Source: Ancestry.com—1890 Veterans Schedules; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension FIles, 1861-1934; and Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007; and Ian Young’s Family Tree; and MyHeritage.com—U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
He immigrated in 1847 and became a naturalized citizen. He was a private in the 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry in the U.S. Civil War. In 1870 he lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio with his wife and his brother Fred. In 1880 he lived with his wife and five children in Cleveland. In 1900 he lived with his wife, six children and a four-year-old grandson Frederick in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1910 he lived with his wife and children in Avon. The Ohio Deaths listing recorded his name as John J. Klinkner.

Source: MyHeritage.com—newspaperarchive.com: The Evening Telegram; and Ancestry.com—Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007; and Ian Young’s Family Tree.
Her parents were from Germany. As of 1900 she had had 14 children of whom nine were living. In 1910 she reported she had had 14 children of whom eight were living.
She died at her daughter’s home in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. She had lived in Avon, Lorain County.