ABSTRACT
John Makemson's parents emigrated from England to Kentucky early in the nineteenth century. On October 21, 1835, John and Vincent Makemson came from Logan County, Ohio, to Kosciusko County, Indiana, and settled in Washington Township, and built their houses, and prepared for winter. John Makemson thinks himself the most independent man that ever came to Koscinsko County, and the following will show that he has good reasons for thinking so. When he came to the county he had 200 acres of land, $5 in money, two horses, one wagon, six head of cattle and fifteen head of hogs, an ax, a hand-saw, a cross-cut saw, two planes, a broadax, a drawing knife and grindstone. From the experience of one of Kosciusko's prominent pioneers, the young people of to-day may learn a lesson of independence, as what he has done and accomplished may be done by any who have like determination and pluck.
