William Emmenhiser
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1861 Born in Hoagland, Allen County, Indiana to Joseph Emenhiser
1870 Census Allen Co Madison Twp IN with parents
1880 Census Allen Co Madison Twp IN with parents
1884 Married Isobel McKeeman Allen County, Indiana
1884 Sep 4 Nancy Delila born Allen Co IN
1886 Oct 13 William Wesley born Allen Co IN
1900 Census?
1910 Census?
1920 Census?
1941 Died
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Descendants of William W. Emmenhiser


Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM W.1 EMMENHISER was born 1861 in Hoagland, Allen County, Madison
Township, Indiana, and died 1941.  He married ISOBEL MCKEEMAN 17 January
1884 in Allen County, Indiana, daughter of DAVID MCKEEMAN and MARGARET
MCCONAHEY.

    Children of WILLIAM EMMENHISER and ISOBEL MCKEEMAN are:
        i.  NANCY DELILA2 EMENHEISER, b. 04 September 1884, Allen County,
Indiana.
    ii. WILLIAM WESLEY EMMENHISER, b. 13 October 1886, Allen County,        Indiana.
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1870 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY, MADISON TWP, INDIANA

EMENHISER, Joseph 50 M W Farmer 4000 600 PA
Adeline 42 F W Keeping house Ohio
Catherine 22 F W Ohio
James 19 M W Ohio
Amedia 17 F W Ohio
Joseph 16 M W Ind
Margaret 14 F W Ind
John 12 M W Ind
Wm 9 M W Ind
Abbington 7 F W Ind
Steven 6 M W Ind
Sarah 4 F W Ind
Anninta 2 F W Ind
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1880 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY, MADISON TWP, HOAGLAND, INDIANA

EMENHISER, Joseph W M 60 Farmer PA PA PA
Adaline W F 53 Wife Keeps House VA VA VA
John W M 22 Son Works on farm IN PA VA
William W M 19 Son Works on farm IN PA VA
Abigail W F 17 Daughter At Home IN PA VA
Stephen W M 15 Son Work on farm IN PA VA
Sarah W F 14 Daughter At school IN PA VA
Arometa W F 12 daughter At school IN PA VA
David W M 9 Son IN PA VA
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General Index of Guardianships, Allen County 1829-1905

Nancy D. Emenheiser (et al.)
heirs of Margaret McKeeman
Guardian Wm Emenheiser

date of appt, 11 Apr 1896
book 6, page 1, file box 358
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1897 Plat Map of Madison Township, Allen County, IN shows J.W. & D. Emenhiser
owned part of Sections 29 and 30.
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1890 MADISON TOWNSHIP, ALLEN COUNTY, IN
EMMENHEISER, Catherine
Joseph
Joseph A.
Joseph W.
Stephen
William
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Allen County, IN Estates
Emenhiser, Joseph A.
Emenhiser, Eliza A.
Bk. 12 Pg. 454
#2828

Emenhiser, Joseph W.
Emenhiser, Stephen C &
Smith, Allie
Bk.11 Pg. 443
#2393
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Nettie Fry ________________________________________________________________ 1878 Born at Maples, 
Indiana Attended Hanna School 1901 Nov 4 Married David Charles McKeeman, M.D. 1903 Charles Robert born 
1908 David John born 1915 Harriet Elizabeth born 1918 Husband David caught influenza from a patient and died 1920 
Living with Robert and Nancy Mercer, David's parents 1924 General supervisor of kitchen at South Side High School 
Simpson Methodist Church 1925 - 1943 Kitchen director at Girl Scout Camp at DeWart Lake 1951 Heart attack while 
working at South Side High School cafeteria 1951 May 16 Died Fort Wayne, Indiana; burial Lindenwood Cemetery 
________________________________________________________________ OBITUARY MRS. NETTIE 
MERCER RITES SATURDAY FOR SCHOOL'S CAFETERIA CHIEF Services will be conducted Saturday for Mrs. 
Nettie Mercer, 73, 305 French Ave. who died at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Joseph's Hospital of a ruptured blood 
vessel. She had a heart attack at the South Side High School cafeteria, where she was kitchen supervisor. Rites will be at 
1:30 p.m. at the Klaehn Funeral Home, the Rev. Donald E. Bailey officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. 
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. She was born in Maples, and attended Hanna school here. She 
was the widow of Dr. David J. Mercer, who practiced at Poe, until his death in 1918. She came to South Side High 
School in 1924 as general supervisor of the kitchen. It is estimated that she, over a period of years, directed 9,000 daily 
lunch periods there. She also had charge of the preparation of lunches for many school organizations. >From 1925 to 
1943 she was kitchen director for the Girl Scout Summer Camp at DeWart Lake. In August, 1944, The Girl Scouts 
presented her with a "Thanks" Medal for outstanding service to the group. For a number of years she was cook for the 
"Y" weekend camping parties at Winona Lake. She was a member of the Simpson Methodist Church, the OES, and the 
Miriam White Shrine. Surviving are two sons, Robert, Fort Wayne; David, Pendleton; and a daughter, Mrs. Harriet 
Adkins, Fremont, O., and 13 grandchildren. 
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John McKeeman
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1851 Mar 29 Born to David & Margaret McConahey McKeeman in New York
1860 Census?
1870 Census in Madison Township, Allen County, Indiana
1876 Mar 23 Drowned in Allen County, IN, Peltier Funeral Home, Buried Odd
            Fellows Cemetery, New Haven, Indiana
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Drowned at age 24 years, 11 months, 23 day
Peltier Funeral Home
Casket purchased by James ENGLISH
Never married
Father died 2 months after John
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MCKEEMAN FAMILY by Maryellen Hower

