Biography of W. A. Krause

	This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
 	compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1898. Page 246.

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JUDGE W. A. KRAUSE. Among the prominent men now living in Flandreau who 
have won an honorable name as a citizen of that thriving town, none is 
better deserving of representation in a volume of this nature than 
Judge W. A. Krause. He has risen to prominence by dint of his own 
efforts, backed by the indomitable will and powers of mind, which came 
to him as a heritage from industrious and thrifty ancestors.

	Judge Krause is a native of Hartland, Wisconsin, and a son of 
John C. and Augusta (Heubbe) Krause. The father was a mechanic by 
trade, went to Wisconsin in 1848, and died October 29, 1894. The mother 
died January 15, 1871. Of their six children now living, we have the 
following record: Helen, Charles, Henrietta, William A., George H. and 
Minnie B.

	Our subject was born December 28, 1865, and lived until sixteen 
years of age at Hartland. He then located at New London, Minnesota, 
with his brother, and was engaged for a time teaching school. He then 
took a course in the State Normal school at Winona, Minnesota, and 
several terms in the State university, where he took special studies, 
besides the full course in the law department, from which he graduated 
in the class of 1891. Judge Krause has been quite extensively engaged 
in newspaper work at different places. At Paynesville, Minnesota, he 
established the "Paynesville News," at which time he was one of the 
youngest editors in the state. He was also connected with the "New 
London Times." In 1891 he came to South Dakota, and located in 
Flandreau, where he took an interest with his brother, G. H. Krause, in 
the "Enterprise," and now has charge of that paper. He also opened an 
office in Flandreau for the practice of law, and divided his time 
between the two offices. He was admitted to the bar of Minnesota 
supreme court in 1891.

	Politically Judge Krause is a Republican and is one of the strong 
politicians of Moody county, and is a man of mark in the community, and 
his standing as a good citizen is irreproachable. Several offices have 
been entrusted to his care, and he has never failed to justify the 
confidence placed in him by the people. He has frequently been a 
delegate to state and county conventions, and while in New London, 
Minnesota, he held the office of recorder. In 1894 he was elected 
county judge of Moody county, and served the term of two years, and was 
reelected in 1896. Although the youngest in the state of South Dakota 
to be entrusted with the responsibility of the office of county judge, 
he has proven himself competent, and is a man of good business ability, 
as well as of good education.

	Judge Krause was united in marriage in 1895 to Miss Lelia Tobey, 
a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Rev. W. O. Tobey, of central Ohio. 
The Judge and his wife attend the Episcopal church, and they are 
members of the "Eastern Star," at Flandreau, and are both officials in 
same. The Judge is a member of the blue lodge, chapter and commandery 
of the Masonic fraternity, and is also a Modern Woodman.