KRAUTBAUER
KRAUTH
Six. He received a vote of thanks from congress,
was brevetted brigadier-general at Washington's
request Oct. 13, 1783, and was made a member of
the Society of the Cincinnati. He returned to
Poland in 1786, was made major-general in the
Polish army in 1789, and scored brilliant victories
over the Russians at Zielence, in June, 1793, and
at Dubienka, in July, 1792. In spite of these suc-
cesses a peace was concluded and the second parti-
tion of Poland followed in 1793. This action led to
his resignation and his acceptance of a citizenship
for France. He planned a general irprising in 1794
and at Cracow as commander-in-chief drove the
Russian army beyond the Prussian frontier. At
Warsaw they massacred and expelled the Russian
garrison, but at Macijowice, on Oct. 10, 1794, the
Poles, with Kosciuszko at their head, were totally
overpowered by a Prussian and two Russian
armies. He was imprisoned at St. Petersburg,
Russia, for two years and was set free by the
Emperor Paul in 1796. He visited the United
States in 1797, where he received a public ovation,
was voted a pension and a grant of land, and re-
turned to France in 1798, and settled at Fontaine-
bleau, where he lived in retirement until 1814.
He refused to enter the service of Napoleon in
1806 in his invasion of Poland because of the con-
dition of his release by the Russian government.
He took up his residence in Solothurn, Switzer-
land, in 1816, freed the serfs on his paternal
estate in 1817, and met his death from a fall from
his horse over a precipice in that year. A monu-
ment was erected to his memory at West Point,
N.y., in 1828. He died at Solothurn, Switzer-
land, Oct. 15, 1817.
KRAUTBAUER, Francis Xavier, R.C. bishop, was born at Bruck, in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Jan. 12, 1824. He studied theology in the Geor- gianum in Munich, and was ordained priest at Ratisbon, Bavaria, July 16, 1850, by Bishop Val- entine Riedl. He came to the United States in October, 1850, resided in Buffalo, N.Y., for a short time, was rector of St. Peter's church, Rochester, N.Y., 1851-59, and erected in that city parochial schools for girls and boys. He was spiritual di- rector of the school conducted by the sisters of Notre Dame at Milwaukee, Wis. , and rector of the Church of Our Lady of the Angels for over ten years, and under his direction the mother house of the sisterhood was erected. He was ap- pointed bishop of Green Bay, Wis., in February, 1875, and was consecrated at Milwaukee, Wis., June 25, 1875, by Archbishop Henni, assisted by Bishops Heiss, of La Crosse. Wis., and T. L. Grace of St. Paul. Minn., the sermon being preached by Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, N.Y. The work of his diocese was difficult on account of the diver- sity of languages spoken by the parishioners. He died at Green Bay, Wis., Dec. 17, 1885.
KRAUTH, Charles Philip, educator, was born
in jMuntguniery county, I'a., Ma}"^ 7, 1797 ; son of
Charles James and Catherine (Doll) Krauth, and
a descendantof Charles James Krauth, who came
from Germany and located at Lynchburg, Va.
His mother was a native of Pennsylvania. He
was educated for the medical profession but
before receiving his degree he took up the study
of theology and was licensed as a Lutheran min-
ister. He was pastor of the German churches
at Martinsburg and Shepherdstown, Va., and in
1827 went to Philadelphia to take charge of an
English-speaking congregation and he served the
church, 1827-33. He was professor of biblical and
oriental literature in the Gettysburg Theological
seminary, 1833-67, and president of Pennsylvania
college from its organization in 1834 to 1850, when
he resigned and was succeeded by Dr. Henry
Louis Baugher, Sr. He was editor of the Evan-
gelical Revieio, 1850-61 ; co-editor of the general
synod hymn-book published in 1828 and editor of
the Lutheran Sunday-school Hymn-Book pub-
lished in 1843. He was twice married : first, Dec.
7, 1820, to Catherine Susan, daugliter of Peter
Heisken, and secondly, April 17, 1834, to Har-
riet Brown. He received the degree of D.D.
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1837. He
is the author of : Inaugural Address (1884) ;
Life and Character of Henry Clay (1852). He
died in Gettysburg, Pa., May 30, 1867.
KRAUTH, Charles Porterfield, theologian, was born at Martinsburg, Va., March 17, 1823; son of the Rev. Dr. Charles Philip and Catherine Susan (Heiskell) Krauth. He was graduated from Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, in 183a and from the Evan- gelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1841. He was pas- tor at Baltimore, Md., 1841-47 ; Shepherds- town, Va., 1847-48; Winchester, Va., 18- 48-55 ; Pittsburg, Pa., 1855-59, and St. Mark's church, Phila- delphia, Pa., 1859- 61. He visited the Danish West Indies in 1852-53, and for a short time preached in the Dutch Reform- ed church at St. Thomas. He was editor of the LutJteran and Missionary in Philadelphia, Pa., 1861-67 ; professor of systematic theology in the Lutheran Theological seminar^', Philadelphia, 1864-83 ; of intellectual and moral philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, 1868-83 ; and was vice-provost of that institution, 1872-83. He was
