BIO: Frederick 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 207.
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  BOAS, FREDERICK, son of Rev. William Boas, was born at Reading, Pa., 
July 3, 1785.  His parents were emigrants from Germany, and came over 
with the Muhlenbergs. Frederick learned the trade of a coppersmith and 
tin-plate worker at Reading, but commenced business for himself at 
Kutztown.  He came to Harrisburg in 1811, where he carried on his trade 
successfully.  He was an enterprising citizen, and although quiet and 
unobtrusive, a representative man in the community.  He died at 
Harrisburg, June 17, 1817, aged thirty-one years.  Mr. Boas married, 
May 17, 1811, Elizabeth, daughter of David and Regina (Orth) Krause, 
who survived her husband many years, leaving two children:  Frederick 
Krause and Elmina, who married William Jennings.