The post card he sent back to his wife in America was written in German. He visited the homeplace in Brockhagen, and visited with his sisters, Lena Godt, and Frau Dickenhorst. Though neighbors made the trip with him, he was not accompanied by any family members.

The Godts who came to Missouri probably did so for a variety of reasons. First, many were farmers, and the land on which they settled resembled that of Germany. Second, some came to avoid military service in the home country. Third, was the influence of the church.

Between 1830 and 1845 up to 40,000 people annually left Germany for America. Most settled in Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and adjoining states. Many were a part of the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union, organized in 1817 by Frederick William III. Many arriving in Missouri became the nucleus of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Others, more liberal, organized the German Evangelical Church. Its first congregation was in 1833 at Femme Osage, Missouri, a rural community near the Missouri River. Other churches were established in the surrounding areas as years went by. The services were conducted in German. Many of the Godts coming to America in the mid-1800’s became affiliated with this German Evangelical Church.

The church in Wright City, Missouri was established in 1880 as the Wright City German Evangelical Church. When August Godt came to America in 1883 he became a member. He and Minnie were married by its pastor, Rev. Henry Feix in 1886. Their children, Henry, Clara, Florenz, and Lorene were bapized and confirmed there. Henry, Florenz, and Lorene were married by the church pastor. In the early 1900’s German was replaced as the language of the church, and the name changed to Wright City Evangelical Church and in 1934 to Wright City Evangelical and Reformed Church. There, the children of Henry, Florenz, and Lorene were baptized and confirmed. Lois was married in 1958 in the then (as now) Immanuel United Church of Christ. Doris and Paul, and his wife Shirley, the Godts living in Wright City, are members of Immanuel U.C.C.

The Wright City Cemetery adjoins the grounds of the church. Many members of the Godt Family are buried in that cemetery.

The following are stories recorded by Lois Feix Winchell, in interviews with her mother Lorene Godt Feix.

(From an interview with my mother, Lorene Godt Feix, 7/7/82)

Mother says she learned to quilt from her mother, Minnie Godt, and her older sister, Clara. Her mother had immigrated from Germany, and  many of the German settlers quilted. They had learned to quilt in Germany. Mom learned to quilt at about the age of twelve.