Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1909 — PASSES NINETIETH MILESTONE. [ARTICLE]

PASSES NINETIETH MILESTONE.

Uncle John Makeever celebrated his ninetieth birthday anniversary Wednesday, and his two daughters, Mrs. A. M. Stockton and Mrs. Mary Williams and grandson and granddaughter, J. W. Stockton and Mrs. C. H. Porter, respectively, were with him and ate dinner and helped pass the day pleasantly. Mr. Makeever Was borne his age remarkably well and been hearty and robust until the past year, during which he has been confined to his rooms in the Makeever House a part of the time. He is one of Jasper county’s oldest living pioneers, coming here in 1846, and through economy and good business management has accumulated a fortune estimated at about half a million dollars, consisting of city property and a large amount of farm lands. He has been a familiar figure in business in Rensselaer and Jasper county for more than half a century, and his friends hope that he may round out many more years before the grim reaper calls him.