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George, son of John Philip Krause, was a farmer near Newside, Pa. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation of Heidelberg church. He married, and had: David; Polly, married Jacob Best; George, of further mention.
George, son of George Krause, was born in 1807. He was a farmer all the active years of his life on the tract of one hundred and fourteen acres near Newside, now owned by his son, Jarius. He also owned another large farm, in Washington township, now owned by his son, Benjamin. He was a Republican, and served as school director and as assessor of the township. He was a deacon and elder in the Lutheran con- gregation of Heidelberg, and is buried in the graveyard at that place. Mr. Krause married Polly Harter, and had: Priscilla; Maria; Ben- jamin P .; Ottilie; Emma; Jarius, of further mention ; Willoughby.
Jarius, son of George and Polly (Harter) Krause, was born October 3, 1856. He removed to Best Station in 1873, and lived there for a
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period of ten years. He next settled on a tract of thirty-three acres, in Washington township, which he cultivated for general farming and also planted about 6,000 peach trees. He remained there twelve years, then returned to Best Station, where he has since resided. He is engaged in business as a merchant and is the postmaster of the town. He married, in 1882, Henrietta J. Best, and has had: Ralph W., Stewart, and Blanche P.
Frederick, son of John Philip Krause, married a daughter of Peter and Sallie (Saeger) Miller, and had: Levi, of further mention; Joseph ; David, of further mention; Tilghman; Wilson ; Anna; Matilda; Polly; Senia; Hettie.
Levi, son of Frederick and Sallie Krause, married Maria Miller, and had children : I. Frederick P., of further mention. 2. Milton L., of further mention. 3. Franz, married Mrs. Missouri Schindler, a widow with five children. 4. Mary, married Tilghman Handwerk, and has Della, who married Oscar Hensinger; Samuel. 5. Edwin Ammon, of further mention. 6. Liz- zie, married Frederick Bimler, and has: Flor- ence, and Marguerite.
Frederick P., son of Levi and Maria (Miller) Krause, was born at Deibertsville, Lehigh county, Oct. 14, 1849. Reared on the farm, he was edu- cated at the public schools of his section, and at the age of fifteen years commenced to learn the butcher's trade. He came to Allentown, April 29, 1873, and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Wilson Krum, and they conduct- ed a butcher shop three years, after which the partnership was dissolved. He then became as- sociated with his brother, Milton L., the firm operating in the same line of business under the name of Krause Brothers. At the end of three years, Mr. Krause became buyer and seller of stock for Jeremiah Roth, and held this position eleven years. Removing to Hazleton, Pa., at the end of this time, he engaged in the livery busi- ness, but suffered a heavy loss by fire. Early in the nineties he engaged in a similar line of busi- ness at Allentown, having a large number of horses. He is Republican in politics and Lu- theran in religious faith. Mr. Krause married Sophia, a daughter of Paul and Elvina (Snyder) Krum, and they had: Lillie, married William Miller ; he has a son: Carlton; Mamie, mar- ried Daniel Glase, has: Evelyn, and Pauline, and George, a sales agent.
Milton L., son of Levi and Maria (Miller) Krause, was born at Deibertsville, Lehigh county, April 7, 1851. He lived on the homestead until he was twenty years of age. Coming to Allen- town in 1875, he learned the butcher's trade, and later became a partner of his brother, and re-
tired in 1899. In political matters he is a Re- publican, and he affiliates with the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Sons of Vet- erans, and was one of the organizers of the Krause family reunion, served as president tor eight years, and since that time has been a mem- ber of the executive committee. Mr. Krause married, Dec. 2, 1877, Kate, daughter of George and Matilda ( Mertz) Hoffman, of Allentown, and a grand-daughter of Peter and Catherine (Ritter) Hoffman. Peter Hoffman established the lumber business on Hamilton street where the Hersh hardware store is now located.