Title:
                      The McKeeman, McConahey family /

              Author:
                      Hower, Maryellen Larimore.
                      compiled by Maryellen Larimore Hower.
              Pub info:
                      Ottertail, MN : M.L. Hower, 1990.
              Subjects:
                      McKeeman family.
                      McConaghy family.
              Notes:
                      "1 June 1990." Includes bibliographical references.

John was born in the Albany area on May 1, 1852.  He never married and records
from Peltier Funeral Home show that he drowned in Allen County, Indiana on
March 23, 1876 at the age of 23.  The casket was purchased by James English,
husband of his mother's sister, Isobel McConahey English.
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1860 FEDERAL CENSUS

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1870 FEDERAL CENSUS

1870 Census Allen County, Madison Township, IN
David MCKEEMAN  49 Farmer Ireland
Margaret        37        Ireland
John            19        NY          (age 19)
Catherine       16        IN
Margaret        14        IN
Jane            11        IN
Nancy            9        IN
James            7        IN
William          6        IN
Isobel           5        IN
W.M.             4        IN
Eliza            1        IN
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CEMETERY

Odd Fellows Cemetery at New Haven, Indiana
John McKeeman d Mar 23, 1876 aged 24 y 11 m 23 d
Have photographs of gravestones
Buried with parents and brother James
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Robert Mercer M626
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31 May 1854 Born in Hancock County, OH to Jacob & Harriet (Whitcomb) Mercer
1858 Moved to Marion Twp. Allen Co, IN at age 4
1860 Census? with parents
1870 Census? with parents
            Attended the Select School at Middletown
1876 Feb 28 Married Nancy McKeeman
            Bought 80 acres
1878 Dec 13 David John born
1880 Census Allen County, Marion Twp
1881 Robert F. born
1885 Marguerite May born
1890 Verba E. born
1899 Guardian for Catherine, sister Phoebe Van Horn's child
1900 Lesley Bud born
1900 Census Allen County, Madison Twp, IN
1901 David graduated Fort Wayne Medical School
1902 David began practice in Poe
1902 Fort Wayne City Directory Robert Mercer, Madison, Monroeville
1903 Fort Wayne City Directory Robert Mercer, Marion, Monroeville
1906 Fort Wayne City Directory Robert Mercer, Marion RR10
1907 Fort Wayne City Directory Robert Mercer, Marion RR10
1910 Census?
1918 David died, catching influenza from a patient
1920 Census Fort Wayne, IN
1920 David's widow, Nettie, living with family with 3 children
            Living on Rte 10
1927 Died & funeral held at Downing Ave. residence of daughter, Verba
            Sherer
            Burial in Poe
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Descendants of Robert MERCER


Generation No. 1

1.  ROBERT3 MERCER  (JACOB2, MICHAEL1) was born 31 May 1854 in Ohio, and
died 10 November 1927 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.  He married
NANCY MCKEEMAN 28 February 1876 in Allen County, Indiana, daughter of DAVID
MCKEEMAN and MARGARET MCCONAHEY.

