AUGUSTUS FREDERICK BOAS b. March 1, 1813, in Harrisburg, Pa.; d. Oct. 22, 1894 at Reading, Pa. He studied law at Allentown with Charles Davis a leading lawyer there, and was admitted to the Lehigh county bar, February 1, 1836; it is not known if he ever practiced his profession, for shortly after, on returning to Reading, he became a clerk in the Berks County Bank. In 1855, he was largely interested in the lumber trade, and subsequently the banking business. During the Rebellion, he sold for the Government about fifteen million dollars' worth of bonds. Mr. Boas m. EMMA ELIZABETH BOYER, daughter of Jacob K. Boyer, of Reading.