When Paul Benjamin Cline was born on 4 May 1865, in Pulaski, Illinois, United States, his father, George Elmer Cline, was 41 and his mother, Margaret Emeline Lentz, was 27. He married Minnie Ellen Palmer on 20 September 1891, in Alexander, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ullin, Pulaski, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Anna, Union, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 1 August 1954, in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States.