    Children of ROBERT MERCER and NANCY MCKEEMAN are:
        i.  DAVID JOHN4 MERCER, b. 13 December 1878, Hoagland, Allen County,
Madison Township, Indiana; d. 20 November 1918, Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana; m. NETTIE B. FRY, 04 November 1901.
    ii. ROBERT FRANK MERCER, b. 1881, Indiana; m. WOLTHIA J., 1904.
    iii.    MARGUERITE MAY MERCER, b. 1885; m. VERDY SCHERER.
    iv. VERBA E. MERCER, b. 1890; m. CHARLES SHERER.
    v.  LESLIE BUD MERCER, b. 1900.
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Small boy Hancock County, Ohio
1858 Allen County, Marion Township, Indiana
Select School Middletown singing group
Farmer
Democrat
2 National Conventions
Methodist Episcopal Church
Scottish Rite Mason
Poe and Fort Wayne
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1860 FEDERAL CENSUS

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1870 FEDERAL CENSUS
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1870 FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX ALLEN COUNTY, INDIANA MADISON TWP


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1880 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY, MARION TWP, INDIANA

14 14
Mercer, Robbert W M 25 Farming Ind Pa Ind
Nancy W F 20 Wife Keeping house Ind Ireland Ireland
John A. W M 1 son Ind Ind Ind
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General Index of Guardianships of Allen County, IN
Van Horn, Phoebe Catherine (sister's child)
Guardian Robert Mercer
date of appt 11 Sep 1899
page 311, file box 1175
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THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA by B.J. Griswold.

Robert Mercer, though a painter and decorator by trade, has devoted his
energies mainly to the farming industry, in which he has achieved a very
creditable success and is counted among the foremost men of his community today
in point of his accomplishments in agriculture.  He was born in Hancock county,
Ohio, on May 31, 1854, son of Jacob and Harriett (Whitcomb) Mercer. The father
came from Amsterdam, Holland, as a small boy, in company with his parents, and
with them settled in Hancock county, Ohio. He devoted himself to farm life and
as a young man bought an eighty-acre farm, which he later sold and came to
Allen county, Indiana, settling in Marion township in 1858. He bought a farm of
eighty acres, to which he later was able to add a purchase of three forties,
and for years was counted among the foremost farming men of his community.  He
was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
had three children--Robert, Eliza Jane and Rebecca. The first named is the
subject of this brief family sketch. The second married William Van Horn and is
now deceased, while Rebecca is the wife of Michael Flaugh, a Madison township
farmer. Robert Mercer attended the public schools of Marion township and was
also priveleged to attend what was known as a "select" school at Middletown.
He was the leader of a singing school for some years in young manhood and
continued on the home farm until he was twenty-three years old.  He then bought
eighty acres of farm land in his home community and settled down to farm life,
which industry has claimed the greater part of his energies up to the present
time. He is one of the well-thought-of men of his township and his standing is
excellent wherever he is known.  A Democrat, he served his party as delegate at
two National Conventions and has always taken an intelligent interest in local
politics.  He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and

he is a Scottish Rite Mason, affiliated with Masonic bodies in his home village
of Poe and also in Fort Wayne. He was married on February 28, 1876, to Miss
Nancy McKeeman, daughter of David C. and Marguerite (McConahey) McKeeman, who
came from Ireland and who were well-to-do farmers of Hoagland, now both
deceased...Nancy is the wife of the subject and Robert B. is a practicing
physician in Fort Wayne.  To Mr. and Mrs. Mercer five children were born.
David J. is engaged in medical practice in Poe, and brief mention is accorded
him in other pages of this work.  Robert F. is located in Fort Wayne.
Marguerite May is deceased.  Verba E. is the wife of Charles Scherer and Leslie
Bud is at home with his parents. Doctor Mercer has three children--Charles
Robert, David John and Harriett Elizabeth. Robert also has three children.
Margaret, deceased daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mercer, was married and left a son,
Delbert. Verba is the mother of four, named Pearl, May, Alberta and Ruth.  The
Mercer family, it will be seen, is one that has contributed full measure to the
development of the county, and the individual members are living well up to the
standards set for them in their early homes.
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International Genealogical Index.
McKeeman, Nancy m Robert Mercer, 28 Feb 1878
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BRANT AND FULLER (1889). UPPER MAUMEE RIVER BASIN. P.441

Robert residing in Madison township is married to Nancy McKeeman, and they have
three children: John, Frank and May.
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ALLEN COUNTY OBITUARY INDEX

MERCER, Robert Journal Gazette, Nov. 11, 1927 2:3
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POE CEMETERY, ALLEN COUNTY, IN

