Christopher Kline, son of Lorentz Kline, was born on the old family homestead in Salisbury township, and ultimately became the owner of two farms bordering the Little Lehigh, one of a hundred and sixty-five acres, the other of one hundred acres. At his death he left three children, Lorentz, Reuben and Sarah.

Christopher Kline, eldest son of Lorenz, was born in Weisenberg Township, June 3, 1765. His sponsors at baptism were his Stettler grandparents. He cultivated the land owned by his father, who survived him, until his accidental death by the discharge of his gun on Nov. 12, 1809. He married Maria Elizabeth Bogert, who was born Oct. 14, 1774, and died April 12, 1861.