Hill Family History

 (last update 01 Sep 2006)

Second Generation
( JACOB¹)

Children of Jacob Kraus and Anna Mary Steiner

1.   John Frederick Kraus [31684] was born 7 May 1830 in Baden. He married Ana B. Pry, daughter of John Pry and Susannah Coder, on 3 August 1854 in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. She was born 31 August 1836 in Pennsylvania. John served in the Union army during the Civil War. After the war he worked as a railroad flagman in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. They stayed in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania when the rest of the Kraus family moved west. John died on 31 October 1879 in Blair County when he misjudged the distance on the Grazierville bridge and was decapitated. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Altoona.

Children of John Kraus and Ana Pry are:

1. Mary E. Kraus, born October 1857, Pennsylvania; married John M. Keys, about 1893, Pennsylvania; born January 1848, Pennsylvania..

2. Mahala J. Kraus, born about 1858, Pennsylvania.

3. Emma L. Kraus, born February 1861, Pennsylvania; married William Green, born about 1854.

4. George B. Kraus, born 4 July 1862, Pennsylvania; died 12 December 1920, Pennsylvania; married Cora J. Keister, daughter of Simon and Matilda Keister.

5. Annie C. Kraus, born about 1864, Pennsylvania.

6. Clara M. Kraus, born 1866, Pennsylvania.

7. Elmer H. Kraus, born July 1868, Pennsylvania.

8. Lillie B. Kraus, born November 1871, Pennsylvania, died 10 March 1948, Erie County, Pennsylvania; married William A. Kepner on 12 February 1889.

Bibliography

• 1830 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "John Fredrik the 7th May A.D. 1830 in Europa. In the GrandDuck ---- of Buaden."

• 1860 Federal Census, PA, Juniata County, Beal Township, page 491, John Crouse.

• 1870 Federal Census, PA, Blair County, Altoona, Ward 2, page 56, John F. Kraus.

• 1900 Federal Census, PA, Blair County, Altoona, Ward 7, page 6b, John M. Keys.

2. George William Kraus [1289] was born 3 October 1832 in Huntington County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Ann Haus about 1857, probably in Union County, Pennsylvania. Mary was born 12 March 1838 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Haus. George served in the Union Army during the Civil War; enlisting in Company E of the 3rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on 11 September 1861. At the time of his enlistment he lived in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He was discharged in September 1862. Between his discharge and 1865 George and his family migrated to Logansport Cass County, Indiana and George took up farming. Then between 1873 and 1876 they migrated to Illinois and then to Johnson County, Arkansas, arriving on 30 September 1879. It appears that his younger brother Edward may have passed through Arkansas as early as 1871. Perhaps Edward convinced George to move there after Clarksville had recovered from the ravages of the Civil War. George started a farm just north of Clarksville. About the same time John Tolbert arrived from Georgia with a Elberta peach seeds and started an orchard next to George's farm. Most farmers in the area felt that late frosts in the area would kill peach crops. John convinced George to establish an orchard. These orchards were very successful and the famous Johnson County peach industry was born. George's father was in their household in 1880. George died  24 April 1888, just one month after his father,  in Johnson County, Arkansas. In 1900 Mary was living with her son Samuel in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. She died on 24 August 1913. They are both buried in the Kraus plot in Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville, Arkansas. The following appeared in the Clarksville Democrat newspaper...

September 11th, 1913 - Card of Thanks
"We desire to thank our many friends for their assistance and words of sympathy during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. Mary Kraus - May God's richest blessings be with you. Respectfully, A.E. Kraus, G.W. Kraus, S.J. Kraus, C.N. Kraus, Mrs. J.R. Farmer"

Children of George Kraus and Mary Haus/House are:

1. Ann Eliza Kraus, born about 1857, Pennsylvania.

2. Edward Joseph 'Ed' Kraus, born 23 October 1859, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died 13 April 1906, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Gwennie S. Evans on 9 July 1885 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 8 July 1862, Wales; died 19 March 1909, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.

3. Abraham Eldsworth 'El' Kraus, born 26 January 1862, Pennsylvania; died 16 October 1920 in Johnson County, Arkansas; married Cora M. Flemming, about 1887; born January 1869, Arkansas; died 17 August 1941, Johnson County, Arkansas.

4. George Wilson Kraus, born 10 September 1864, Indiana; died 10 March 1920, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Amanda Lee 'Lizzie' Williams, 23 December 1894 Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born March 1870, Arkansas; died 25 December 1922. Both buried in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.

5. John Franklin 'Frank' Kraus, born 5 July 1867, Indiana; died 7 July 1900; buried in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Daisey Ellen Gilbert, 1 March 1891, Johnson County, Arkansas.

