Wholesale grocer in St. Louis for over 25 years with various partners before organizing the Henry Petring Grocery Company. He eventually began making a speciality of coffee & built up a mammoth trade in that commodity. He was also intrested in banking & was a director of several different banks in St. Louis. He became one of the most prominent merchants & men of affluence in St. Louis. (bio by: Connie Nisinger)  Family links:  Parents:  John H Petring (1782 – 1861)  Spouse:  Catherine Marie Holtgrewe Petring (1833 – 1916)*  Children:  George Henry Petring (1864 – 1925)*  Adele Petring (1866 – 1930)*  Walter H Petring (1869 – 1946)*  Agnes A Petring (1873 – 1950)*  Siblings:  Casper Petring (____ – 1896)*  Margaretha Petring Moellering (1814 – 1897)*  Herman Henry Petring (1824 – 1879)*  Henry Petring (1826 – 1888)  Anna M. Petring Kregel (1828 – 1897)* *Calculated relationship