Louis Lenkner, retired, Brushton Station, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany in 1816. He learned ropemaking, and when twenty-four years old came to Pittsburgh. Some time thereafter, his parents, George and Margaret (Hut) Lenkner followed him to that cit where they died. Two years after his arrival, Mr. Lenkner esxtablished a rope-factory in Pittsburgh, where he operated succesfully for thirty years, but had to abandon it in 1872, owing to a stroke of paralysis which disabled his left hand. He took up residence at Brishton, where he put up a house, before the Pennsylvania railroad was built, and has seen a thifty village grow up around him. He is a member of the Lutheran Church at East Liberty; politically a republican. Mr. Lenkner has been twice married. His first wife, nee Jeanette Obermarm, was the mother of six children, three of whom are living: George, living near Allegheny City, Sophie (Mrs. John Rabb), in Pittsburgh; and Josephine. The second wife, nee Katherina Vockel, is also the mother of six children: Annie (wife of Max Rasch), and Mina (Mrs. Charles Paul), who reside in the East end of Pittsburgh, and Charles, Louise, Herman, and Katie, at home. Charles is established at Brushton in the grocery business, which he opened out Aug 1, 1888.
-Wuertemmberg Imigration Index: Imigrated 1840.

Sources:
-Birth Source: History of Allegheny County, notes of Al Lenkner
-Death Source: Gravestone at St.Peters
-1870 US Census : Living next door to son in Wilkins, PA.
-1860 US Census : Ropemaker, Pitsburgh
-1850 US Census : Living in Pittsburgh as Ropemaker


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