Edwin Ammon, son of Levi and Maria ( Mil- ler ) Krause, was born in Heidelberg township, Lehigh county, Dec. 20, 1863. He attended the public schools and then assisted his father in the cultivation of the farm until he had attained his majority, when he went to Lansford with W. D. Saylor, of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, with whom he remained two years. Another year was given to farm work, at home, and shortly after his marriage he went to Allen- town, where he learned the butcher's business with Edward Miller. Not long afterward he became associated with J. B. Haas, with whom he remained two years, then became a partner of his brother, Milton L., opening a market in 1889. This was an immediate success and re- mained such until the dissolution of the partner- ship eight years later, when Edwin Ammon Krause carried on the business alone for a num- ber of years in the same successful manner. He had one of the best appointed markets in the city, equipped with all modern conveniences for the care and preservation of the meats he han- dled. Later he branched out into another line of industry, and is now proprietor of the Krause Automobile Company. In 1911 he erected a large and modern garage and salesroom at the corner of Law and Court streets. He is recog- nized as one of the Republican leaders of Allen- town, and has served several terms as a member of the common council. In the fall of 1904 he was elected sheriff of Lehigh county by an over- whelming majority, although this county is gen- erally Democratic.
He is a member of the Lutheran church, and his fraternal membership is with Benjamin Har- rison Lodge, Knights of the Mystic Chain; Yeager Post, No. 13, Sons of Veterans. Mr. Krause married Mary, daughter of Paul and Catherine (Mosser) Hunsicker, granddaughter of Peter and Sarah (Bachman) Hunsicker, and granddaughter of David and Elizabeth (Smith) Mosser. Children: Bertha, Pearl, Maria, and Edmund.
David, son of Frederick Krause, was a farmer
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on the homestead in Washington township. He was a member of the old state militia, and a deacon and elder of the Lutheran congregation in Heidelberg. He married Catherine, daughter of Henry Hoffman, and had: Sarah, married Jos- eph Hunsicker; Sallie, married James Long; Fianna, married Wilson Peter; Henry D., of further mention.
Henry D., son of David and Catherine ( Hoff- man) Krause, was born near Newside, Pa., Feb. 2, 1852. He has a farm of 123 acres, which is one of the best cultivated in the county. A part of the large farmhouse was erected in 1839. He owns an adjoining farm of seventy acres, operates a portable saw-mill, and follows threshing. He is a member of the Heidelberg Lutheran church, in which he has served as deacon. He married, in 1875, Eliza Blose, and has: Ida, married Cal- vin E. Krause; William; Mary; Granville.
Jacob, in all probability a son of John Philip Krause, was born March 8, 1783, and died Oc- tober 24, 1861. He was a farmer in Heidel- berg township, and was buried at New Tripoli. He married - Lutz, born August 8, 1783, died March 25, 1871. Children: Joseph; Jacob, of further mention; Charles; Nathan; David ; Edward; Jestina; Betsy; Kate; Mary.
Jacob, son of Jacob and (Lutz) Krause, was born in Lowhill township, and set- tled in Albany township, Berks county, on a thirty-acre farm. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and he and his wife were buried at Wessnersville church. He married Salome, daughter of Jacob Braucher, and had: Uriah; Jacob, and William, of further mention.
Jacob, son of Jacob and Salome (Braucher ) Krause, was born near Kempton, Berks county, January 24, 1832. At the age of eighteen years he learned the blacksmith's trade and followed this occupation twenty years at Fetherolfsville. In 1870 he became a farmer in Albany township on ninety-seven acres of land lying in the potato belt, and was succeeded by his son in 1904. He was a Democrat and serves as school director. He was an elder for many years of the Friedens church, at Wessnersville. He married (first) Mary Rex, who died twelve years after the mar- riage; (second) Mary S. Smith, born in 1847, died March 10, 1907. Children by first mar- riage: Phaon, Samuel, Cora, Cornelius, Cla- rissa, and Marietta. By second marriage: An- nie, Mary, Maurice, Savilla, Mabel, Calvin, and Lewis.
