Name: Family says that the George W. stands for George Washington which is likely true, but the only records I've found list his name as G.W., George or George W. One of his son's was named George Washington Cline, nicknamed "Spake".
Year of birth: Three census track his known family,
1860 census list his age as 32 - dob would be abt 1828
Civil War enlistment Apr 1861, age 38 - dob would be 1823
1870 census list his age as 47 - dob would be abt 1823
1880 census list his age as 60 - dob would be abt 1820
In 1895, the government took over the Steiner Valley and used it as a Prison farm, so the families scattered. George, having died in 1894, was buried in Steiner Valley area. (Our cousin Ernest Cline said he saw the Civil War marker on George's grave, but no one inquired as to what cemetery, and to date after searching many cemeteries in the area, we have been unable to find his grave).
In 2002, my sister and I went to the Steiner Valley area, a large portion of the Steiner Valley farm was taken when Lake Whitney was built. We looked through the Core of Engineers Records, many, many pages where graves were moved, and found no record of him. Also there were many of the pages were filled with "unknown". We continued our search walking every cemetery in the area that we could locate. We also drove down into what is left of the Steiner Valley Ranch, about 8 miles to the headquarters, then driving to the cemetery area that has grown up with trees, etc., but we were warned this area is known for rattlesnakes and were advised to come back in the winter.
We made contact with a member of the local genealogy society and they went to the cemetery in the winter, they found numerous stones, but no Cline stone was found.
Possibilities:
When they were preparing to build the lake, maybe the stone was broken in moving it and then he was listed with the "unknowns".
Is there another cemetery in that area that's not documented?
Application for Civil War Headstone
George W. Cline, Private
Company A, 16th Regiment, North Carolina
Date of Death: August 18, 1894
Name of Cemetery: Steiner Valley
Location: near Whitney, Texas
To be shipped to: G. W. Cline at Mt. Calm, Texas (This is his son, George Washington "Spake" Cline)
dated: February 10, 1936
There is likely another son that was born about 1873, listed on the 1880 census as Franklin Cline, age 7, born abt 1873. This is the only proven record of him. It is my opinion that this child died early in life, I find it difficult to believe that he was left in the Georgia area when the other family members came to Texas. If the family came to Texas between 1882 and 1889 as concluded below, Franklin would have been 9 to 16.
We do not know what year they came to Central Texas or on to East Texas, but with the following facts, we can get a better idea of the time frame. Molly, their daughter is living with her parents on the 1880 Georgia census, and she married in Georgia in 1882. By 1900, she and her family are found on the census in Smith county, Texas. In July of 1889, George and Narcissa's son, Robert married in Bosque County, Texas, this county joins Hill county. With this information, I'm assuming they came to Texas between 1882 and 1889. I have a copy of an application for a Civil War Headstone made by "Spake", George and Narcissa's son, stating his death as 18 Apr 1894 and that he is buried in Steiner Valley, Hill county, Texas. Also, U. Claud Cline, son of David A. and grandson of George and Narcissa is buried in the Steiner Valley cemetery, tombstone shows date of death as 1888. Of course, it's possible that the individual families moved at different times, but knowing George and Narcissa, along with their other children were living with their son David A. Cline as HOH in 1880, leads me to believe they likely came to Texas together.
Another reason that we believe that Franklin died at a young age is that all these 5 children listed below were known to our family members, but no one remembers Franklin's name ever being mentioned.
Year of birth: Three census track his known family,
1860 census list his age as 32 - dob would be abt 1828
Civil War enlistment Apr 1861, age 38 - dob would be 1823
1870 census list his age as 47 - dob would be abt 1823
1880 census list his age as 60 - dob would be abt 1820
In 1895, the government took over the Steiner Valley and used it as a Prison farm, so the families scattered. George, having died in 1894, was buried in Steiner Valley area. (Our cousin Ernest Cline said he saw the Civil War marker on George's grave, but no one inquired as to what cemetery, and to date after searching many cemeteries in the area, we have been unable to find his grave).
In 2002, my sister and I went to the Steiner Valley area, a large portion of the Steiner Valley farm was taken when Lake Whitney was built. We looked through the Core of Engineers Records, many, many pages where graves were moved, and found no record of him. Also there were many of the pages were filled with "unknown". We continued our search walking every cemetery in the area that we could locate. We also drove down into what is left of the Steiner Valley Ranch, about 8 miles to the headquarters, then driving to the cemetery area that has grown up with trees, etc., but we were warned this area is known for rattlesnakes and were advised to come back in the winter.
