• Born: 26 Sep 1868, Georgia
• Marriage (1): DANIEL, Ida F. [7405036] on 24 Jul 1889 in Bosque County Courthouse, Meridian, Bosque, Texas ¹
• Died: 4 Sep 1958, Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA at age 89
• Buried: Mount Sylvan Cemetery, Mount Sylvan, Smith, Texas

   Find a Grave ID: 7405035.

  General Notes:

Papa was a tall (abt. 6'2") very thin man, very dark skin, high cheek bones and deep set eyes (definite Indian features). He stayed with us from time to time, and what I remember most was that he got up very early, and thought everyone else should be up also, so he'd get dressed and go sit on the front porch and peck on the wooden floor with his walking stick until we got up. My bedroom was next to the porch, so it would always wake me up.

30 April 2007 Ruby Land related this to me: Uncle Bob and his family lived seven miles from them (Antny's family).

  Noted events in his life were:

• 20 Jun 1870 he appeared as Robert L. Cline, son, age 1, born abt 1869 in Georgia on the census in Webster, Jackson, North Carolina, USA. ²

• 10 Jun 1880 he appeared as Robert Cline, brother, age 11, born abt 1869 in North Carolina on the census in Cassville, Bartow, Georgia, USA. ³

• 14 Jun 1900 he appeared as Robert Cline, looks like age 50 (should be 30), HOH, born Sep 1869 in Georgia, white American male, married 11 years to Ida, marriage year 1889, states his ccupation as Farm laborer, renting home, can read, write and speak English on the census in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas USA. ⁴ Pct 8 ED 23, Dwelling and Family 214
  It states his parents were born in Alabama, his father was born in Georgia and mother was born in North Carolina, I assume this was a mistake on the census taker's part.

• 29 Apr 1910 he appeared as Robt L Cline, age 41, HOH, born abt 1869 in Georgia, parents born in Georgia. Occupation is General Farming, renting, married 16 years to Ida, can read and write and speak English on the census in Hopewell, Smith County, Texas, USA. ⁵

• 7 Jan 1920 he appeared as Bob Cline age 52, HOH, born abt 1868 in Georgia, states his father and mother's birthplace as Georgia, Farming, white male married to Ida, renting home, can read and write on the census in Lindale, Smith, Texas, USA. ⁶ Red Springs Road, ED 102 Image 5, Sheet 3A

• 11 Apr 1930 he appeared as Robert L Cline, age 61, HOH, farmer, born in Georgia, age 21 at first marriage, parents born in Georgia, renting home and lives on a farm on the census in Smith County, Texas. ⁷ ED 43 Pct 7, Sheet 8B Dwelling 165 and Family 168
  Also living with the family is:
  Bonnie Stripling, age 8, adopted daughter (she lived with the family for several years, but she was not legally adopted)
  Billie Cline, age 6, grandson, (son of Bill & Pearl Cline, Pearl died 3 weeks after Billie's birth).

• 9 May 1940 he appeared as Robert Cline, father age 71, born abt 1869 in Georgia, widowed (not true, they lived apart) states he completed 3rd grade. He is living with his son Bill Cline & family on the census in Gregg County, Texas. ⁸ Spring Hill Highway Off 80 Family 586. They were living in the Rural area, Harrison county, Texas in 1935.

• 4 Sep 1958, Texas Death Index: Robert Lee Cline, Smith County, Texas. ⁹

• 4 Sep 1958, Death Certificate: Robert Lee Cline, white widowed male, age 89, born 26 Sep 1868 in Georgia, death, Tyler, Smith Texas, USA. ¹⁰ Prct. 5, Rt. 5,
Father: William Cline (should be George W. Cline) (mother's name -unknown)
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Lindale, Smith, Texas
Cemetery name: Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
Burial place: Mt. Sylvan, Texas
Informant: Mrs. Irene Fleming (daughter)
Medical: Myocardial Failure 1wk - Alterioselerosis - 5yrs. - E.C. Kinzie, D.O.
Funeral Director: York-Caudle Funeral Home

• On 5 Sep 1958 his obituary was published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Smith, Texas. Robert L. Cline. ¹¹ LINDALE ---Robert L. Cline, 90, died at 3:45 a.m. Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Irene Fleming, in Swan. He had been ill for a week.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church under the direction of York-Caudle Funeral Home.
Survivors are two sons, Claude Cline of Lindale and W. W. Cline of Longview, four daughters, Mrs. Fleming, Swan; Mrs. Blanche Stann (should be Spann), Longview; Mrs. Helen McDowell, Mineola; Mrs. Bonnie Gatling, San Francisco; 25 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. (Bonnie is the one listed as an adopted daughter on the 1930 census, they treated her as a daughter and she continued to keep in touch with them, but they didn't legally adopt her.)
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Mr. Cline was born in Georgia and had lived around the Lindale community for 52 years. He was a retired farmer. If this is correct, they came to the Lindale area in 1906.

• Burial records-findagrave: Robert E. Lee "Bob" Cline, Mount Sylvan Cemetery, Mount Sylvan, Smith, Texas. ¹² Maintained by: Syble Cline Glasscock with obit, and photos
Originally by: MB Record added: May 02, 2003 Find A Grave Memorial# 7405035
Parents:
George W. Cline (____ - 1894)
Narcissa Newton Cline (____ - 1900)
Spouse:
Ida F. Daniel Cline (1874 - 1953)
Children:
Pearl Cline Harris (1894 - 1969)*
William Walker Cline (1896 - 1980)*
Irene Cline Fleming (1901 - 1985)*
Claude Cline (1904 - 1986)*
Blanche Cline Spann (1908 - 1984)*
Helen Louise Cline McDowell (1912 - 2002)*
Siblings:
Daniel Webster Cline (1853 - ____)*
David Anthony Cline (1855 - 1938)*
Mary Laurine Cline Allred (1858 - 1955)*
George Washington Cline (1871 - 1945)*

Robert married Ida F. DANIEL [7405036], daughter of William Martin DANIEL [22242955] and Louisa Jane CLINE, on 24 Jul 1889 in Bosque County Courthouse, Meridian, Bosque, Texas.¹ (Ida F. DANIEL [7405036] was born on 20 Sep 1874 in Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA, died on 26 Oct 1953 in Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA and was buried in Mount Sylvan Cemetery, Mount Sylvan, Smith, Texas.)

  Marriage Notes:

Her father was a minister, but their marriage was performed by Justice of Peace, E. D. Gant.
They broke up housekeeping several years before Granny's death, They each lived with their children for a month or so at a time, then Granny moved into an apartment in Tyler and was living there at her death. Papa also stayed with each of the children for a month or so at a time, then went to live with his daughter, Irene in Woodlake, Texas. After Irene's husband died, she moved back to Smith County, near Tyler, Texas. Papa continued to live with her, but he occasionally went to the other children's homes for a short stay, but most of the time, he lived with Irene.