HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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in 1851 and engaged in the manufacture of 

 carpets. Being joined there by his son, the 

 subject of this sketch, in 1856, he left the 

 business in -his charge and went on an ex- 

 ploring expedition to the far west in 1857, 

 crossing the plans from Kansas City, IMiss- 

 ouri, to Colorado in a train of ox-teams, 

 and proceeded as far as Pike's Peak. In 

 1859 he returned to Philadelphia and re- 

 sumed the manufacture of carpets there, 

 continuing to operate his mills until his 

 death on May 5, 1879. 



Charles Benjamin Krause. the subject of 

 this .sketch, was educated in Copenhagen 

 and learned the trade of a weaver in all its 

 branches. On January 27, 1855, he mar- 

 ried, ■ at Copenhagen, Christina Berg, a 

 native of Sweden, daughter of Nels And- 

 ries and Christine (Osterfelt) Berg. Her 

 father was born in 1780, four miles from 

 Lond. Sweden, and died in 1843. He was 

 an officer in the Swedish army, and fought 

 ■under Napoleon at the battle of Leipsig and 

 afterward was an officer vmder the Swedish 

 government until his death in 1843. He 

 was a son of Andries Berg, also an officer 

 in the Swedish army, and had one brother, 

 Ole. In 1856 Mr. Krause removed with his 

 wife to Philadelphia and engaged in the 

 weaving business. In 1863 he began the 

 manufacture of carpets in that city, and is 

 still extensively engaged in that business. 

 In 1902 he erected a new factory and en- 

 gaged in the business on a larger scale. He' 

 removed to Doylestown, Bucks county, in 

 1885, where he still resides. He is a mem- 

 ber of the LvTtheran church, and in politics 

 is a' Republican. Charles Benjamin and 

 Christine (Berg) Krause have been the 

 parents of three children: Carl Benjamin, 

 who died in infancy; Emma Christine, born 

 in Philadelphia in 1862: and Carl Benjamin, 

 Jr.. born in Philadelphia. November 2T. 

 1865. Emma Christine married Dr. Will- 

 iam Brodie, born in Philadelphia in i860, 

 son of Dr. Robert Brodie, a druggist at 

 Twentieth and Callowhill streets. Dr. Will- 

 iam Brodie graduated at the University of 

 Pennsylvania in 1878, and began the prac- 

 tice of medicine at Pineville. Bucks county, 

 removing later to Forest Grove. Bucking- 

 Iiam township, where he practiced until his 

 death, September 2. 1898. His widow re- 

 sides with her father at Doylestown. They 

 were the parents of three children. Emma 

 K.. born February 4. 1880; Carl Benjamin, 

 born February i, 1882; and Christine Sar- 

 ah, born November 9, 1885. Emma K. 

 Brodie married Charles Sponsler. and re- 

 sides in Washington, D. C. Carl Benja- 

 min Brodie is an employee of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad Company, and also resides 

 in Washington. 



Carl B. Krause. Jr.. only son of the sub- 

 ject of this sketch, born in Philadelphia, 

 November 21, 1865. was educated at the 

 Friends' School at Fifteenth and Green 

 streets, and at Pierce's Business College. 

 After the completion of his education he 

 assisted his father in the carpet manufactur- 

 ing business, and later became a partner 



under the firm name of Charles B. Krause 

 & Son. He resided for a time in Doyles- 

 town township, where he had charge of a 

 farm owned by his father, but in 1902 rt- 

 turned to Philadelphia, and now has charge 

 of the business at the new factory. He 

 married, September 21, 1887, Pauline Priz- 

 endense, daughter of Jacob Prizendense, of 

 Hilltown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and 

 they are the parents of four children : Carl 

 Benjamin. Jacob Frederick, Anna Christine 

 and Christine Helen. 



SAMUEL SCHAFFER. A list of the 

 experienced and successful farmers of 

 Bucks county would be incomplete without 

 the name of Samuel Schaffer. Mr. Schaffer 

 is a representative of that large and force- 

 ful German element which includes so large 

 a number of the best citizens of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Conrad Schaffer was born in i8or in 

 South Germany, and at the age of thirty 

 emigrated to the United States. After liv- 

 ing for a while in Philadelphia he found 

 himself, by reason of the great financial de- 

 pression which then prevailed throughout 

 the country, out of employment, and so left 

 the city, thinking that in the country his 

 chances might be better. He walked as far 

 as The Turk, an inn in Bucks county, where 

 he was given food and lodging for the night. 

 The next day he walked to Hilltown, and 

 there obtained work at his trade, which 

 was that of a mason. After a few weeks 

 he went to New Britain, where he also 

 worked ai his trade, and as he was known 

 to be an industrious and thrifty man he 

 was offered a small farm, which he bought 

 without a dollar, giving notes on small 

 payments. He then sent for his wife, whom 

 he had left in Philadelphia, and they set- 

 tled on the farm. By his skillful manage- 

 H'ent of the property, together with close 

 application to his trade, he was enabled in 

 a lew years to pay tU the notes and to be- 

 come the possessor of an unincumbered 

 estate. He and his wife were the parents 

 of one child, Samuel, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter. This worthy couple were loved 

 and respected during their lives, and when 

 they died were sincerely mourned. Mrs. 

 Schaffer before her marriage was Sarah 

 Schmidt, and was, like her husband, a na- 

 tive of Germany. 



Samuel Schaffer, son of Conrad and 

 Sarah (Schmidt) Schaffer, was born Au- 

 gust II, 1834, in Kew Britain township, 

 where his boyhood and youth were spent in 

 assisting his father in the labors of the 

 farm. He succeeded in time to the owner- 

 ship of the homestead, and has for many 

 years led the happy uneventful life of a 

 prosperous farmer. His time has been 

 spent in cultivating his paternal acres in the 

 best manner, in reaping the results of his 

 labors, and in discharging the duties of" a 

 good citizen. In politics he is a Democrat. 

 He and his family are members of the dial- 