Mercer, Robert 1854-1927
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Fort Wayne Library has
Three Hundred Years in America with the Mercers.
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1890 Madison Township, Allen County, IN
Mercer, Robert
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1897 Plat Map of Madison Township, Allen County, IN shows Section 16 part owned
by R. Mercer.
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1900 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY, MADISON TOWNSHIP, IN
V 2  ED 10  SH 6  LN 82

MERCER, ROBERT Head W M May 1852 48 M 23 IN GER IN Farmer Y Y Y
    Nancy Wife W F July 1860 39 M 23 4 4 IN IRE IRE
    John Son W M Dec 1878 21 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
    Robert F. Son W M July 1879 20 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
    May Daughter W F Mar 1885 15 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
    Verba E Daughter W F May 1890 10 S IN IN IN At School 7 Y Y Y
Van Horn, Catherine Ward W F Not known W 2 2 OH Not known Not known N N N
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1910 FEDERAL CENSUS

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1920 FEDERAL CENSUS  ALLEN COUNTY, IN P. 287

MERCER, Robert Head 66    OH OH OH
        Nancy Wife  59    NY IRE IRE

        Lesley Son  20    IN OH NY
        Nettie Daughter 42 IN OH NY
        Robert Grandson 17 IN IN IN
        David Grandson  12 IN IN IN
        Harriet Granddaughter  5 IN IN IN
______, Albert  Lodger  17 IN IN IN   Electric works
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Nov 11, 1927

Robert Mercer Dies from Heart Trouble

Robert Mercer, 73, died at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home on rural
route No. 10. Death was caused from heart trouble.  He had been ill for about
four months.

Mr. Mercer was born in Ohio.  He lived at his present residence for about 13
years.  He was a member of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church of this city.
He worked for a number of years here for the Wabash railroad.  He was also a
member of the Olive branch of the Masonic order No. 148, Poe, Ind.

Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Charles Schearer of this city;; two
sons, Frank and Leslie of Milwaukee; one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Flaugh of
Hoagland, and 14 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Shearer, 46
Downing avenue at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon with Rev. O.T. Martin and Rev.
George Snyder officiating.  Burial at Poe.
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David Mercer
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13 Dec 1878 Born in Allen County, Madison Twp., IN to Robert & Nancy
            (McKeeman) Mercer
            Graduated high school
            Attended Fort Wayne Medical School
       1901 Graduated medical school
       1901 Practiced one year in Helmer
14 Nov 1901 Married Nettie Fry, daughter of Jacob
       1902 Established practice in Poe, IN
       1903 Charles Robert born
       1907 City Directory Marion RR4
       1908 David John born
       1915 Harriet Elizabeth born
       1918 Caught influenza from a patient and died
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1880 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY, MARION TWP, INDIANA

14 14
Mercer, Robbert W M 25 Farming Ind Pa Ind
Nancy W F 20 Wife Keeping house Ind Ireland Ireland
John A. W M 1 son Ind Ind Ind
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Medical doctor in Poe, Indiana.  He caught the flu from a patient and died
during the 1918 epidemic.

THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA by B.J. Griswold.

Dr. D.J. Mercer came to Poe in 1902 and here established himself in the
practice of his profession. He has built up an extensive following in the
community and stands well among his fellows throughout the county. He is an
Allen county product, born in Madison township on December 13, 1878, son of
Robert and Nancy (McKeeman) Mercer, themselves natives of Allen county and
among the representative people of their community.  Doctor Mercer was one of
five children--three sons and two daughters, one of the daughters being
deceased.  he was educated in the schools of Madison township, and following
his high school training entered Fort Wayne Medical School, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1901.  The young M.D. practiced his profession at
Helmer one year and then came to Poe, where he has since been established.  he
is progressive in his work and has made a practice of attending Chicago clinics
whenever possible, so that he has kept well abreast of the times in a

professional way.  Doctor Mercer was married on November 14, 1901, to Miss
Nettie B. Fry, daughter of Jacob Fry, of Fort Wayne, Allen county, and they
have three children--Charles Robert, David John and Harriet Elizabeth. The
doctor is a Scottish Rite Mason and is affiliated with various Fort Wayne
bodies of the order.
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1900 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY, MADISON TOWNSHIP, IN
V 2  ED 10  SH 6  LN 82

