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Jay Kling ...

Major Jay Kling (November 14, 1828 - February 22, 1908) was a doctor and surgeon who lived in both Plymouth and Monroeville, Ohio. In addition to his professional career, Kling performed distinguished service during the Civil War in connection with the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During his service, Kling acted as Regimental Surgeon, and at various times also served as Brigade Surgeon of the Third Brigade, Third Division, Eleventh Army Corps, and also for a short time as Acting Division Surgeon of the Third Division, Eleventh Army Corps. Kling was captured by Confederate soliders during his trip home after discharge, and was imprisoned at the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.

One of Kling's best-known contributions during the Civil War was during the Battle of Gettysburg, where he served as a surgeon at the Eleventh Army Corps Field Hospital located at the George Spangler Farm. After Pickett's Charge on the last day of the battle, Kling treated felled Confederate General Lewis Armistead in the farm's summer kitchen.

Born of a well-known and large family of Palatine ancestry in Schoharie County, New York, Kling was a graduate of the Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. After the war and the death of his wife, Kling moved to the former Confederacy, where he married a second time. He died in Atlanta, Georgia.

The building which contained Kling's doctor's office before and after the Civil War is still located on the south side of the main street in Plymouth, Ohio. He is buried in Plymouth's Greenlawn Cemetery together with his wife, Maria Beekman Kling, and one child.