Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Cline's Father

Leonard Cline's father was born Levi Lanson Cline in Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, on 7 February 1858. He was the second child of David Hiram Cline (1827-1921), a farmer,  and Emily Bradley (1836-1887), who were married near Aylmer, Ontario, on 1 January 1855.  He had one older brother, four younger brothers, and four younger sisters.
Leonard Cline Sr. probably c. 1890

Around 1873 he moved to Bay City, Michigan, where he changed his name to Leonard Lanson Cline.  He was active in the Michigan Press for the rest of his life, as founder of The Bay City Times, and in management at other newspapers.  He mostly worked in advertising.

He married Jessie Forsyth Cline (1865-1939) in Bay City on 22 January 1890.  They had two children, Elizabeth Forsyth Cline (1891-1966), and Leonard Lanson Cline, Jr., (1893-1929).

In the early 1890s he moved with his family to Detroit, establishing a popular trade paper advertising agency. In February 1902 he was attacked with severe brain fever, and he never really recovered from it, though he went to New Mexico for the winter of 1903-04 with the hope that the climate and ranch life would restore his health.  He returned to Detroit in May 1904, but succumbed on 10 October 1904. His death certificate notes that he died of a "paretic seizure (four days) occurring in the course of General Paresis."


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