Gottfried Friedrich Longhofer (May 8, 1874-April 17, 1942) was born in
  Dreispitz, Russia. He was a Bolge German from Russia who came to America
  with relatives when he was eighteen years old.
       June 1, 1898, Gottfried sent passage money for his parents, John
  Griedrich (Fred) Longhofer and Anna Elizaeth nee Steinle, his brother, Fred
  and family, and his brother, David, to join him.
       Anna Marie Muller (July 10, 1880-June 3, 1957) was born in Berlin,
  Germany. She came to America April 13, 1882 with her parents, August and
  Augusta (Kant) Muller. Her grandparents, Christian and Luise Kant, later
  spelled Kandt, had already come to America to join Christian's brothers,
  Johann, Gottfried and Michael Kandt.
       July 21, 1897, Gottfried Longhofer and Anna Marie Muller were married
  at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Shadybrook, Kansas. April 26, 1898, they
  bought land in Woodbine, Kansas and built the home that is now owned by Mr.
  and Mrs. Eldon Oesterrich. They had twelve children: August, Esther (Yates),
  George, Karl, Sophie, Milton, Marie Whittlesey who lives in California,
  Herman, Caroline Henrietta living in Pennsylvania, Clara May, Arthur and
  Harvey who lives in Kansas City, Kansas.
       Gottfried was a carpenter and cement man by trade. He farmed his small
  plot of land, helped people harvet their crops, and helped the undertaker,
  A.F. Ahrens, with burials. Anna helped support her large family, too. She
  made quilts and quilted for people from age seventeen until she died at the
  age of seventy-six years.
       Gottfried's brothers and their families lived next door to him and his
  family. His parents, Fred (October 14, 1841-May 26, 1923) and Anna (August 
  26, 1848-June 4, 1917), lived with their youngest son, David, who married 
  Julia Meier of Dorrance, Kansas.
       The Longhofer families were active in the Methodist Church in their
  early years in Woodbine and later joined the Nazarene Church there.
       After Gottfried's death in 1942, Anna married Ernest Wendt and moved to
  Herington to live near her daughter, Esther Yates. Mr. Wendt is remembered for
  the churches he build in Herington, Shadybrook and the near-by communities.
               
  Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987, 
          Woodbine through the years pg. 98
          Submitted by Virginia Yates Brunner