DANIEL DICK BOAS, b. February 19, 1816, in Harrisburg, Pa.; d. May 9, 1878, in Harrisburg, Pa., and there buried. Received the limited education afforded by the public schools prior to the establishment of the common-school system. In 1843, was appointed a clerk in the Harrisburg post-office, a position he held until the year 1845, when he went into business with O. Bellman, and subsequently established himself in the lumber trade, in which he was successfully engaged at the time of his death. He was a public-spirited and enterprising citizen, and his life was a useful one. He was church-warden and treasurer of St. Stephen's Episcopal church, Harrisburg-a marble tablet and memorial window within that edifice bear testimony to his services and virtues.