I have always been told my father's father died in a plane crash one month before he was born that would have put it about oct/nov 1928 with last name merrick. Never told first name so we didnt really believe it .....you know how that goes but I did find a census record in which my grandmother(Ruie Gose Merrick) was living with her father under married name Merrick and dad was listed as 1 yr old male Roscoe Monroe Merrick He was later adopted by my grandmother's next husband Virgil Brumbaugh. I am trying to find info on my father's father. I also think he may have done some boxing.