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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	577
surgeon for the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital for four months, then came to Cambria county, September 15, 1901, since which time he has practiced medicine and surgery. He is a member of the county medical society and also of the State and American Medical Societies. He belongs to Johnstown Lodge, No. 538, Free and Accepted Masons; the Knights of Pythias of Marshalltown, Iowa, Lodge No. 38. In politics he is Republican, and in religion accepts that of the Methodist Episcopal faith. Among the positions of trust held by him is Republican county committeeman, school director, etc. He is now the surgeon for the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company.     Dr. Stotts married Caroline A. Greene, of Pennsylvania, December 7, 1901. Mrs. Stotts is the daughter of S. P. Greene and wife.     MORRIS L. WOOLF, of the firm of Woolf & Reynolds, Johnstown, is a resident of New York city. He is the son of L. M. Woolf, who began business in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as a clothing merchant on Main street. The site was where John Thomas &, Sons are now located. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and soon became known as of one of Johnstown's leading business factors. He was prominent in every public work and improvement, and really a true philanthropist. In the spring of 1883 he admitted his son, Morris L., into partnership with him, when they removed to the present site of Woolf & Reynolds. The great flood wrecked the building and ruined the stock, but they at once reopened. In the spring of 1892 the Senior Woolf withdrew, and the son conducted the business until the spring of 1899, when he took as his partner, Thomas E. Reynolds, under the firm name of Woolf & Reynolds (incorporated), with M. L. Woolf as president; Thomas E. Reynolds, treasurer; George Fiig, Jr., vice-president; John W. Cook, secretary, with Harry Uhler as one of the stockholders.     GEORGE K. KLINE. Among the business factors of every city there are always some men of more prominence than others, and such a one is George K. Kline, of the city of Johnstown, who is among the leading dry foods merchants of the place. He was born in Indiana, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1863, the son of Wellington B. and Annie M. (Custer) Kline. His ancestors are of German and French origin, and were among the early settlers of eastern Pennsylvania. His grandfather, George Kline, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1807, and died in Indiana county, February 5, 1876, aged sixty-eight years. He was a merchant and a hotelkeeper. The subjects father, Wellington B. Kline, was born in Berks county, in 1840; in 1853 be moved to Indiana and became one of the founders of the mercantile house of Marshall & Kline, one of the largest dry goods houses in that part of the state. This partnership existed until the death of his partner, when he came to Johnstown and entered into partnership with his son, George K. Kline, under the firm name of W. B. Kline & Son.     George K. Kline received his education in Indiana, graduating from the high school there in 1875, after which he took a course in the Indiana State Normal school. In 1878 he accepted a position as clerk under his father, remaining with that firm until 1891, when he came to Johnstown, forming a partnership with the firm heretofore named. Since operating under his own name his store has become one of the finest in the city.     In his church relations Mr. Kline is identified with the Presbyterian denomination. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order, being connected with Indiana Lodge, No. 313, Free and Accepted Masons;

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