As a young man, Krebs relocated from Longswamp Township to Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a large tract of land, part of which became the county farm known today as Rest Haven. He devoted his time to developing this property "and became very wealthy for a man of his time. He stood as one of the most prominent and widely known and influential men of his time," according to an 1893 century book on the history of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.[3] He married Elizabeth Bayer/Boyer.[4]
From 1828 to 1836, he served as a Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate, where he represented the Pennsylvania's 6th district.[6] He was elected Register of Wills, Clerk of Courts and Recorder for Schuylkill County, which was a combined office at the time, serving from 1840 to 1842. After each term of his various public offices ended, he consistently returned to his previous occupation in agriculture.
Death
Krebs died in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania on September 26, 1847, at age 65, and was interred at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Orwigsburg.[7]
References
^Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Page 316
^Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Page 316