George Krape and Catharine Decker

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Husband George Krape ¹

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           Born: 21 Jun 1816 - Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Krape (Abt 1784-1860) 2 3
         Mother: Susannah Gramley (1790-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 16 Nov 1880 1

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   Other Spouse: Annie Best (1825-1877) 1 - Abt 1842 - Salona, Clinton Co, PA

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Wife Catharine Decker ¹

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           Born: 11 Nov 1832 - Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Decker (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Lydia Weiland (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - George Krape

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He was born in Gregg township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, where he acquired his education in the public schools. As a boy he was a natural mechanic, displaying a fondness for tools and an aptness in their use, and in early life worked at various trades, while in later years he did much of his own work along those lines. He in­vented a corn planter, which proved quite success­ful, and sold several of them. After reaching man's estate he was mostly employed upon the home farm, much of which he cleared.

For one year after marriage they lived on a rented farm in Gregg township, Centre County, and then lo­cated near Salona, Clinton County, where he purchased eighty acres of land from his father-in-law, and there made his home some fifteen years. In 1856, however, he returned to the old homestead in Gregg township, which he purchased a year or two after his father's death, and to which he added thirteen acres, so that he had a valuable and productive tract of 200 acres.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 498.

2 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 377.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 369.