JOHN MAKEMSON

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Copyrighted 1885 Chatman Brothers

John Makemson, one of the good farmers of his neighborhood, is a native of Kentucky, born on the 22nd day of February, 1821. He was reared in Harrison, in that State and he married Amanda Adams, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Adams., who were also natives of Kentucky. Their marriage occurred on Christmas Day, 1848, after which they settled on a farm two miles south of their present location.

This couple are the parents of five children William T., Hannah, wife of Lester Leonard; Nancy, wife of John Clapp: Arena P., wife of Robert Phillips: Perry is at home. Mr. Makemson owns 900 acres of good land, and he can justly say that every cent he has accumulated has been through his own exertions.

His biography, could space be given for its details, would prove truth as strange as fiction, inasmuch as it would be pregnant with examples of courage and will-power that compel circumstances to shape themselves to events, and would show the ambitious youth of today that notwithstanding poverty, and the misfortunes of a neglected education, a boy however poor can rise as high as his ambition can carry him. In listening to the life story of Mr. Makemson, we would hear enough to teach us that however discouraged we may be there is always hope and assurance that labor and faith will eventually conquer.

Politically Mr. Makemson votes the Republican ticket, though he does not care for the active life of the politician, but goes to the polls and deposits his ballot for the candidates of his party, believing in the wisdom of the leaders, and he is generally right. His family worships at the Methodist Church, and are reckoned among the devout and consistent Christians of the neighborhood. When the roll of good citizens is made up, the person of whom this brief biography is written, will stand in the list as one of the best.

Posted with permission: Mary

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