The Short and Long Story

Yesterday we were invited to Snyder County for dinner at the home of a single sister and brother, Esther and Earl Good. They are Leroy's mom's first cousins through the Shaubs. After Esther read my book about Sarah, she wanted to visit with Sarah and meet me. So she invited us, Mom, and her sister Mary and John, to come to her house for dinner.
In the afternoon, some more of the Good siblings, nieces and nephews came to visit with us too. It was a full house and interesting day. Among the visitors was a LeeRoy Stauffer. Although the spelling is slightly different, this was the first time Leroy met someone with the same name as his. When we got home I checked LeeRoy's genealogy and found Leroy and I are both his fourth cousins. Our common ancestor is Jacob W. Stauffer, the founder of the Pike Mennonite Church. LeeRoy descends from Jacob's son Moses, who was a brother of Leroy's ancestor Daniel and my ancestor David. So that's the short and long story of Leroy Stauffer.