104 - Patrick Makeever - Rennselaer, IN - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

Centenarian Patrick Makeever was born in 1752, the year the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the U.S., was opened, Great Britain and the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, and Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity, using a kite and a key.

and died in 1856, the year that Dallas, Texas was incorporated as a city, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War, and in the U.S. presidential election, Democrat James Buchanan defeated former President Millard Fillmore, to become the 15th President of the United States.

His grave is located in Makeever Cemetery in Rennselaer, Indiana, USA.

Memorial text:-

Patrick Makeever
Died
July 8, 1856,
Aged
104 Y'rs, 2M, 10D

This is a joint memorial for husband and wife centenarians, Patrick and Isabel Makeever. They are buried in the Sayler Makeever Cemetery, Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana. Otherwise known as the Old Settlers Cemetery, this cemetery contains the mortal remains of some of Jasper County, Indiana's oldest residents. The date of establishment is listed as 1838, on the cemetery sign, at the end of the dirt road leading to the cemetery. There are less than 100 headstones, in this cemetery, most are broken, and weather worn. The oldest marker we saw was from about 1818. According to Find A Grave (visit link) there are only 2 burials listed.

Although this cemetery is close to the city of Rennselaer, it is near the Jasper County Airport, but outside of the city limits, and is actually in Newton township, not Marion township, that Rennselaer is located in.

Rensselaer is a city located along the Iroquois River in Marion Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. According to Wikipedia, (visit link) the population was 5,859 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Jasper County. Rensselaer is home to Saint Joseph's College of Indiana.

Jasper County Wikipedia page (visit link)

Location of Headstone: Cemetery

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