Robert Merlin Makemson was born on 4 Mar 1847 in Pierceton, Indiana to John Makemson and Arial Davis. His siblings were Andrew, Margaret, Cyrus, John Wesley, Nancy, Marshall, Adeline, and Wilson Burgner (aka: Berg). Robert's mother died in 1854 when he was 7 years old. His father married Sarah Ann Bryte and they had 4 children: Virginia, Alice, William Grant, and Homer. Robert married Athena Mary Watson on 18 May 1871 in Warsaw, Indiana. They had 7 children: Orin Burton, Roy Leighton, Florence Mable, Clarence Selden, Grace Adele, Merlin Russell, and Eloise Cecil. Orin died at 1 year, 11 months and Eloise only lived 3 days. All their other children lived to adulthood. Robert was a farmer. He died in December 1941 in Elkhart, Indiana.
Robert Merlin Makemson was born on 4 Mar 1847 in Pierceton, Indiana to John Makemson and Arial Davis. His siblings were Andrew, Margaret, Cyrus, John Wesley, Nancy, Marshall, Adeline, and Wilson Burgner (aka: Berg). Robert's mother died in 1854 when he was 7 years old. His father married Sarah Ann Bryte and they had 4 children: Virginia, Alice, William Grant, and Homer. Robert married Athena Mary Watson on 18 May 1871 in Warsaw, Indiana. They had 7 children: Orin Burton, Roy Leighton, Florence Mable, Clarence Selden, Grace Adele, Merlin Russell, and Eloise Cecil. Orin died at 1 year, 11 months and Eloise only lived 3 days. All their other children lived to adulthood. Robert was a farmer. He died in December 1941 in Elkhart, Indiana.
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