Henry Krug Jr.

Henry Krug, Jr., was born in St. Joseph July 9, 1861. He attended the elementary and high schools of the city and when sixteen years of age entered the meat-packing business. He had the benefit of excellent training by his father and uncle, and became treasurer of the Henry Krug Packing Company. In 1887, along with C. B. France and John Donovan, Jr., he was one of the organizers of the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company on 440 acres of ground. When the German-American Bank was organized in 1887 he was elected vice-president. He held that position until 1913 when his uncle William Krug died and he succeeded to the presidency.

Henry Krug, Jr., was about ten years of age when his father built 'Pine Ridge' and one of his youthful chores was carrying water to the young Austrian pines lining the driveway. After his marriage to Selma Hegner in 1892 he built his own house at 1105 Krug Park Place. When his mother died in 1920, he moved his family back to 'Pine Ridge' where his wife died in 1936.

Mr. and Mrs. Krug had two children: Ludelda, who married Benton Calkins, and H.Raymond Krug.Their grandchildren were Benton M. Calkins, Jr., president of the American National Bank, and Mrs. William Kimberlin, president of the St. Joseph Historical Society.

Mr. Krug was chairman of the board of the American National Bank and honorary life president of the St. Joseph Library Board. He had served as trustee of the YMCA and of the State Historical Society of Missouri. He died on June 19, 1946, at his childhood home, "Pine Ridge, in his eighty-fifth year.