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Angola Herald
Wednesday, March 6, 1878

              
              Death of an Honored Citizen
              
              It becomes our painful duty this week to
            chronicle the death of one of Steuben county's
            most honored and esteemed citizens - Mr. MICHAEL
            CLINE - who died at the residence of WM. KEZE (*)
            in Richland township, on Thursday, Feb. 28, 1878.
            Mr. CLINE'S daughter having closed her school in
            that vicinity on the Friday previous the father
            went to convey her home. He was taken suddenly
            sick, of lung fever, and continued to grow worse
            until death relieved his suffering.
              MICHAEL CLINE was born in Crawford county, Ohio,
            March 1, 1829. He removed to Richland county in
            1838; war married in August, 1850, and removed to
            this (Steuben) county in November, 1853, settling
            upon a farm some 4 1/2 miles northeast of town,
            where he resided and pursued the vocation of a til-
            ler of the soil until, within the past four years,
            he came to Angola to live.
              The subject of this sketch was the oldest son of
            eleven children - nine boys and two girls. The el-
            der sister is dead, the younger, Mrs. SHARRITT,
            lives near town. Of the brothers, five - all of whom,
            we believe, are residents of Richland county, Ohio -
            were in attendance at the funeral. He was for six
            years a County Commissioner of this county, and held
            the office of Township Trustee at the time of his
            death. He united with the Christian church about
            thirty years ago and for some years has held the
            position of an Elder in the society worshiping at
            this place. The universal sorrow depicted among the
            countenances of the large assemblage in attendance
            at the funeral was unmistakeable evidence of the 
            high esteem in which Mr. CLINE was held by his neigh-
            bors and fellow citizens, and of the brotherly af-
            fection bestowed upon him by the membership of the
            church. He was known only to be honored and respected.
              Mr. CLINE was the father of nine children three
            boys and six girls, eight of whom, with the bereaved
            mother, are left to mourn his departure. Mrs. JOHN
            ZABST, JR., is a daughter of the deceased. Of the
            remaining children, all but two or three are grown
            up and fully competent to take care of themselves.
            The elder son, CYRUS, is Superintendent of the pub-
            lic schools of our county, and is known as a young
            man of energy and intellectual ability. The loss of
            no citizen, perhaps would have been more keenly felt
            or more universally lamented in this community than
            that of MICHAEL CLINE. He was a good man and will be
            sadly missed.
            
            (Transcriber's Note: WM. KEZE (as written) may have
             been Wm. F. Kiess who was still residing in Richland
             township on the 1880 Federal census.)
             
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Angola Herald
Wednesday, March 6, 1878

              Five brothers of our late deceased fellow townsman,
            M. CLINE, were in attendance at the funeral. Three of
            them, JOHN, GEORGE, and JACOB, returned Monday, ISAIAH,
            goes to-day, and EZRA, will remain till Monday next.
            JOHN'S wife accompanied him.
             
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