MERCER, ROBERT Head W M May 1852 48 M 23 IN GER IN Farmer Y Y Y
    Nancy Wife W F July 1860 39 M 23 4 4 IN IRE IRE
    John Son W M Dec 1878 21 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
    Robert F. Son W M July 1879 20 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
    May Daughter W F Mar 1885 15 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
    Verba E Daughter W F May 1890 10 S IN IN IN At School 7 Y Y Y
Van Horn, Catherine Ward W F Not known W 2 2 OH Not known Not known N N N
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1910 FEDERAL CENSUS ALLEN COUNTY IN MARION TWP. 3B

Mercer, John Head M W 31 IN OH IN Physician
Nettie Wife 32 IN PA IN
Robert Son 7 IN IN IN
David Son 2 IN IN IN
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ALLEN COUNTY IN OBITUARY INDEX

MERCER, David J. News Sentinel 21 Nov 1918 14:5
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POE CEMETERY, ALLEN COUNTY, IN

Mercer, David J.

Allen County, IN Estates
Mercer, David J.
Mercer, Nettie
Bk. 12 Pg. 318
#2501
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Emily Merillat
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1874 Feb Born in Indiana
1880 Census? with parents
    Married Alexander McKeeman Allen County, IN
1894 Nov 23 Hazel Pearl born Allen Co IN
1896 Sep Gladys I. born Allen Co IN
1900 Census Adams Co IN
1902 July 12 Alvin Cornelius born Fort Wayne, Allen Co IN
1910 Census Allen Co IN
1914 Marjorie Marie born
1920 Census Allen Co IN Fort Wayne
1972 Sep 21 Died in Fort Wayne, Allen Co IN
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Descendants of Emily Margaret MERILLAT

Generation No. 1

1.  EMILY MARGARET2 MERILLAT  (MERRILLAT1) was born February 1874 in
Indiana, and died 21 September 1972 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
She married ALEXANDER MCKEEMAN in Indiana, son of DAVID MCKEEMAN and
MARGARET MCCONAHEY.

    Children of EMILY MERILLAT and ALEXANDER MCKEEMAN are:
        i.  HAZEL PEARL3 MCKEEMAN, b. 23 November 1894, Hoagland, Allen
County, Madison Township, Indiana; d. 08 December 1909, Fort Wayne,         Allen
County, Indiana.
    ii. GLADYS I. MCKEEMAN, b. September 1896; m. WILLIAM PARKER.
    iii.    ALVIN CORNELIUS MCKEEMAN, b. 12 July 1902, Fort Wayne, Allen        County,
Indiana; d. July 1984, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
    iv. MARJORIE MARIE MCKEEMAN, b. 1914; d. 01 April 1972, Fort Wayne,         Allen
County, Wayne Township, Indiana; m. JOHN SIMMERS.
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1900 FEDERAL CENSUS ADAMS COUNTY, MONROE, IN
V 1 ED 6  SH 11 LN 8

MCKEEMAN ALEXANDER Head W M Apr 1862 38 M 6 IN IRE IRE Farmer Y Y Y
    Emily M Wife W F Feb 26 M 6 2 2 IN SWI SWI Y Y Y
    Hazle P Daughter W F Nov 1874 5 S IN IN IN
    Glades I Daughter W F Sept 1896 3 S IN IN IN
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1910 FEDERAL CENSUS FORT WAYNE, ALLEN COUNTY, IN

McKeeman, Alexander Head M W 45 M1 16 IN IRE IRE Eng Agent Rail
    Emily M. Wife F W 36 M1 16 3 2 IN Ger US Eng
    Gladys I Daughter F W 13 S IN IN IN Eng
    Alvin Son M W 7 S IN IN IN
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1920 FEDERAL CENSUS


1920 Federal Census Fort Wayne, Wayne Twp., Allen County, IN

MCKEEMAN, Alexander Head 52 IN IN IN Grocer Own store  (age 52)
          Emily     Wife 45 IN IN IN
          Alvin     Son  17 IN IN IN
          Marjorie  Dtr   6 IN IN IN
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Third Presbyterian Church Records, Fort Wayne, IN
5 May 1895 Received
27 Feb 1972 Deceased

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 22 Sep 1972
Mrs. Emily McKeeman
Mrs. Emily McKeeman, 98, formerly of 4410 South Park Ave., died at 4:35 p.m.
yesterday in the Allen County Health Center where she had lived the past two
years.  She was a chared member of the Third Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are a son, Alvin, Fort Wayne; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Parker,
Prairie Grove, Tex.; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Pearl Merrillat, Fort Wayne.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Chalfant-Perry Klaehn Funeral Home, the
Rev. Philip N. Nygaard officiating.  Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery, New
Haven.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
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