Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Kraus, George May 29, 1921
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Clackamas County News May 2,1921
Last survivor of Old Aurora Colny
George Kraus,last surviving member of the trustees of the Old Aurora 
Colony,whose charter dated back to August 30,1844,died at his home  in 
Aurora,Sunday,at the age of 79 years.Mr Kraus was among the younger of the 
trustees of the Aorora colony,who carved out homes in the wilderness and lived 
a contented life while the founder,Dr William Kell,was alive to direct their 
activities.Person who today recalled the early days of the colony said it 
was,perhaps,the most succesful experiment of it kind ever attempted in the 
United States.Mr Kraus was born in Pittsburgh September 8,1841,and came to 
Aurora from Bethel,Mo in the year 1863.In 1879 he married Elizabeth 
Giesy,chairman of the board of trustees of the colony.Besides his widow he is 
survived by two sons,Arthur W. and John R. Kraus,and two daughters,Orietta and 
Georgia Kruas

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