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Hello Jim. I am a very new-bee geneaology hound. I didn't even know how to spell it a
week ago. We share a GGrandfather, David Krugh -- guess that makes us second cousins.
Charles Arthur (Art) and Rosa Belle Krugh were my grandparents.
The reason for replying to this post is to clarify the "cousin" relationship
that you mention. When Rosa died in child birth, Grandpa Krugh had three young daughters
(one of them, Esther Fay (Faye), my mom) to take care of by himself. So by some quirk of
fate, he ended up marrying one of Rosa's first cousins, Mary (Matie) Merriman. Their
fathers were brothers, Elisha Ray and John Washington respectively.
Mary Merriman was the Grandma Krugh I knew growing up. btw, I chatted with your father at
my brother's 50th wedding anniversary this June.