Perry A Cline
b.1849 05 Jan - Logan County, Virginia
d.1891 19 Mar -
----- Parents -----
Jacob "Rich Jake" Cline
Nancy Fuller
----- Siblings -----
Martha "Patsy" Cline
Elizabeth "Betsy" Cline [A850]
Peter Cline
Nancy Cline
Mary Cline
Jane Cline
Jacob Cline
Perry A Cline
----- Marriages -----
m01. 1868 19 Sep - Pike County, Kentucky + Martha Adkins (6 Children)
----- Children -----
John StClair Cline
Allen D Cline
William Cline
Roxie Cline
Butler Cline
Marie Cline
name: Percy A Cline
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: Logan county, part of, Logan, Virginia, United States
gender: Male
age: 2
marital status:
race (original):
race (standardized): White
birthplace: Virginia
estimated birth year: 1848
dwelling house number: 367
family number: 367
line number: 19
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 956
film number: 444946
digital folder number: 004206378
image number: 00294
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Jacob Cline M 62 Virginia
Nancy Cline F 40 Virginia
Peter Cline M 14 Virginia
Nancy Cline F 11 Virginia
Mary Cline F 9 Virginia
Jane Cline F 7 Virginia
Jacob Cline M 4 Virginia
Percy A Cline M 2 Virginia
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DC-PLL : accessed 26 Feb 2013),
Percy A Cline in household of Jacob Cline, Logan county, part of, Logan,
Virginia, United States; citing dwelling 367, family 367, NARA microfilm
publication M432, roll 956.
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Name: Perry A Cline
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: [Blank], Logan, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Birthplace: [Blank]
Page: 92
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Perry A Cline M 11 [Blank]
Jacob J Cline M 14 [Blank]
Mary Hunt F 22 [Blank]
Jane Cline F 18 [Blank]
Mary Jane Cline F 4 [Blank]
Household ID: 588 , GS Film Number: 805358 , Digital Folder Number:
004297387 , Image Number: 00300
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41D-6BW : accessed 8 March 2015),
Perry A Cline, [Blank], Logan, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S.
Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 92, household ID 588,
NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records
Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 805,358
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name: Persey A. Cline
birth date: 1850
birthplace:
age: 18
spouse's name: George L. C. Marthey Or Adkins
spouse's birth date: 1849
spouse's birthplace:
spouse's age: 19
event date: 03 Sep 1868
event place: Pike County, Kentucky
father's name:
mother's name:
spouse's father's name:
spouse's mother's name:
race:
marital status:
previous wife's name:
spouse's race:
spouse's marital status:
spouse's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M01330-4
system origin: Kentucky-EASy
gs film number: 1943483
reference id: pg663
Citing this Record
"Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWBM-NJB : accessed 26 Feb 2013),
Persey A. Cline and George L. C. Marthey Or Adkins, 03 Sep 1868.
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Name: Perry A. Cline
Residence: Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky
Birthdate: 1849
Birthplace: West Virginia, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Martha Cline
Spouse's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 31 years
Occupation: School Commissioner
NARA Film Number: T9-0439
Page: 607
Page Character: A
Entry Number: 2797
Film number: 1254439
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Perry A. Cline M 31 West Virginia, United States
WIFE Martha Cline F 31 Kentucky, United States
SON John S. Cline M 10 West Virginia, United States
SON Alen Cline M 8 Kentucky, United States
DAU Rocksey Cline F 5 Kentucky, United States
SON Butler Cline M 2 Kentucky, United States
DAU Marrie Cline F 6M Kentucky, United States
Charles Walker M 20 Kentucky, United States
Luvena Cline F 43 Kentucky, United States
Source Citation
"United States Census, 1880," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCZG-PXK : accessed 29 July 2012),
Perry A. Cline, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky.
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Name: Perry A Cline
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1891
Event Place: Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 05 Jan 1849
Death Date: 19 Mar 1891
Affiliate Record Identifier: 62643552
Cemetery: Cline Cemetery
Citing this Record
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62643552
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2W-WLKV : accessed 8 March
2015), Perry A Cline, 1891; Burial, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United
States of America, Cline Cemetery; citing record ID 62643552, Find a
Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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Name: Paris F. Preston
Birthplace: Douglass Co., Kansas
Spouse's Name: Roxie Cline
Spouse's Birth Date: 1876
Spouse's Birthplace: Pikeville, Ky.
