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Fifth Cousins--Sue Veal and Kelly Marshall

The June 2006 General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, brought the Rev. David Veal and his wife Sue McGough Veal of Lubbock, Texas, to within an easy drive of the Rev. Kelly Marshall of Boardman, Ohio. Sue and Kelly are fifth cousins, both descendants of John and Catharina Marshall—-Sue, through their second son Samuel Marshall and his wife Phebe Perry; and Kelly through their third son John Marshall and his wife Charlotte Kelker. Surely the last time descendants of these two branches of the family visited was years ago in the environs of Parker, Pennsylvania--the ancestral home region of the pioneer Hovey, Perry and Marshall families. Through the marriage of Samuel Marshall McGough (1849-1908) to Amelia Virginia Parker (1852-1936), Sue descends also from Judge John Parker, the pioneer settler after whom Parker’s Landing was named. In this photo, Kelly is on the left, with Sue in the center and David on the right.

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