Philadelphia County PA Archives Biographies.....Kraus, William H. 1863 - 
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Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)

WILLIAM H. KRAUS, a dealer in meats and a butcher at Cherry Mills, in this
county, was born at Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, September 28,
1863. He is a brother of Hon. Conrad Kraus, incorporated in whose sketch on
another page of this work the family record will be found. When a lad of fifteen
he went to work for George Stang, in Philadelphia, in whose employ he remained
for six years, having previously learned his trade of butcher with his father in
his native place. He then returned to Sullivan county and in connection with his
brother Conrad carried on the meat business at Dushore for three years.
subsequently moving to the farm where his brother now resides. Two years later
the partnership between the two was dissolved and Mr. Kraus engaged in his
present enterprise at Cherry Mills. He has always borne the reputation of an
honest, industrious man, and has been very successful in his business. He is a
loyal Democrat and takes an active interest in political affairs, although he
has never aspired to office. He is a member of the Lutheran church and
contributes liberally to all worthy objects.

    Mr. Kraus was married at Elmira, New York, August 21, 1886, to Miss Sarah
Atherton, and seven children have been born of this union, namely: Mabel, Harry,
Carrie, William, Clarence, Howard and Jennie. Mrs. Kraus was born in Windom,
Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1866, and is a daughter of Judson and
Sible (Gavey) Atherton, natives of Eaton and Windom, Pennsylvania, respectively.
Her parents came to Sullivan county in 1881, settling in Colley township, where
they still reside. Her father is a farmer and was born December 30, 1834, while
her mother was born February 13, 1836. They are members of the Baptist church,
and in politics the father is a Republican. The children of this worthy couple
are: Jennie, who married Lewis Long, a hotel-keeper at Forkston, Pennsylvania;
Sarah, the wife of our subject; Fennimore and Samuel, who live with their parents.

    The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Kraus were Jonathan and Rebecca (Mawson)
Atherton, of Lovelton, Pennsylvania, who were farmers in Wyoming county. Her
maternal grandparents were Ambrose and Laura (Comstock) Garey, of Connecticut
and Pennsylvania respectively. They were also agriculturists in Wyoming county.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from: 
            
             History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
                 by Thomas J. Ingham
            
     Compendium of Biography
            
                The Lewis Publishing Company
          Chicago: 1899


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