Spouse's Age: 26
Event Date: 10 Feb 1902
Event Place: Lawrence County, Ohio
Father's Name: Mont. Preston
Mother's Name: Lovinda Price
Spouse's Father's Name: Perry A. Cline
Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Adkins
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86916-3 , System Origin: Ohio-VR , GS
Film number: 0317723 , Reference ID: 2:3KR0VN8
Citing this Record
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD8N-C1K : accessed 8 March 2015),
Perry A. Cline in entry for Paris F. Preston and Roxie Cline, 10 Feb
1902; citing Lawrence County, Ohio, reference 2:3KR0VN8; FHL microfilm
317,723
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Name: Myra L Curnutte
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1916
Event Place: Ciderville, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Perry Anderson Cline
Mother's Name: Martha Adkins
GS Film Number: 1942740 , Digital Folder Number: 004185751 , Image
Number: 03014
Citing this Record
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N9KQ-NPY : accessed 8 March 2015),
Perry Anderson Cline in entry for Myra L Curnutte, 1916.
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Name: John St.Clair Cline Sr.
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Feb 1941
Event Place: Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 71
Birth Year (Estimated): 1870
Father's Name: Perry A. Cline
Mother's Name: Martha Adkins
Spouse's Name: Rebecca Scott Cline
Spouse's Gender: Female
GS Film Number: 1913546 , Digital Folder Number: 004222390 , Image
Number: 02025
Citing this Record
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N9H1-H5N : accessed 8 March 2015),
Perry A. Cline in entry for John St.Clair Cline Sr., 1941.
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Name: William O.B. Cline
Event Date: 03 Dec 1958
Event Place: Wayne, West Virginia
Father's Name: Perry A. Cline
Mother's Name: Martha Adkins
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
GS Film number: 2074146 , Digital Folder Number: 4032139 , Image Number:
149 , Reference ID: 17143
Citing this Record
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=2074146&ImageNumber=
149
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMZ6-3VB : accessed 8 March 2015),
Perry A. Cline in entry for William O.B. Cline, 03 Dec 1958; citing
Wayne, West Virginia, County Records, 17143, county courthouses, West
Virginia; FHL microfilm 2,074,146.
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THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS ARTICLE AND THE
ONE WHICH FOLLOWS.
Perry A. Cline, a noted character in West
Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, was born on a farm
at the mouth of this stream [Peter's Creek], in 1845, and at one time
was the owner ot the home property, which he traded
for a farm on the west side of the Tug River, in Ken-
tucky. He had the advantages of only about three
months of schooling, but was blessed with good com-
mon 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 1880, 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, 1920, 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. ;
A. D., a minister of the Methodist Church in Pike
County: Roxana, the wife of P. F. Preston, of Leb-
anon. 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 ;
W. O. B., a farmer at Oak Hill, Ohio; Jacob P., an
engineer on the C. & O. Railroad; and Maude, the
wife of W. L. York, of Pikeville.
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-kerr/history-of-kentucky-vol
ume-5-rre/page-11-history-of-kentucky-volume-5-rre.shtml
This link is no longer valid but the excerpt may be found on pages 36-37
of History of Kentucky, Vol 5 By William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton
Coulter, American Historical Society, 1922
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from a news article detailing Perry A. Cline's life was printed in a
Frankfort, Ky., newspaper on March 11, 1886.
"The story of the life of Hon. Perry A. Cline, representative from the
counties of Pike, Letcher, Knott and Martin, reads like a romance. He was
born Jan. 3, 1849, in Logan County, W.Va., of parents who came from
Virginia. His mother died when he was two-years-old and his father five
years later. In his childhood he was left in the care of three
African-Americans (who had worked for the family). (There were very few
schools in the area where they lived so it was decided that he would come
to Pikeville and his caregiver would come with him.) After the late war
he engaged in rafting logs from which he realized $150. There being no
schools where he lived he started on foot for Russell County, Va., a
distance of over 100 miles, suffering many privations and hardships on
the way. He remained in school eight and a half months, when his money
was exhausted and he returned to Pike County. From 1874 to 1878 he was
sheriff of Pike County. In 1885 he was nominated for Representative from
his district and elected as Democrat over two opponents, one a
Republican, the other an Independent. Mr. Cline is in every sense of the
word a self-educated, self-made man. No human being ever lent him a
helping hand that his own efforts did not merit. He has studied hard,
been conscientious in all his undertakings, been honorable and faithful
in his friendships, and deserves all he has attained of success or
worldly goods. He was admitted to the bar in 1884, since which time he
has practiced his profession. He is a member of the Legislative
Committees on Circuit Courts and Education, on both of which he is doing
good service."
When he was a representative in Frankfort, Cline pushed through the bill
to educate African-Americans. The Perry A. Cline School in Pikeville was
named for him.
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