BIO: Frederick Krause BOAS, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 236.
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  BOAS, COL. FREDERICK KRAUSE, son of Frederick Boas (1785-1817) and 
Elizabeth Krause (1797-1847), was born April 5, 1815, at Harrisburg, 
Pa., and died there February 15, 1891.  He attended the schools of the 
borough until his sixteenth year.  From August, 1832, to April, 1838, 
he was a clerk in the Harrisburg postoffice, then assistant postmaster, 
as superintendent (not regularly) until July, 1843.  He studied law 
with the late Judge Krause, and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar 
August 22, 1837, in which profession he has been since engaged.  He was 
appointed by Governor Porter aid on his staff, with the rank of 
colonel, which he held from 1839 to 1845; was school director from 1839 
to 1848, being treasurer of the board from 1840 to 1842, and also 
served in the borough council six years, from 1843 to 1849.  Colonel 
Boas married, in 1871, Sarah C. Nolen, daughter of William and Maria 
Nolen, of Harrisburg.