federal Army Mr and Mrs Cline were the parents of eight children John S AD a minister of the Methodist Church in Pike County Roxana the wife of PF Preston of Lebanon Ohio Myra who died at the age of thirty years at Pikeville as the wife of Watt Curnutte Ella the wife of William A Richards of Columbus Ohio WOB a farmer at Oak Hill Ohio Jacob P an engineer on the C & O Railroad and Maude the wife of WL York of Pikeville The early education of John S Cline was secured in the public schools of Pikeville following which he pursued a course at the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Lexington Having determined upon a career in the law he took up the study of that profession under the preceptorship of his father and in 1887 was admitted to the bar after an examination before the Kentucky Court of Appeals When Mr Cline began his law practice he had for two years as his partner WK Steele but at the end of that time the association was dissolved and Mr Cline has since practiced alone While he is a general practitioner much of his law business has been identified with land titles for this is a field in which he is greatly interested personally and has naturally made a close study of the subject Mr Cline belongs to the various organizations of his calling and is held in respect by his fellow members in the profession who have always found him an observer of the highest ethics of the calling He is capable learned and shrewd and has a great capacity for industry in his profession his success in which has been fairly earned and is well deserved Years ago even before the possibility of a railroad had been brought up Mr Cline began buying land in east Kentucky for the most part coal land During the time thathe has been thus engaged it is said that at different times he has owned a greater acreage of coal property than any other one individual He had the vision and patience could see success at the end of a long period of time and was content to wait for his award The pioneer in this line of endeavor he has continued therein to the present time and as Pikeville has extended its boundaries it has spread constantlv over Cline land Mr Cline donated the ground at Pikeville occupied by Grace Avenue which was named in honor of his daughter Grace who died in to16 at the age of twenty seven years as the wife of William H Vest of Lynchburg Virginia In 1891 and 1892 Mr Cline served as sheriff of Pike County and made an efficient and conscientious official in that position as he did also in the office of county attorney which he filled for two terms He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a Mason of high standing being a member of the Commandery at Ashland as well as a noble of the Mystic Shrine He and his family are faithful members of the Presbyterian Church In 1887 Mr Cline was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Scott daughter of William M Scott of Pikeville and of the five children of this union Grace is deceased as before noted the others being Octavia the wife of JH Smith Jr of Lynchburg Virginia Thelma the wife of Sid Trioette of Pikeville Genevieve who is unmarried and resides with her parents and John S Jr also at home.