William, son of Jacob and Salome (Braucher) Krause, was born in Albany township, Berks county, Oct. 28, 1836, and died at Slatedale, August 17, 1906. Educated in the public schools,
he removed to Slatedale after attaining his ma- jority, and there operated Krause's Mill from 1861 to 1904. Twenty-two acres of land were a part of this mill property. He was a Demo- crat, and served as school director. He affiliated with the Heidelberg Lutheran congregation, and was a member of the building committee which had in charge the erection of the present church at Slatedale. He married Maria, daughter of George and Polly ( Harter) Krause, of New- side. Children: Elias H., of further mention ; Clara A .; Albert F .; Sabilla A .; Thomas O., of further mention; Annie J.
Elias H., son of William and Maria (Krause) Krause, was born at Slatedale, Nov. 9, 1861. He had learned milling with his father, and followed this occupation fourteen years, taking charge of a store in Slatedale in 1903. He married, Nov. 3, 1889, Hannah M. West, and had: Lewis A .; Gertrude E .; George, died in infancy.
Thomas O., son of William and Maria (Krause) Krause, was born at Slatedale, Pa., June 2, 1870. He had but limited opportunity for acquiring an education, as he commenced working in the slate quarry at the age of twelve years. January 16, 1890, he became connected with the Slatington Slate Company. In 1894 he was made superintendent of the mountain quarry, of the Slatington Slate Company, where he has the supervision of almost fifty men. In 1896 he built his modern and commodious residence at Slatedale. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and he is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America. Mr. Krause married, November 23, 1895, Minnie, daughter of Ben- jamin and Fianna (Sauerwine) Rex. No chil- dren.
WILLIAM R. KRANZLEY.
Louis Kranzley was born in Crumberg, Ober- amt Ellwagen, in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 2, 1827. He was a stone mason and was mar. ried in his native country to Wilhelmina Helena Steigler, whose father, Carl, possessed the larg- est and finest nursery of his place. She was born March 27, 1834, in Bossfinger, Oberamt Neersheim, in Wurtemberg, Germany. They emigrated to the United States in January, 1859. After working at his trade in New York for a year he located at Bethlehem, Pa., and there fol- lowed stone mason contracting. In 1868 he be- came the foreman of the zinc works near Beth- lehem, and served that position a number of years. He then located in Allentown, and for some time was a leading stone mason contractor. In 1876 he built the foundation of the Salem Re- formed church, and in 1894 the foundation of
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the Salem chapel. He and wife were members of the Reformed church and for some years of the Dubbs Reformed Church in Salisbury church. but after there removal to Allentown, they united with the Salem church. He died August 20, 1902, and she died November 11, 1912. Their children were: Nettie (married N. Dressler) ; Lucy (married Peter Kuntzen) ; Louis W., An- nie (married William Wieand), and William R., all living in Allentown. Four children died : Richard, two years old son, died aboard ship and was buried at sea; another son, Charles, died small and is buried at the Salisbury church ; Lena died aged eighteen years, and the second Richard died aged six years and he and Lena are buried in Union cemetery, Allentown.
William R. Kranzley, fire-chief of Allentown, Pa., was born September 19, 1871, and attended the public schools. At the age of eleven years he learned the barber trade with George Kline (an ex-fire-chief under the administration of Col. S. D. Lehr.) When fifteen years old he left school and went to New York city to work at his trade, but he remained only six months, then he returned home and accepted his former position with Mr. Kline. He came home upon the urgent request of a good and devoted mother who so much desired her son to be with her. Six months later, however, he was permitted to return to New York. He continued there one and one-half years, then accepted a better posi- tion at Rheinback, N. Y., and one-half year later he had earned a sufficient means to engage in business for himself and returned to Allentown and in 1890 established a place at Eighth and Gordon streets, where he continued until Dec. 4, 19II, when he received the appointment of fire-chief, his present position. Under his ad- ministration an auto-engine was installed by the Pioneer Fire Company, No. 9, the first in the city and Chief Kranzley recommended that the entire department be equipped with motor power apparatus. He has been very active in the fire department since he was a young man. He was assistant chief of the fire department under Mayor H. G. Stiles; was twice foreman of the American Hose Fire Company, No. 2, and previously he was assistant foreman. He served a term as com- mon councilman of the Eighth ward and was in- strumental in securing legislation to perfect the fire department of Allentown. He is a member of the Democratic party; of the Loyal Order of Moose; and of the Knights of the Mystic Chain. In 1892 he married Emma Bach and they have two children: Charles W. (who graduated from the Allentown High School in 1913) ; and Re- vallen R.
