He was a veteran of the Black Hawk War.
He married Amelia “Millie” Hobson 1831-07-27 at Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
He married Mrs. Lucy (Cheney) Levitt on 28 March 1866 in Van Buren County, Iowa. He is buried in the Bonaparte Cemetery, Bonaparte, Iowa, beside her.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWQ-YHK : 4 November 2017), Adam Cline and Lucy A. Leavitt, 18 Mar 1866, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 967,641.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLK-LK4 : 14 August 2017), Adam Cline, Harrisburg, Van Buren, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 454A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,367.
"Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QV-X871 : 11 February 2019), Adam Cline, 3 Apr 1898; citing Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, The State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.; FHL microfilm 2,168,495.