We made contact with a member of the local genealogy society and they went to the cemetery in the winter, they found numerous stones, but no Cline stone was found.
Possibilities:
When they were preparing to build the lake, maybe the stone was broken in moving it and then he was listed with the "unknowns".
Is there another cemetery in that area that's not documented?
Application for Civil War Headstone
George W. Cline, Private
Company A, 16th Regiment, North Carolina
Date of Death: August 18, 1894
Name of Cemetery: Steiner Valley
Location: near Whitney, Texas
To be shipped to: G. W. Cline at Mt. Calm, Texas (This is his son, George Washington "Spake" Cline)
dated: February 10, 1936
There is likely another son that was born about 1873, listed on the 1880 census as Franklin Cline, age 7, born abt 1873. This is the only proven record of him. It is my opinion that this child died early in life, I find it difficult to believe that he was left in the Georgia area when the other family members came to Texas. If the family came to Texas between 1882 and 1889 as concluded below, Franklin would have been 9 to 16.
We do not know what year they came to Central Texas or on to East Texas, but with the following facts, we can get a better idea of the time frame. Molly, their daughter is living with her parents on the 1880 Georgia census, and she married in Georgia in 1882. By 1900, she and her family are found on the census in Smith county, Texas. In July of 1889, George and Narcissa's son, Robert married in Bosque County, Texas, this county joins Hill county. With this information, I'm assuming they came to Texas between 1882 and 1889. I have a copy of an application for a Civil War Headstone made by "Spake", George and Narcissa's son, stating his death as 18 Apr 1894 and that he is buried in Steiner Valley, Hill county, Texas. Also, U. Claud Cline, son of David A. and grandson of George and Narcissa is buried in the Steiner Valley cemetery, tombstone shows date of death as 1888. Of course, it's possible that the individual families moved at different times, but knowing George and Narcissa, along with their other children were living with their son David A. Cline as HOH in 1880, leads me to believe they likely came to Texas together.
Another reason that we believe that Franklin died at a young age is that all these 5 children listed below were known to our family members, but no one remembers Franklin's name ever being mentioned.
Name: Family says that the George W. stands for George Washington which is likely true, but the only records I've found list his name as G.W., George or George W. One of his son's was named George Washington Cline, nicknamed "Spake".
Year of birth: Three census track his known family,
1860 census list his age as 32 - dob would be abt 1828
Civil War enlistment Apr 1861, age 38 - dob would be 1823
1870 census list his age as 47 - dob would be abt 1823
1880 census list his age as 60 - dob would be abt 1820
In 1895, the government took over the Steiner Valley and used it as a Prison farm, so the families scattered. George, having died in 1894, was buried in Steiner Valley area. (Our cousin Ernest Cline said he saw the Civil War marker on George's grave, but no one inquired as to what cemetery, and to date after searching many cemeteries in the area, we have been unable to find his grave).
In 2002, my sister and I went to the Steiner Valley area, a large portion of the Steiner Valley farm was taken when Lake Whitney was built. We looked through the Core of Engineers Records, many, many pages where graves were moved, and found no record of him. Also there were many of the pages were filled with "unknown". We continued our search walking every cemetery in the area that we could locate. We also drove down into what is left of the Steiner Valley Ranch, about 8 miles to the headquarters, then driving to the cemetery area that has grown up with trees, etc., but we were warned this area is known for rattlesnakes and were advised to come back in the winter.
We made contact with a member of the local genealogy society and they went to the cemetery in the winter, they found numerous stones, but no Cline stone was found.
Possibilities:
When they were preparing to build the lake, maybe the stone was broken in moving it and then he was listed with the "unknowns".
Is there another cemetery in that area that's not documented?
Application for Civil War Headstone
George W. Cline, Private
Company A, 16th Regiment, North Carolina
Date of Death: August 18, 1894
Name of Cemetery: Steiner Valley
Location: near Whitney, Texas
To be shipped to: G. W. Cline at Mt. Calm, Texas (This is his son, George Washington "Spake" Cline)
dated: February 10, 1936
There is likely another son that was born about 1873, listed on the 1880 census as Franklin Cline, age 7, born abt 1873. This is the only proven record of him. It is my opinion that this child died early in life, I find it difficult to believe that he was left in the Georgia area when the other family members came to Texas. If the family came to Texas between 1882 and 1889 as concluded below, Franklin would have been 9 to 16.
