Johann Wolfgang LINHARDT arrived in St. Louis about 1848 from Benk, Oberfranken, Bavaria where he was born on 23 December 1823. He and his wife Margarethe OTTO, also from Bavaria, had their first child on 15 October 1849. His Declaration of Intent was signed on 29 October 1849. He and his wife are buried at Friedens Cemetery. He helped to build the Friedens Evangelical Church. Although he was trained in cabinet making, and I have one of his tables, he became a builder of homes in St. Louis. According to my grandmother, his daughter, he took pride in making doorways big enough for a coffin to go through without being tilted. I have not been able to find their marriage record, nor the burial place of his father who also came to America. LaVerne