BIO: William F. KRACH, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 732 & 733.
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  WILLIAM F. KRACH, who is associated with his father, Frederick Krach, in a 
hotel business at DuBois, Pa., under the firm name of Frederick Krach & Son, 
proprietors of the Keystone Hotel, has been a resident of this borough since he 
was ten years of age.  He was born December 5, 1880, in Schuylkill county, Pa., 
and is a son of Frederick and Minnie (Fredenberger) Krach.
  Frederick Krach was born in Germany, December 3, 1845, and was reared on a 
farm.  When he reached the legal age for military service, he entered the German 
army and participated in the War of 1871, and during his absence, the death of 
his first wife occurred.  In 1875 he came to America and located first at 
Tamaqua, Pa., where he started into the hotel business, opening the Krach House 
there, which he conducted until he came to DuBois, in 1890, where he bought the 
Terp House, from Richard Evans.  It contained twenty-four bed rooms and was 
situated on Brady street and the regular rate was $1.50 per day.  That hotel Mr. 
Krach subsequently sold to Pierson & Logan and then bought the Globe Restaurant, 
which he conducted for six months.  Mr. Krach then showed his confidence in the 
business future of DuBois by further investment, becoming the owner of property 
on which he erected the Keystone Hotel, which stands at Nos. 337-339-341 W. Long 
avenue.  He opened for business in 1894 and has been liberally patronized.  He 
has sixteen bed-rooms and all other apartments necessary for the comfort and 
convenience of guests and his charges are one dollar per day.  In 1906 he 
admitted his son, William F. Krach, to partnership, under the firm name as above 
mentioned.  Mr. Krach was married second, in Schuylkill county, Pa., to Minnie 
Fredenberger, who died in 1893, aged fifty-three years.  She also was a native 
of Germany and was a most estimable woman.  Seven children were born to this 
marriage, as follows:  Gottleib; Millie; Carolina, who is the wife of J. R. 
Ferguson; William F.; George; Elsie, who is the wife of William Stephenson, of 
Pittsburg, Pa.; and Lulu, who is the wife of Wayde Bloom.  With the exception of 
Mrs. Vonlear and Mrs. Stephenson, Mr. Krach has all his children settled near 
him, at DuBois.
  William F. Krach obtained his education in the public schools of DuBois and 
then entered the employ of his father, with whom he has ever since continued, in 
1906 becoming his partner and gradually relieving the father of the 
responsibilities of management.  On September 16, 1901, Mr. Krach was married to 
Miss Lilly May Shaffer, a daughter of Isaac Shaffer, of DuBois, and they have 
four children:  William, Lillian, Helen and Clarence.  Mr. Krach is a member of 
the Lutheran church.  He belongs to the DuBois lodges of the Knights of Pythias 
and the Eagles.  He is numbered with the borough's able young business men.