David Krause and Catharine Orr

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Husband David Krause ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Nov 1800 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 13 Jun 1871 - Norristown, Chester Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: David Krause (Abt 1750-1822) 3 4 5
         Mother: Regina Orth (1770-1846) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: Sep 1825 or 1826 1 2

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Wife Catharine Orr ^{1 2}

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           Born: Sep 1800 2
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           Died: Dec 1875 - Norristown, Chester Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 F Frederica Krause ⁷

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         Spouse: Dr. Henry Orth Witman, M.D. (1830-1892) 7 8
           Marr: 11 Oct 1866 7

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General Notes: Husband - David Krause

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He was educated under Rev. Mr. Ernst, of the Lutheran church of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and subsequently studied law with Hon. Jonathan Walker, of Pittsburgh, and was there admitted to the bar. He returned to Lebanon and began practice. He went to Harrisburg as the private secretary of Governor Shulze, and was admitted to the Dauphin courts, August 15, 1825. He was appointed deputy attorney general in August, 1826, and re-appointed in 1829. From 1825 to 1826, with Gen. Simon Cameron, he published and edited the Pennsylvania Intelligencer. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836. On the election of Governor Porter, in 1839, he took editorial charge of the State Journal, which he conducted with much ability. In January, 1845, a vacancy occurring in the Montgomery and Bucks county judicial district, Mr. Krause was appointed to the bench. He filled the position acceptably and honorably, but in 1851, when the judiciary became elective, he positively declined the office. He then retired to private life. In 1862, and again in 1863, upon the invasion of Pennsylvania by the Confederates, he volunteered as a private soldier in the Pennsylvania militia, although then in the sixty-third year of his age.

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General Notes: Wife - Catharine Orr

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from Philadelphia, PA

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 278.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 335.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 248, 277.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 466.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 384.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 248, 278.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 358.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 605.