Henry A. Kline, the son of Joseph and Anna (Wetherhold) Kline, was born in Lowhill township, Lehigh county, June 6, 1844. He was the grandson of Jacob and Susanna (Gross) Kline, the great grandson of Peter and Margaret Klein, and the greatgreat-grandson of Philip Wendel Klein, who came to America in 1744. He attended the public schools at his home and completed his education at Franklin and Marshall College. He taught in the public schools of Lehigh, Carbon and Luzerne counties from 1860 to 1861. He was the first instructor to establish a High School in Lehigh County, at Slatington. From 1881 to 1897 he was a resident of Wilkes-Barre, where he was instructor in music and leader of a band and orchestra. A teacher of music for thirty years, his experience and generosity to less fortunate persons, enabled him to assist and help them in their musical work, often giving hours of patience and study that have made young men and young women well known in musical circles.

Mr. Kline married on December 2, 1869, Amanda Isabella, daughter of Henry and Violetta (Kern) Kuntz, of Slatington, who survives him, with the following children: Harry J. Kline, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Walter Groves, of Slatington; and Miss A. Violet Kline. Mr. Kline succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy at 10.30 o'clock on Sunday morning, October 7, 1906. The interment was made on the following Wednesday, at Slatington.

Mr. Kline was affiliated with the following orders: Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Knights of Malta, serving in 1891 as Deputy Commander of the latter in Wilkes-Barre and the Royal Arcanum. He was one of the founders of the Lehigh County Historical Society, becoming a member at its second meeting on June 15, 1904, and took a great interest in the work of the society. In him this society lost a valuable member.

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