Paul Krause was born October 20, 1884, at Serbin Lee, Texas. He attended
  Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, and graduated in 1909.
    He married Martha Feuerpfeil in Manitowac, Wisconsin, on August 25, 1910.
    He served as pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church at Wallis, Texas from 
  1909 to 1916.
    Martha was seriously ill, suffering from tuberculosis. They thought the
  higher and drier climate of western Kansas might help improver her health
  so they decided to accept the call to be pastor at Bellefonte, Kansas.
  Martha died from larynx tuberculosis on November 3, 1916.
    To this union two children were born. Herold Victor Krause was born July
  30, 1911, at Wallas, Texas. He died June 1, 1985, at Wichita, Kansas. Clara
  Marie (Krause) Mohr was born October 20, 1912, at Wallis, Texas.
    After Martha's death, the Rev. Paul Krause married Anna Christine Henning
  and continued to serve the Bellefonte congregation until 1926 when he accepted
  thecall to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Nashville, Kansas. He
  served the Nashville congregation until 1938 when his health forced him to 
  leave the ministry.
    After leaving the ministry, they bought and moved to a farm two miles
  west of Isabel, Kansas.
    While they were on the farm, he grew a lot of fruit trees and experimental
  crops. He was widely known as a horticulturist and landscaper. He built
  several rock gardens of unusal design and was very successful in getting
  plants to grow anywhere.
    He retired from farming in 1946 and moved to Wichita, Kansas.
    He died December 6, 1952, at Wichita, Kansas. His wife Anna died November
  2, 1966, at Wichita, Kansas. They are buried in Wichita Park Cemetery.
    To this union six daughters were born. Ruth Hildegard (Krause) Beckner
  was born July 7, 1918, and died January 21, 1981. Esther Aurora (Krause)
  Mathias was born January 25, 1920. Naomia Tabitha (Krause) Gordon was born
  May 12, 1922, and Dorothea Alma (Krause) Carter was born September 21, 1924.
  Ruby Aurelia (Krause) Doll was born February 4, 1927, and Evelyn (Krause)
  Dye was born December 14, 1928. All the girls were born at Bellefonte except
  Ruby and Evelyn; they were born at Nashville, Kansas.
                   
  Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1993, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 53  
  Submitted by: Evelyn Dye