Son of John and Sophia Linhardt. Served as postmaster in Jefferson City, and worked in real estate.

From Goodspeed's History of Cole County:

Benjamin Herman Linhardt was a grandson of Fred F. and Barbara Linhardt, natives of Germany, who came to St. Louis from Germany in 1848. From St. Louis Fred Linhardt moved with his family to a farm in Osage County. John F. Linhardt, son of Fred and father of Ben Linhardt, was born in St. Louis April 27, 1849. He was an Osage County farmer, a soldier in the Union Army in the Civil War. He was a progressive citizen, and owned and operated the first steam threshing machine in Osage County. John Linhardt married Sophia Kiso, by whom he had eight children. He died in 1923.

Ben Linhardt was born in Osage County September 15, 1879. He attended country school and business college and at the age of sixteen began work at the carpenter trade. At nineteen he became clerk in a store at Freedom, Osage County. He came to Jefferson City in 1904. He was a building contractor until 1908, when he organized the B. H. Linhardt Lumber and Construction Company, operating a lumber yard and planning factory.

He sold his business in 1918, being elected County Recorder on the Republican ticket that year. At the conclusion of his term of office he became vice-president and superintendent of Lee's Tire Chain Industries, resigning within eight months to become Postmaster of Jefferson City, a position he held from September 1, 1923 to August 1933. Upon retiring as Postmaster, he engaged in insurance, investment, and real estate activities and promoting and developing a restricted residential district in western Jefferson City.

Mr. Linhardt was married August 27, 1904, to Miss Ida Rufi, daughter of Fred and Medina Rufi. They had three children, Alice Marie, Viola Virginia, and Benjamin Harold. Mr. Linhardt was a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, and a Knight of Pythias. He served as president of the Missouri Postmasters Association and vice-president of the Tri-State Postmasters Association and state committeeman of this district. He was one of the local Republican Party leaders.

From the Maryville Daily Forum, 30 Sep 1941:
JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 30. — Ben H. Linhardt, 62, former Jefferson City postmaster and long a Republican leader here, was found shot to death at his home today. Dr. E. E. Alansur, Cole county coroner, said the shooting was a suicide.

Son of John and Sophia Linhardt. Served as postmaster in Jefferson City, and worked in real estate.

From Goodspeed's History of Cole County:

Benjamin Herman Linhardt was a grandson of Fred F. and Barbara Linhardt, natives of Germany, who came to St. Louis from Germany in 1848. From St. Louis Fred Linhardt moved with his family to a farm in Osage County. John F. Linhardt, son of Fred and father of Ben Linhardt, was born in St. Louis April 27, 1849. He was an Osage County farmer, a soldier in the Union Army in the Civil War. He was a progressive citizen, and owned and operated the first steam threshing machine in Osage County. John Linhardt married Sophia Kiso, by whom he had eight children. He died in 1923.

Ben Linhardt was born in Osage County September 15, 1879. He attended country school and business college and at the age of sixteen began work at the carpenter trade. At nineteen he became clerk in a store at Freedom, Osage County. He came to Jefferson City in 1904. He was a building contractor until 1908, when he organized the B. H. Linhardt Lumber and Construction Company, operating a lumber yard and planning factory.

He sold his business in 1918, being elected County Recorder on the Republican ticket that year. At the conclusion of his term of office he became vice-president and superintendent of Lee's Tire Chain Industries, resigning within eight months to become Postmaster of Jefferson City, a position he held from September 1, 1923 to August 1933. Upon retiring as Postmaster, he engaged in insurance, investment, and real estate activities and promoting and developing a restricted residential district in western Jefferson City.

Mr. Linhardt was married August 27, 1904, to Miss Ida Rufi, daughter of Fred and Medina Rufi. They had three children, Alice Marie, Viola Virginia, and Benjamin Harold. Mr. Linhardt was a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, and a Knight of Pythias. He served as president of the Missouri Postmasters Association and vice-president of the Tri-State Postmasters Association and state committeeman of this district. He was one of the local Republican Party leaders.

From the Maryville Daily Forum, 30 Sep 1941:
JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 30. — Ben H. Linhardt, 62, former Jefferson City postmaster and long a Republican leader here, was found shot to death at his home today. Dr. E. E. Alansur, Cole county coroner, said the shooting was a suicide.