August F. Krause was born November 1855 in Prussia, Germany and died August 28, 1934 in Norton, Norton Co., KS at age 78. He was the son of Unknown Krause and Unknown, both of Prussia, Germany. Mary Jane Abbey was born July 30, 1859 in Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West and died July 17, 1954 in the hospital of Fairview Rest Home, Degolia, Bradford Twp., McKean Co., PA at age 95. She was the daughter of Charles Oliver Abbey of Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada and Phoebe Elizabeth Searle of Bodmin, County Cornwall, England. August emigrated from Germany to the U. S. A. in 1866. Mary emigrated from Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West to Byron Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI in 1860. August and Mary were married on March 2, 1880 in Fond du Lac Co., WI. August and Mary had eleven children:
August, Mary Jane, Edward, Everett, Nellie and Minnie Lucille Krause are buried in Spring Green Cemetery, Furnas Co., NE. This is the county just north of Norton Co., KS. Hannah Keith gave the ground for the cemetery on February 27, 1894. It is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 20-1-23. TIMELINE August F. Krause was born November 1855 in Prussia, Germany. Mary Jane Abbey was born July 30, 1859 in Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West. Charles and Phoebe Abbey and family came to Wisconsin from Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Canada West in 1860. The 1860 U. S. Census taken on July 5, 1860 shows Charles Abby (age 35) is a farm laborer born in Canada living in Oak Grove Twp., Dodge Co., WI with a personal estate value of $100. Living with him is his wife Elizabeth Abby (age 34) born in England. Also living there are their children Lucinda Abby (age 12), Isaac Abby (age 9), William Abby (age 7), and Mary J. Abby (age 1), all born in Canada. Charles and Elizabeth Abbey cannot read and write. Elizabeth Abby's father was living in the adjacent house: William Surl (age 60) is a farmer born in England with real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $400. Living with William is his wife Abigal Surl (age 69) born in Connecticut. Also living there are their children: Thomas Surl (age 25) born in New York and indicated as insane; and William Surl, Jr. (age 11) born in Canada. William, Abigail and Thomas Searle cannot read and write. By August 10, 1861 Charles and Phoebe were living in South Byron, Fond du Lac Co., WI when Charles Washington Abbey was born. On December 9,1861 Charles Oliver Abbey enlisted as a resident of Byron Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI in the Wisconsin Volunteers 14th Regiment Infantry Company A, along with his cousins Isaac Abbey and Wellington Abbey. On May 22, 1863 Charles Oliver Abbey was killed at age 37 in action before the fortifications during the siege at Vicksburg, MS. His body is likely buried at the National Cemetery at Vicksburg. A marker would eventually be placed in Union Cemetery, Milladore, Wood Co., WI alongside his wife upon her death in 1903. On November 1, 1865 Phoebe Abbey created a mortgage to Hayward Jones, both parties of Byron Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI in the amount of $120.00 for one acre of land: Commencing at the NE corner of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 32 Twp. 14 N; to 17 E, thence south eighteen rods thence west seventeen rods to lot owned by George McLean, thence north along said line eighteen rods to the center of the public highway thence east along said highway seventeen rods to the place of beginning containing one acre and 146 rods be the same more or less. Hayward Jones died July 17, 1904 in Fond du Lac Co., WI. Phoebe was receiving widow's benefits and living after the Civil War in Byron Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI raising her five children. On April 2, 1866 Phoebe's oldest daughter Lucinda Matilda Abbey was married to Adam William Shidell at Phoebe's home in South Byron, Byron Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI. Adam and Lucinda had removed to Oakfield Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI according to the 1870 Census. The 1870 U. S. Census taken on June 7, 1870, shows Phebe Abbie (age 44) born in Canada West to