6. Sarah Matilda Kraus, Born 28 December 1869, Indiana; died 13 January 1938, Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas; married John Robert Farmer, 16 January 1890, Johnson County, Arkansas.

7. Samuel Jackson Kraus, born 5 April 1873, Indiana; died 20 March 1940, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Fannie Bush, 3 December 1894 in Johnson County, Arkansas; born 20 April 1871, South Carolina. Both are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas

8. Charles N. 'Charlie' Kraus, born 1876, Illinois; died 1955; married Bonnie Vivian Bell about 1916.

Bibliography 

• 1832 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "George William Octbr 23rd A.D. 1832, Millersburg, Berks Co., Pa."

• 1850 Federal Census, PA, Juniata County, Milford Township, dwelling 543, page 206a, J. Krause.

• 1850 Federal Census, PA, Union County, Miflinburg, Union County, page 282a, Benjamin Haus.

• 1860 Federal Census, PA, Juniata County, Femanagh Township, Mifflintown, page 585,  William Krauss.

• 1861 Bates, Samuel P., History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Vol V, page 1147 (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, State Printer. 1871)

• 1862 Civil War Index Card, Pennsylvania State Archives, George W. Kraus

• 1870 Federal Census, IN, Cass County, Clay Township, Logansport, dwelling 139, page 52a, William Crouse.

• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Spadra Township, page 328b, George W. Krouse.

• 1894 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, S.J. Krais, Book R page 373

• 1894 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, G.W. Kraus, Book R page 395

• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Hickey Township, Johnson County, Mary

• History of Johnson County, Arkansas: the First Hundred Years, Ella Malloy Langford, Page 194

• 1986 Johnson County Cemeteries, Johnson County Extension Homemaker Club

• Grave markers, Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

Research Notes: There is a problem in the census record. The 1850 Juniata County Census appears to list Jacob's second son as W.J. Kraus, 17 years old, born in Pennsylvania. The age matches George's known birth date. It is possible that the census taker was told W.G. and wrote W.J.  George is listed as William in the 1860 census.

4. Emily E. Kraus [1547] was born about 1839 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and died before 1870. She married John Hare of Perry County, Pennsylvania on 12 Aug 1856 in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Emily lived in Milford Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania at their marriage. Apparently John died before 1860 as Emily had moved back into her parent's home along with her son Jacob. She worked as a weaver in 1860. In 1870 Jacob Hare still lived with his grandparents in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.

4. Edward Henry Kraus [1299] was born 13 June 1842 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and died 15 August 1910 in Johnson County, Arkansas. Edward's whereabouts in 1860 are unknown. He served the Union during the Civil War while living in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in Company B of the 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry on 2 September 1864 and mustered out with the company 3 August 1865. Most of his service was spent guarding rail services in northern Virginia. After the Civil War he migrated to Logansport, Cass County, Indiana with his father and brother George. There he took the trade of carpenter and married 1) Martha C. Patten, the daughter of John W. Patten and Sarah Colville, on 8 May 1867  in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. She was born 18 August 1845 in Preble County, Ohio and died 30 July 1905.

Martha's brothers William and Richard Patten and her sister Ann Maria Patten, wife of Franklin Stumbaugh, left Cass County about 1869 traveling through Missouri and settling in Johnson County, Arkansas. They were brick makers. In 1870 Edward and Martha lived with her parents in Logansport. In 1871 they followed the William and Richard Patten to Arkansas where their son Jasper was born in November. Johnson County was a dangerous a impoverished region at that time and must not have suited Edward and Martha. They moved on to Kansas (probably Mitchell County) where in 1873 their daughter Ada was born. In the late 1870s the period of lawlessness that prevailed after the Civil War had ended and Clarksville was once again thriving, reconstruction had begun. Richard and William Patten were brick makers and business must have been good. This may have enticed Edward to return by September 1878 when daughter Millie was born. In September 1879 Edward's brother George and father Jacob arrived in Johnson County. As a carpenter, Edward may have seen a good business opportunity in the reconstruction of the town and may have convinced his brother and father to join him there. Edward's nephew, Edward son of George later became a brick maker, perhaps learning the trade from his uncle and the Patttens. In 1891 Edward filed for a Civil War pension as an invalid.

After Martha's death Edward married 2) Mary J. Commer on 28 September 1908 in Johnson County. Both Edward and Martha are buried in Annie's Chapel Cemetery,  Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of Edward Kraus and Martha Patton are:

1. Wesley Milton Kraus, born March 1868, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana; died 1936; married Cynthia Ann Owen, 1888, Arkansas; born September 1867, Missouri; died 1919.

