John F. Kline

KLINE, DARNIELLE

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Date: 2/2/2004 at 06:49:11

John F. Kline
Representative from Davis county, was born in Wapello county, March 15, 1873. He attended the country schools and the southern Iowa Normal at Bloomfield and Highland Park college at Des Moines. He taught in the country schools in Wapello and Davis counties and spent the summer seasons farming. He located in Davis county in the spring of 1896. He was married to Miss Susie Darnielle of Fabius township, Davis county, on September 4, 1901, and soon afterward moved to Bloomfield, where he has since made his home except for a portion of the year 1910, when he lived at Newton, Iowa, and was owner and publisher of the Newton Herald. During the years he has resided in Bloomfield he has been actively engaged in the merchandising of fuel, flour, feed and groceries. He is a member of the Christian church and has been on the official board of the church for more than twenty years. He is a democrat, has served as county chairman of that party several years and also takes an interest in the affairs of the party of the district and state.

source: Iowa Official Register 1927-1928; Biographies of State Representatives; pg. 248

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