Carl Wilhelm Bach, a native of Constadt, Schwovenland, Germany, was born Dec. 2, 1829. He married Elizabeth C. Englert, born June 8, 1833, and died in 1890. They came to this country with their four oldest children, and shortly afterwards they settled at No. 417 North Penn street, Allentown, where he pursued his occupation as a potter, and conducted what was known as the Allentown Pottery. They had five children: Charles, Pauline, Eberhart, Her- man and Emma (married to William R. Kranz- ley, the fire chief, at Allentown, Pa.
KRIEBEL FAMILY.
(I) George Kriebel came to Pennsylvania in 1734, a member of Schwenkfelders who emi- grated from Silesa, Germany. On Nov. 25, 1740, he married Susanna Kriebel, daughter of Balthaser and Regina (Yeakel) Kriebel, and they had two sons: George, born July II, 1744; and Andrew, Sept. 17, 1748. George Kriebel died Sept. 2, 1778, and his wife Susanna, Sept. 14, 1775.
(II) George Kriebel, son of George and Susanna, born July II, 1744, was killed by a stone falling on his head while he was cleaning out his well, Sept. 14, 1792. He married Esther, daughter of George Wiegner, and she died Feb. 13, 1816. They had four children: Christopher, born Sept. 27, 1774, died June 2, 1779; George, born July 28, 1777, died May 28, 1779 ; Christo- pher, (2), born Oct. 8, 1779; and Susanna, born Nov. II, 1782, died Feb. 15, 1789.
(III) Christopher Kriebel, son of George, born Oct. 8, 1779, died Sept. 12, 1822. He mar- ried Regina, widow of Isaac Kriebel, and daugh- ter of Rev. Melchoir Schultz. She died Feb. 28, 1870. They had two children: Susanna, born Sept. 21, 1808, died May 27, 1875; and Bath- sheba, born July 8, 1819.
(II) Andrew Kriebel, son of George the emigrant, married, May 6, 1771, Susanna, daugh- ter of Abraham Yeakel. She died April 22, 1808, aged 57 years, 5 months, 14 days. He died April 17, 1830. They had nine children: Rosanna, born 1773, married, 1818, Daniel Diehl, and died 1836; Abraham, born Sept. 27, 1774; Samuel, born June 13, 1776; George, born Oct. 2, 1778, died May 20, 1779; Regina, born June 25, 1780; David, born July 19, 1783; Sophia, born Nov. 1, 1785; Salome, born Dec. 9, 1787 ; and Israel, born Sept. 14, 1790.
(III) Abraham Kriebel, son of Andrew and Susanna, born Sept. 27, 1774, was a miller and owned the mill property now in the possession of William Kriebel, in Worcester township, Mont- gomery county. He died April 7, 1844. On
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June 4, 1801, he married Christina, daughter of Abraham Kriebel, and their children were: So- phia, born Nov. 23, 1802; Isaac, March 20, 1804; Maria, March 17, 1806; Sophia (2), April 17, 1810; Catharine, June 9, 1813; Anna, Feb. 20, 1818; and Sarah ( 1821-1848).
(III) Samuel Kriebel, son of Andrew and Susanna, born June 13, 1776, died Feb. 1, 1841. On Jan. 3, 1802, he married Christina, daughter of Melchoir Schultz, and she died April 21, 1819, the mother of Sarah, Susanna, Lydia, Elizabeth and William. He married (second) July 24, 1824, Catharine, daughter of Henry Leatherback, and to this union was born one daughter, Sophia.
