Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Krause, Joel H., Dr.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Plumstead Township


   JOEL H. KRAUSE physician and surgeon, P.O. 
Plumsteadville, was born in Montgomery county, near 
Norristown, March 23, 1836, and is a son of Aaron and Lydia 
(Heebner) Krause, of German descent.  The first ancestors of 
the family in America came from Germany at an early date and 
settled in Montgomery county.  Aaron Krause, father of Joel 
H., was a farmer.  He had eight children:  Dr. Joel H., 
Sarah (deceased), David H., Susanna, Isaac (deceased), 
Amanda, William, and Anna.  The father died in September, 
1886.  Dr. Krause was reared on a farm until he was 16 years 
of age.  He entered the Freeland seminary, now Ursinus 
college, when 16 years old, where he attended two years.  He 
then went to Cumberland Valley institute, where he remained 
about two years.  He then began teaching school and taught 
two years in Pennsylvania and two years in Ohio.  He then 
began to read medicine under Dr. E. K. Beaver, of Pickaway 
county, Ohio, and later under Dr. A. H. Shaeffer, of 
Circleville, Ohio, and graduated at Sterling Medical 
college, Columbus, Ohio, in 1863. He began practice in 
Fairfield county, Ohio, remaining there one year.  He 
practiced four years at Worcester, Montgomery county, the 
first year of this time in partnership with Dr. A. D. 
Markley, who was then elected to the state legislature, and 
sold his home and interest in the practice to Dr. Krause.  
In 1868 he came to Plumsteadville, where he has since been 
in practice.  In 1864 he married Mary E., daughter of J. H. 
Sunderman, Esq., of Fairfield county, Ohio, by whom he had 
four children, three living:  Granville M., Thaddeus S., and 
Mattie C.   Mr. and Mrs. Krause are members of the 
Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder.  He is also a 
member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows.  Dr. Krause has been very successful and has 
built up and extensive practice.