foreign-born parents with real estate of $600 is Keeping House and is living in Byron Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI. Also living there are the following: Lucinda Abbie (age 22) born in Canada West, who is Keeping House; Isaac Abbie (age 20) born in Canada West, a Farm Laborer; William Abbie (age 17) born in Canada West, a Farm Laborer; Mary Jane Abbie (age 10) born in Canada West, At School; and Chas. Washington Abbie (age 8) born in Wisconsin, At School. The George McLean family lived next door. He was born in Canada West. August and Mary were married on March 2, 1880 in Fond du Lac Co., WI. The Observer, Richland Center, Thursday, April 22, 1880 RICHLAND COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE William Abbey, Sylvester Blake, Marty. Brenaman and Mr. Crouch, minister, have each located a "claim" in Norton county, Kan. Mr. Crouch is preaching on that circuit, and will not return to Wisconsin this year as he anticipated. Mr. Blake has rented his place for the year and will return home first week in May. The above claims are quarter sections and are first-class land. The 1880 U. S. Census taken on June 23, 1880 shows August Crouse (age 24) born in Germany to German-born parents is a farmer living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him is his wife Mary J. Crouse (age 20) born in Canada of Canadian and English-born parents. Leigh Larson note: Mary J. (Abbey) Krause, the sister of William S. Abbey, is living on the adjacent farm. The 1880 U. S. Census taken on June 23, 1880 shows William Abbey (age 27) born in Canada to Canadian and English-born parents is a farmer living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him are his wife Ida Abbey (age 21) born in Wisconsin of Pennsylvania-born parents, son Irwin Abbey (age 4) born in Wisconsin with a disability named billious fever, and daughter Ivey Abbey (age 2) born in Kansas. The 1885 Kansas State Census taken on March 1, 1885 shows A. F. Krouse (age 29) born in Germany and having moved from Wisconsin is a married Farmer living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him are: a married female, M. J. Krouse (age 25) born in Canada and having moved from Wisconsin; Effie L. Krouse (age 3) born in Kansas; and Elda E. Krouse (age 1) born in Kansas. Two homesteading entries for August Krause in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS:
The 1895 Kansas State Census taken on March 1, 1895 shows August Krause (age 49) born in Germany and having moved from Wisconsin is a Farmer living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him are: Mary J. Krause (age 35) born in Canada and having moved from Wisconsin; Effie Krause (age 14) born in Norton Co., KS; Elda Krause (age 11) born in Norton Co., KS; Belle Krause (age 9) born in Norton Co., KS; Oscar Krause (age 6) born in Norton Co., KS; Alfred Krause (age 4) born in Norton Co., KS; Wallace Krause (age 2) born in Norton Co., KS; and Ralph Krause (age 1) born in Norton Co., KS. The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 20, 1900, shows August F. Krause (age 44) born November 1855 in Germany to German-born parents and having emigrated in 1861 and not Naturalized is a Farmer owing his farm free of a mortgage and is living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him is his wife of 20 years, Mary J. Krause (age 40) born July 1859 in English Canada to English Canadian and English-born parents and having emigrated in 1860 with Unknown Naturalization, with 9 of the 11 children born to her still alive. Also living there are his children, all born in Kansas except for Alfred, who was born in Wisconsin: Effie L. Krause (age 19) born March 1881, shown as married less than one year; Elda E. Krause (age 17) born May 1883; Belle E. Krause (age 14) born November 1885; Oscar O. Krause (age 11) born November 1888; Alfred O. Krause (age 9) born October 1890; Wallace A. Krause (age 7) born September 1892; Jason R. Krause (age 6) born March 1894; Nellie A. Krause (age 4) born February 1896; and Minnie L. Krause (age 2) born May 1898. The 1900 List of Landowners shows August Krouse owned 160 acres in Section 4 and 320 acres in Section 5 of Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. The 1905 Kansas State Census dated March 1, 1905 shows August Krause (age 49) born in Germany and having moved from Wisconsin is a married Farmer owning his own farm and living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him are: Oscar Krause (age 16) born in Kansas; Alfred Krause (age 14) born in Wisconsin; Wallace Krause (age 12) born in Kansas; Jason Krause (age 10) born in Kansas; Mary J. Krause (age 45) born in Canada and having moved from Wisconsin; Elda Krause (age 21) born in Kansas; Belle Krause (age 19) born in Kansas; Nellie Krause (age 9) born in Kansas; and Lucille Krause (age 6) born in Kansas. The 1910 U. S. Census taken on May 9, 1910 shows August Krause (age 54) born in Germany to German-born parents and having been married 30 years is a general farmer owning his farm in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him is his wife Mary J. Krause (age 50) born in Canada to Canadian and English-born parents, and 7 of her 11 children still living. Also living there are Alfred O. Krause (age 19) born in Wisconsin who is unemployed; and Wallace E. Krause (age 17) born in Kansas who is a farm laborer on the home farm. The 1915 Kansas State Census shows A. F. Krause (age 59) born in Germany and having moved from Wisconsin is a married Farmer owning his own farm free of a mortgage and living in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him is Jane Krause (age 55) born in Canada and having moved from Wisconsin; and J. O. Krause (age 21) born in Kansas. The 1920 U. S. Census taken on January 24, 1920 shows August Kraus (age 64) born in Germany to German-born parents and having emigrated in 1866 and naturalized in 1882 is a retired farmer owning his farm in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS. Living with him is his wife Mary J. Kraus (age 60) born in Canada to Canadian and English-born parents, and having emigrated in 1860. No children are living at home. The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 15, 1930 shows August Krause (age 74) born in Germany to German parents and having emigrated in 1866 owns his own home valued at $4,000 at 325 West Main Street, 3rd Ward, City of Norton, Norton Co., KS. Living with him is his wife Mary J. Krause (age 70) born in Canada to Canadian and English parents, and having emigrated in 1860. They were married at age 24 and 20, respectively. They are both naturalized citizens. No children are living at home. August F. Krause died August 28, 1934 in the City of Norton, Norton Co., KS at age 78. Plat Map of Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS, 1935 In October, 1943 Mary Jane Krause moved to the City of Bradford, McKean Co., PA. On November 3, 1944, Mary Jane Krause fractured her hip, and remained a patient at Fairview Rest Home, Degolia, Bradford Twp., McKean Co., PA until her death. Mary Jane (Abbey) Krause died July 17, 1954 in the hospital of Fairview Rest Home, Degolia, Bradford Twp., McKean Co., PA at age 95. The Era, Bradford, PA, Monday, July 19, 1954 Mrs. Mary Jane Krause Dies in Hospital After Long Illness Mrs. Mary Jane Krause, 96, mother of Alfred A. Krause of 26 Bon Air Ave., died at the Fairview Hospital, Degolia, Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Born in Montreal, Canada, on July 3, 1858, Mrs. Krause lived in Kansas most of her life. She came to Bradford in October, 1943. On November 3, 1944, Mrs. Krause fractured her hip and had been a patient in the hospital since that time. She is survived by three sons, Oscar W. Krause, Bellflower, Calif., Alfred O. Krause, Bradford, and Wallace E. Krause, Green Island, Iowa; one daughter, Mrs. W. E. Darling, Gooding, Idaho; 16 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren. A brief prayer service was held yesterday afternoon at the Koch-Chatley Memorial Chapel. Howard Smith, Reader of the First Church of Christ officiated. The body was taken last night to Norton, Kan., where further services and burial will take place Wednesday afternoon. [published 1894] Job Russell Case was the third
son of a family of ten children and was born in Washington country, New
York, July 1, 1822. Mr. Case's parents were New Englanders of Scotch
descent. His father, Wm. Case, served with honor in the war of 1812; he
was the son of Isaac Case who was an officer in the Revolution, and was
noted for his great feats of strength and daring.
