Re: Manasses Huber & Nancy Makemson
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Re: Manasses Huber & Nancy Makemson
ann baughman 1/25/03
You know, I had even noted that she was born in Rockingham Co. VA on Dec 25 1824, was 7 years old when she came to Logan County (eg 1832) but had no other evidence to connect her to John and Margaret.There are several other Huber families in Logan Co. so I'm always hesitant to connect without some real hard evidence.
I'm dubious about this connection because of Margaret's age in 1824 (58).It would seem more plausible that Arabella would be the child of Emanuel and Barbara to me, or even Abraham andMary Groves.
How did you connect them?
Following is another sketch:
CYRUS MAKEMSON.Cyrus Makemson, an old and honored resident of Pleasant township, was born on the farm where he now lives, July 28, 1820, and is a son of John and Marret (Lindsey) Makemson, both natives of Kentucky, where their marriage was celebrated.The birthplace of the father was near Cynthiana, that state.They continued to reside in Kentucky for a few years after their marriage and their eldest son, Vincent, was born there.In 1806 the father came to Ohio, bringing his little family on horseback, and settled on the farm in Pleasant township, Logan county, now owned and occupied by our subject.Here he took up one hundred and sixty acres of government land, which he cleared and improved. He built hereon a double log cabin with room eighteen by eighteen feet, and heated by large fire places with stick chimneys.It was in this home that our subject was born and that the parents spent their remaining days.The father became the owner of four hundred acres of land in this county.He was an active and faithful member of the German Baptist church and was elected a minister a short time before his death, which occurred in 1843, when he was sixty-two years of age.He had served his country as a soldier of the war of 1812, and was a Whig in politics, strongly opposed to slavery.His estimable wife lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years and passed away in 1875.Both were laid to rest in the Makemson graveyard on the old home farm.This worthy couple had seven children, of whom Cyrus was the sixth in order of birth, but only our subject and one sister are now living.
During his boyhood Cyrus Makemson attended the subscription schools for about three months in a year, the remainder of the time being devoted to farm work, in which he soon became quite proficient.He was twenty-three years of age when his father died and he then took charge of the home farm, purchasing the interests of the other heirs.His mother made her home with him until she, too, was called to her final rest.In 1845 the log cabin was replaced by a good frame residence, which was the home of the family until 1871, when Mr. Makemson erected his present substantial two-story brick house.He has made many other useful and valuable improvements upon his place and in his farming operations has met with creditable success.
On the 19th of June, 1845, Mr. Makemson was united in marriage to Miss Arabella Huber, who was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, and was seven years old when she came to Ohio.For forty-five years they traveled life's journey together, sharing its joys and sorrows, its adversity and prosperity, but at length the wife was called to her final rest in 1890.Unto them were born six children, as follows: Emanuel studied medicine in Cincinnati and was first engaged in practice in Pierceton, Indiana, but later removed to St. Mary's, that state, where his death occurred.He had married Ada Blue.John, the next of the family, is mentioned below.Mary is the wife of Benjamin Poole, of DeGraff.Margaret is the wife of Simpson Horn and lives in Huntsville, Logan county.Barbara is the wife of Fant Kinnan, a resident of Union township.Winfield married Mattie Chase, of California.He also studied medicine in Cincinnati and later went to California for his health, being now located at Rio Vista, that state.
On attaining his majority Mr. Makemson joined the ranks of the Whig party, and although he took an active part in the Harrison campaign of 1840, he was not old enough to vote.He cast his first presidential ballot for Henry Clay in 1844.In 1856 he supported John C. Fremont and has since voted the Republican ticket but has always refused to become a candidate for office.At the age of twenty-eight years he united with the Methodist Episcopal church in the country and is now a member of the church at DeGraff.He assisted in the erection of both houses of worship at that place, the first being a frame structure which was blown down in a storm, and the second the present brick building now occupied, to which he contributed three hundred dollars.He has always given liberally to those enterprises calculated to advance the moral, social or material welfare of the county, and during the dark days of the Civil war took an active part in raising the funds to furnish soldiers for the township's quota.Although over eighty-two years of age, he is still hale and hearty and is able to look after his farming interests.Nature deals kindly with the man who abuses not her laws; and although he has always been a very industrious and active man age rests lightly upon him.His career has ever been such as to command the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens and he is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family.
John Makemson, the second son of our subject, was born on the home farm, July 6, 1848, and he was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood.Throughout his active business life he has followed agricultural pursuits and has steadily prospered in his undertakings.In 1891 he purchased two hundred and three acres of land in Union township and bought forty-five acres in Pleasant township in 1898.These he has converted into highly cultivated and well improved tracts.As a Republican he takes a very active and prominent part in local politics.At the age of twenty he became interested in public affairs and cast his first presidential vote for General Grant in 1872.He has been a delegate to numerous conventions, has served on the election board and as school director, and in December, 1901, was elected county commissioner, entering upon the duties of that office the following September.He is the present incumbent and is most capably and satisfactorily discharging the duties of that position.He is a prominent Mason and has filled all the chairs in Boggs Lodge, No. 292, F. & A. M., at DeGraff, which he has also represented in the grand lodge.He took the chapter degree in Lafayette Chapter, No. 60, of Bellefontaine, and was made a Knight Templar at Raper Commandery, Urbana, but has since transferred his membership to Sidney Commandery, No. 46, K. T., of which he became a charter member and the first captain general.He has attained to the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and is a member of the consistory at Cincinnati.Genial and pleasant in manner, lie is quite popular both in political and social circles.
Source:Historical Review of Logan County, Ohio, by Robert Patterson Kennedy, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago: 1903.
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Re: Manasses Huber & Nancy Makemson
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