(III) David Kriebel, son of Andrew and Susanna, born July 19, 1783, died July 1, 1842. On May 24, 1810, he married Rosina, daughter of David Schultz, and she died Dec. 27, 1817, the mother of three children: Anna, Mary and Philip. He married, second, in 1819, Elizabeth Alderfer, who died Aug. 12, 1878. The chil- dren of the second marriage were: Henry, Su- sanna, Magdalena, Septimus, Barbara, Hannah and Elizabeth.
(III) Israel Kriebel, son of Andrew and Susanna, born Sept. 14, 1790, was a miller and lived near Chapel, in Hereford township, Berks county. He died June 14, 1860. On May 6, 1819, he married Sarah, daughter of Rev. John Schultz, and she died in March, 1859. They had thirteen children: Christina, born Oct. 12, 1820, died Oct. 10, 1864; John, born Feb. 4, 1822; Samuel, born Nov. 11, 1823, died June 16, 1825 ; Susanna, born Jan. 8, 1825; Elizabeth, born Aug. 10, 1826; Henry, March 25, 1828; Elias, Oct. 13, 1829 Regina, Oct. 7, 1831; Joseph, 1833 (died 1858) ; Andrew, Aug. 8, 1835; Anna, 1838 (died 1845) ; Sarah, 1841 (died 1845) ; and Mary, July 14, 1846.
(IV) Henry Kriebel, son of Israel, born March 25, 1828, in Washington township, came with his parents to what is now Kriebel's Mill in Hereford when a small boy. He lived the re- mainder of his life there and died Nov. 10, 1893. As a young man he became a miller and con- ducted an oil mill and grist mill until his death, assuming charge of the mill when his father died. At that time 125 acres of good land were con- nected with the mill property, and this was di- vided into two tracts after the death of Henry Kriebel in 1893, the mill and twenty-five acres going to the son, Lewis G., and the rest to an- other son, Calvin G. Henry Kriebel manufac- tured much linseed oil, employing five or six per- sons. The flax was hauled from Upper Berks and Lehigh counties in large Conestoga wagons, with four horses. The oil was sold in the sur-
rounding country and was used in the mixture of paints. The mill was operated by water power, being located on the north branch of the Perkio- men creek, and it was the last oil mill in the township. Mr. Kriebel was a member of the Schwenkfelder church, is buried at the Washing- ton Meeting-House. He served the township as Republican committeeman for more than a quar- ter of a century. He was school director, assist- ant township assessor, auditor, and at one time the candidate of his party for county treasurer. He was twice married. By his first wife, Mary Wiegner, he had three children of whom two died in infancy, and the other, a son, Prof. Howard W., is now the publisher of the Pennsylvania German, a widely circulated magazine. He married, second, Elizabeth Griesemer, daughter of Gabriel Griesemer, and nine children were born of this union: Dr. Elmer, located at Centre Point, Pa .; Lewis G .; Calvin G., who lives on a part of the homestead; Owen, who died in in- fancy; Regina, who married Horace Gery; Sallie, who married Adam Urffer ; Andrew G., a butcher in Hereford township, who married Ellen Gery; Dr. Asher G., and Henry G., of Alburtis.
HOWARD WIEGNER KRIEBEL, son of Henry Kriebel ( Israel and Sarah, nee Schultz, Kriebel) and Mary Ann Wiegner (Jacob and Rosina, nee Yeakel, Wiegner), was born in Hereford town- ship, Berks Co., Pa., 1859, educated in the pub- lic schools of his native township, at the Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. (graduated, 1876), and at Oberlin, Ohio. He was married to Thamar K. Schultz, daughter of Thomas Schultz (Rev. Christopher and Susanna, nee Yeakle, Schultz) and Hannah Kriebel (Jacob and Anna, nee Yeakel, Kriebel), in 1884. He taught in the public schools of his native town- ship and at Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pa., where he served also as bookkeeper, secre- tary and trustee. He resigned from this position to write "The Schwenkfelders in Pennsylvania. A Historical Sketch," published in 1904 by the Pennsylvania German Society, of which he is a member. Since 1906 he is publisher of The Pennsylvania-German, an illustrated monthly magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history, folklore, literature and general interests of German and Swiss settlers in Pennsylvania and other States and their descendants.