We do not know what year they came to Central Texas or on to East Texas, but with the following facts, we can get a better idea of the time frame. Molly, their daughter is living with her parents on the 1880 Georgia census, and she married in Georgia in 1882. By 1900, she and her family are found on the census in Smith county, Texas. In July of 1889, George and Narcissa's son, Robert married in Bosque County, Texas, this county joins Hill county. With this information, I'm assuming they came to Texas between 1882 and 1889. I have a copy of an application for a Civil War Headstone made by "Spake", George and Narcissa's son, stating his death as 18 Apr 1894 and that he is buried in Steiner Valley, Hill county, Texas. Also, U. Claud Cline, son of David A. and grandson of George and Narcissa is buried in the Steiner Valley cemetery, tombstone shows date of death as 1888. Of course, it's possible that the individual families moved at different times, but knowing George and Narcissa, along with their other children were living with their son David A. Cline as HOH in 1880, leads me to believe they likely came to Texas together.
Another reason that we believe that Franklin died at a young age is that all these 5 children listed below were known to our family members, but no one remembers Franklin's name ever being mentioned.
Year of birth: Three census track his known family,
1860 census list his age as 32 - dob would be abt 1828
Civil War enlistment Apr 1861, age 38 - dob would be 1823
1870 census list his age as 47 - dob would be abt 1823
1880 census list his age as 60 - dob would be abt 1820
In 1895, the government took over the Steiner Valley and used it as a Prison farm, so the families scattered. George, having died in 1894, was buried in Steiner Valley area. (Our cousin Ernest Cline said he saw the Civil War marker on George's grave, but no one inquired as to what cemetery, and to date after searching many cemeteries in the area, we have been unable to find his grave).
In 2002, my sister and I went to the Steiner Valley area, a large portion of the Steiner Valley farm was taken when Lake Whitney was built. We looked through the Core of Engineers Records, many, many pages where graves were moved, and found no record of him. Also there were many of the pages were filled with "unknown". We continued our search walking every cemetery in the area that we could locate. We also drove down into what is left of the Steiner Valley Ranch, about 8 miles to the headquarters, then driving to the cemetery area that has grown up with trees, etc., but we were warned this area is known for rattlesnakes and were advised to come back in the winter.
We made contact with a member of the local genealogy society and they went to the cemetery in the winter, they found numerous stones, but no Cline stone was found.
Possibilities:
When they were preparing to build the lake, maybe the stone was broken in moving it and then he was listed with the "unknowns".
Is there another cemetery in that area that's not documented?
Application for Civil War Headstone
George W. Cline, Private
Company A, 16th Regiment, North Carolina
Date of Death: August 18, 1894
Name of Cemetery: Steiner Valley
Location: near Whitney, Texas
To be shipped to: G. W. Cline at Mt. Calm, Texas (This is his son, George Washington "Spake" Cline)
dated: February 10, 1936
There is likely another son that was born about 1873, listed on the 1880 census as Franklin Cline, age 7, born abt 1873. This is the only proven record of him. It is my opinion that this child died early in life, I find it difficult to believe that he was left in the Georgia area when the other family members came to Texas. If the family came to Texas between 1882 and 1889 as concluded below, Franklin would have been 9 to 16.
We do not know what year they came to Central Texas or on to East Texas, but with the following facts, we can get a better idea of the time frame. Molly, their daughter is living with her parents on the 1880 Georgia census, and she married in Georgia in 1882. By 1900, she and her family are found on the census in Smith county, Texas. In July of 1889, George and Narcissa's son, Robert married in Bosque County, Texas, this county joins Hill county. With this information, I'm assuming they came to Texas between 1882 and 1889. I have a copy of an application for a Civil War Headstone made by "Spake", George and Narcissa's son, stating his death as 18 Apr 1894 and that he is buried in Steiner Valley, Hill county, Texas. Also, U. Claud Cline, son of David A. and grandson of George and Narcissa is buried in the Steiner Valley cemetery, tombstone shows date of death as 1888. Of course, it's possible that the individual families moved at different times, but knowing George and Narcissa, along with their other children were living with their son David A. Cline as HOH in 1880, leads me to believe they likely came to Texas together.
Another reason that we believe that Franklin died at a young age is that all these 5 children listed below were known to our family members, but no one remembers Franklin's name ever being mentioned.
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