Philadelphia County PA Archives Biographies.....Kraus, William H. 1863 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 13, 2008, 5:20 pm 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 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/bios/kraus-wh.txt