DR. ASHER G. KRIEBEL, physician and sur- geon at Lynnville, is a native of Hereford town- ship, in Berks county. He was born December 14, 1879, and educated in the township schools, and in the Perkiomen Seminary. With this prep- aration he entered the Jefferson Medical Col- lege at Philadelphia in 1899 and was graduated
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in 1903. For a year and a half after his gradu- ation he assisted his brother Dr. Elmer G. Krie- bel at Worcester, in Montgomery county, and in December, 1905, he located at Lynnville, be- coming the successor of Dr. R. J. Fly, who had succeeded Dr. F. C. Seiberling in 1899 upon his removal to Allentown.
Dr. Kriebel covers a large field and has a lu- crative practice, having purchased and now oc- cupying the residence which had been the home of the preceding physicians at Lynnville, Doc- tors Trexler, Zangerle, Saylor, Seiberling, and Fly. He is a member of the Odd Fellows; and of the Fraternal Order of Elks, No. 110, of Allentown.
Dr. Kriebel was married January 5, 1906, to Bertha H. Heebner, daughter of Joseph L. and Mary Jane ( Hipple) Heebner, and they have two children: T. Randall and H. Denton.
Casper Kriebel and his wife Susanna, came to Pennsylvania in 1734. Their children were: George, born in Saxony, Germany, Nov. 3, 1732; Abraham, born Oct. 8, 1736; Susanna married Casper Kriebel, who died Feb. 16, 1771. He was a descendant of Abraham Kriebel.
Rev. George Kriebel, son of Casper, mar- ried Anna, daughter of Balthaser Anders, on Oct. 11, 1758. Their children were: Abraham, born May 26, 1760; Susanna, Jacob, and Anna. George Kriebel died Dec. 1, 1805, aged 73 years, I month and 22 days. His wife Anna died June 4, 1822, aged 86 years, 2 months, less 4 days.
Abraham Kriebel, son of Rev. George, mar- ried Salome Yeakel on April 26, 1784. Their children were: Benjamin, born Jan. 22, 1785; Lydia, Daniel, Jacob, Anthony, Jonathan, So- phia, Anna, Samuel, Susanna and Rachel.
Benjamin Kriebel, son of Abraham, mar- ried Catharine, daughter of Melchoir Yeakel in 1813. He died in Upper Hanover on Oct. 30, 1863. His wife died Sept. 30, 1868. Their children were: Agnes, Gideon, Judith, Maria, and Isaac.
Isaac Kriebel, a son of Benjamin, born Oct. 19, 1825, died Oct 20, 1863, was a lumberman and farmer of Lower Milford township, and was also engaged in the general mercantile business for years at Macungie, and also at Zionsville. He died at his home in Lower Milford township, and was interred at Zionsville, Pa.
He married Sarah Wiand, and they had chil- dren ; William, a merchant at Macungie; Ben- jamin Franklin, of whom below; Daniel W., a resident of Catasauqua, Pa., and Mary who died young.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KRIEBEL, son of Isaac, was born in Lower Milford township, Feb. 13, 1854. He was for years a well known merchant in Allentown. He received a good English and German education, becoming a clerk in his father's store at Macungie, Pa., at the age of 12 years where he continued for four years, then he came to Allentown in 1881, and became a clerk in the store of Milton Kramer, at 6th and Hamilton streets, and remained there three years.
He then was employed by Bittner, Hunsicker and company, where he remained for three years. In 1887 he engaged in business for himself at 7th and Union streets, Allentown. He con- ducted his general store there for three and a half years, when he located at the corner of Church and Union streets, having purchased the property of John S. Geller, utilizing the building as a store and dwelling. He there conducted a suc- cessful business for some years. Later he built a fine store at the S. E. corner of Church and Union streets. He removed his business there, and continued in it until his death, which oc- curred Dec. 9, 1898, while in the prime of life. He was interred in the Fairview cemetery.
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