Christian LENHART

                   Christian Lenhart b. 15 Mar 1846 York Co., PA; of Rapid City, SD d. 4 Jun 1907 Canton, Stark, OH (buried in Rapid City) m. Caroline "Carrie" Ann/a (Beck?) m. 3 Jan 1886 Rapid City, Pennington, SD b. ca. 1858 PA d. 6 Feb 1897 Rapid City, Pennington, SD [parents not known, both born in Prussia according to census data]. Maiden name not known; she was the widow of Isaac Rich when she married Christian Lenhart. Christian was the son of Elizabeth Gerber and George Lenhart.* (Christian's grandfather was George, Sr.,* son of Wilhelm, <../WILHELM/WILHELM.htm> who was born in Germany and a son of JPL (see below link), the immigrant ancestor - all of Dover Twp., York Co., PA.) Christian's Time Line  Christian's Ancestry Chart  - pdf fileGerber Ancestry <../../OTHERS/Gerber.htm> (Christian's mother)Johan Peter Lenhart <../JPL/JPL.htm> (JPL) Christian's great, great grandfather*Links coming soon for these two Georges.

Christian Lenhart and Caroline had three children:
1) Charles Francis Lenhart b. 20 Sep 1887 Rapid City, Pennington, SD d. ca. 1939 NY ? - Nothing more known of him at this time.
2) Warren Gerber Lenhart (twin) b. 22 Nov 1890 Rapid City, Pennington, SD d. Nov 1918 Butte, MT m. Amy Mae Flynn m. 29 Nov 1911 Rapid City, Pennington, SD b. 22 June 1891 Columbus, NE d. Nov 1918 Rapid City, Pennington, SD [daughter of Thomas Flynn]. Warren and Amy died in the 1918 flu epidemic; their infant son survived.
3) Walter Beck Lenhart (twin) b. 22 Nov 1890 Rapid City, Pennington, SD d. 19 Nov 1961 San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA m. Ann Elizabeth Holeman m. 29 Nov 1911 Rapid City, Pennington, SD b. 29 May 1894 New Liberty, Owen Co., KY d. 27 Dec 1968 Charleston, Charleston, SC; [daughter of John English Holeman and Katherine Sophia Graves]. WBL and AEH are buried in CA; they had four daughters.
Note: Caroline (Beck?; Mrs. Rich) Lenhart had three daughters by Isaac Rich: Galena (married WHITSON), Marguerite (unmarried), and Lottie (died young). These children were sometimes known as Lenhart. I have additional information about the Whitson descendants (not included here).