2. David F. Kraus, born 20 September 1869, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana; died 20 November 1888, Johnson County, Arkansas. Buried in Annie's Chapel Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

3. Jasper Henry 'Jap' Kraus, born 13 November 1871, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 7 November 1934; married Laura L. Stumbaugh, 26 January 1893 Johnson County, Arkansas; born 29 April 1877, Arkansas; died 10 August 1948.

4. Ada R. Kraus, born 30 January 1874, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 24 April 1886.

5. Millie Myrtle Kraus, born 9 September 1878, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 23 June 1962, Dover, Arkansas.

6. Anna Gertrude 'Annie' Kraus, born 24 August 1884, Johnson County, Arkansas.

7. Nellie Emily Kraus, born 27 April 1888, Johnson County, Arkansas.

8. Albert Norman Kraus, born 13 January 1900; died 10 May 1965, San Marcus, Hayes County, Texas. (Grandson)

Bibliography

• 1842 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "Edward Henry June the 13th 1842 dito [Cambria Coty. Pa.].

• 1845 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "Martha C. Kraus was born Sept. 18 1845 in Brible Co. Ohio."

• 1850 Federal Census, PA, Juniata County, Milford Township, dwelling 543, page 206a, J. Krause.

• 1850 Federal Census, OH, Darke County, Greenville, page 243b, John W. Patten.

• 1860 Federal Census, IN, Cass County, Logansport PO, Washington Township, page 568, John W. Patton.

• 1867 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "Edward H. Kraus and Martha C. Patten was married May the seventh 1867 in Logansport, Cass Co. Ind."

• 1868 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Wesley M. Kraus was born March 30th 1868 Logansport, Indiana, Cass Co."

• 1869 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "David F. Kraus was born Sept 29th 1869 in Indiana, Cass Co."

• 1870 Federal Census, IN, Cass County, Logansport, dwelling 1444, page 161b, John W. Patten.

• 1871 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Jasper H. H. Kraus was born November 13 1871 in Arkansas, Johnson Co."

• 1874 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Adie R. Kraus was born January 30 1874 in Arkansas, Johnson Co."

• 1878 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Millie Myrtle Kraus was born Sept. 9 1878 in Arkansas, Johnson Co."

• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Perry Township, Johnson County, page 268b

• 1884 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Anna Gertrude Kraus born August 24th 1884 in Johnson Co., Arkansas."

• 1886 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "Addie R. Kraus died April 24 1886 aged 12 years 2 months 25 days."

• 1888 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "David F. Kraus died Nov 20th 1888 aged 18 years 5 months and 20 days."

• 1888 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Nelly Emily Kraus was born April 27, 1888 in Johnson Co. Arkansas."

• 1891 General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

• 1893 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, J.H. Kraus, Book R page 196

• 1900 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, Births, "Albert Norman Kraus born January 13, 1900."

• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Hickey Township, page 35a, Edward Kraus.

• 1905 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "M. C. Kraus died July 30, 1905 aged 59 years 10 months 12 days."

• 1910 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County

• 1910 Family Bible: Millie Myrtle [Kraus] Archer, "E. H. Kraus died Aug 15th 1910 aged 68 years 2 months 2 days."

• Ella Malloy Langford, History of Johnson County, Arkansas: the First Hundred Years, Page 194

• 1986 Johnson County Cemeteries, Johnson County Extension Homemaker Club

• Grave Markers, Annie's Chapel Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

Research Notes: In 1880 a nephew, J. S. Kraus, born about 1858 in Pennsylvania was living in the household. J.S. Is Jacob S. 'Jake Kraus'. His father, who died when Jake was young, has not been identified. His mother, Amelia [last name unknown], remarried to Joseph F. Hogentogler about 1870 and lived in Cass County, Indiana. Edward filed for a pension for his Civil War service as an invalid on 8 September 1891. In 1900, another nephew, Richard Patten, born May 1879 in Arkansas was living in the household. Richard's father was born in Ohio and his mother was born in Indiana. Richard has not been identified. In 1900, a grandson, Albert Kraus, born January 1900 in Arkansas was living in the household. Albert's mother was born in Kansas and the father's birthplace is blank, possibly indicating a birth out of wedlock. Albert is believed to be Albert Norman Kraus who is listed as a son in the 1910 census.

13. Sarah Rebecca D. Kraus [1468] was born 29 March 1849 in Juniata County, Pennsylvania . She married [first name unknown] Ginithan about 1864. In 1870 she and her daughter were living with her father in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Just three years later, on 26 June 1873, she died in Logansport just shy of her 24th birthday, Sarah is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Cass County, Indiana.