Northwestern Pennsylvania - The History J. RUSSELL CASE - Known throughout the United States for his accomplishment as a cutlery manufacturer, J. Russell Case continues, in-Bradford, the firm of W. R. Case & Son, founded and for years headed by his father. This organization occupies a prominent place in Bradford industrial life and in the cutlery business of the Nation. Mr. Case was born October 27, 1878, in Nebraska, son of William R. and Mary (Fox) Case, both of whom are now deceased. The father, William R. Case, went west with his brother, Jean Case, when he reached the age of twenty-one years, and the two brothers together operated a mail and freight route for the Federal Government in Kansas and Nebraska. In 1878 Mrs. Mary (Fox) Case, whom he had married at the age of twenty and taken west with him, died, whereupon, in 1879, William R. Case returned to the East and entered the cutlery business in Little Valley, New York. The present firm, or its predecessor, was established there in 1895, and there William R. Case continued it until 1905. Then he decided to come to Bradford, where he put up a thoroughly modern plant and initiated the present firm of W. R. Case & Son. They manufacture “Case Tested Double XX” cutlery, popular throughout the United States. W. R. Case remained president of the organization until his death in 1931, whereupon he was succeeded by his son, J. Russell Case, who has continued the work down to the present. William R. Case was also the main sponsor of the Case Land Company, and was instrumental in transforming the swamps in Foster Brook into a fine residential district. He was the first man in the United States to travel and sell cutlery from samples, according to records of the industry. Common schools of Little Valley, New York, where the family formerly lived, provided J. Russell Case’s early formal education. He “grew up” in the cutlery business from a very early age, and has remained in it since that time. The enterprise was established, as already indicated, back in 1890, and since its removal to Bradford he has been prominent in its management. Through the years of the firm’s history the number of employees has grown from forty people to about 350. At the time of the father’s death, in 1931, there were about two hundred. Originally, in Bradford, the business was situated in a small establishment in Bank Street, very different from the fine up-to-date plant now operating in Russell Boulevard. Quite aside from his work with this company, J. Russell Case operates a fine farm, raising roughage to feed a herd of about sixty head of milk cows. Politically he follows an independent course, casting his support in favor of candidates and measures of his choice rather than on any partisanship basis. He belongs to the Bradford Club and the Bradford Board of Commerce, and in the Free and Accepted Masons is affiliated with Little Valley Lodge, Buffalo Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (in Erie). J. Russell Case married (first) Effie L. Crouse, and (second) Florence Lichty. The Central Overland Pony Express of 1860-61 was not the first nor the last venture to transport and deliver mail by horseback. While most attention has always been focused on the Transcontinental Pony Express route to California, there were many comparable services scattered throughout the west. Often these services lasted but a short time. The purpose of this page is to provide a forum to list other riders and other routes and to provide a means of recognizing those gallant riders who provided the communication links that helped to bind our country together. Andrew Jaxon Case Born: March 4, 1862, Napoli, Cattaraugus County, New York Died: January 15, 1940, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York Andrew Jaxson Case rode for a pony express probably in 1878. Evidence: "Historic Annals of SW NY; pub 1940; Vol 3, pp 180-181. "A. J.Case, who during his young manhood had a romantic career as one of the pony express riders over the prairies in the days before the Union Pacific RR was built." He lived in Furnas County, Nebraska, and Norton, Kansas, 1880-1883. He was married in Norton Kansas. His first child was born in Norton in 1883. He was a salesman for Case Brothers Cutlery of New York and was a stock breeder, both in 1890's.
Information submitted by Karyl Hahn January 1998
40. Jobe Russell CASE was born on 5 Jul 1821 in
Spafford, Onondaga, NY. He was born on 5 Jul 1821 in Spafford,
Cattaraugus, NY. He appeared on the census in 1850 in *Napoli,
Cattaraugus, NY. 1850, NY, Cattaraugus Co., Napoli; pg 68; #181/182 41. Deborah M. MILKS was born in 1819 in Washington Co., NY. She died in 1867 in Little Valley, Catt. Co., NY. She was buried in 1867 in Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., NY. She died in 1869 in Little Valley, Catt. Co., NY. She was buried on 23 Sep 1911 in Little Valley Rural Cem. Lot 50, Catt. Co., NY. Removed from Napoli cemetery and re-interred in Little Valley in 1911. Children were:
Nebraska STATE GAZETTEER Business Directory and farmer list for 1890 - 1891 Omaha: J.M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers, 509 - 510 Paxton Block 1890 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1890, by J.M. Wolfe & Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. Furnas County Transcribed by Leona L. Gustafson,
September 1999
Cambridge is situated in the northwestern part of
Furnas county on the Medicine creek, near the point where it empties
into the Republican river, and on the main line of the B. & M. R. R., 25
miles east from McCook. It has about 800 inhabitants, with two reli-
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