William H Close 1857– – Close Ancestry

William H Close, 1857–

Name

William H Close

Name: William H /Close/

Source: Contributor: Blaine Hesseltine

Sex Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	about 1857 Virginia, America
Census 1860 US Fed	1860 Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Source: William Close (1826) 1860 US Federal Census, Census Type: 1860 US Federal Census, Census Place: Wheeling, Virginia Note: Living with parents and family at Wheeling, Virginia. 1860 US Federal Census
Census 1870 US Fed	1870 South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Source: William Close (1826) 1870 US Federal Census, Census Type: 1870 US Federal Census, Census Place: South Fork, Wayne, Iowa Note: Living with father and family at South Fork, Iowa. Farm Worker. 1870 US Federal Census
Marriage of a parent	William Close — Nancy Jane Brown — View this family 4 March 1871 Wayne County, Iowa, America
Death of a father	William Close 21 November 1873 Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America
Burial of a father	William Close after 21 November 1873 Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America
Marriage	Alice Unknown — View this family about 1881 (aged 24 years) Wayne County, Iowa, America Note: Estimate
Birth of a daughter	Percilla Close about 1882 Wayne County, Iowa, America
Census 1885 US IA	1885 Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Source: William Close (1857) 1885 IA State Census, Census Type: 1885 Iowa State Census, Census Place: Wright, Wayne, Iowa Note: Living with wife Alice and family at Wright, Iowa. Miner. 1885 IA State Census
Census 1905 US IA	1905 Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, America Source: William Close (1857) 1905 IA State Census, Census Type: 1905 Iowa State Census, Census Place: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa Note: Living with wife Alice at Waterloo, Iowa. 1905 IA State Census
Death of a half-brother	Edward T Close 16 October 1905 Wayne County, Iowa, America
Disappeared	after 1906 Note: Not sure what happened to him after that.

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 24 January 1826 — Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England Baptism: 23 April 1826 — Church of St Peter, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England Census 1841: 1841 — Kelloe, Durham, Durham, England Marriage: before 1850 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Marriage: 4 March 1871 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Death: 21 November 1873 — Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America Burial: after 21 November 1873 — Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann E Sherley Isabell Close Anna E Close William H Close Mary Martha Close Dorothy E Close Martha Close Family with spouse Nancy Jane Brown Edward T Close Arminda Alice Close William Close 1826–1873 Birth: 24 January 1826 — Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England Death: 21 November 1873 — Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America
mother	Links Birth: about 1831 — Ohio, America Marriage: before 1850 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Close Isabell Close Anna E Close William H Close Mary Martha Close Dorothy E Close Martha Close Ann E Sherley 1831– Birth: about 1831 — Ohio, America
Marriage	Marriage — before 1850 — Virginia, America
1 year elder sister	Links Birth: about 1850 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Disappeared: after 1861 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Isabell Close 1850– Birth: about 1850 — Virginia, America
7 years elder sister	Links Birth: about 1856 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1871 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Anna E Close 1856– Birth: about 1856 — Virginia, America
2 years himself	Links Birth: about 1857 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Marriage: about 1881 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1905 US IA: 1905 — Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1906 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alice Unknown Percilla Close William H Close 1857– Birth: about 1857 — Virginia, America
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1859 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1871 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary Martha Close 1859– Birth: about 1859 — Virginia, America
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1862 — Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1871 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Dorothy E Close 1862– Birth: about 1862 — Virginia, America
8 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1869 — Missouri, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1880 US Fed: 1880 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1881 Note: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Martha Close 1869– Birth: about 1869 — Missouri, America

Father’s family with Nancy Jane Brown
father	Links Birth: 24 January 1826 — Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England Baptism: 23 April 1826 — Church of St Peter, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England Census 1841: 1841 — Kelloe, Durham, Durham, England Marriage: before 1850 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Marriage: 4 March 1871 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Death: 21 November 1873 — Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America Burial: after 21 November 1873 — Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann E Sherley Isabell Close Anna E Close William H Close Mary Martha Close Dorothy E Close Martha Close Family with spouse Nancy Jane Brown Edward T Close Arminda Alice Close William Close 1826–1873 Birth: 24 January 1826 — Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England Death: 21 November 1873 — Confidence, Wayne County, Iowa, America
stepmother	Links Birth: 3 February 1846 — Vigo County, Indiana, America Marriage: 4 March 1871 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Marriage: 26 February 1876 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1880 US Fed: 1880 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1895 US IA: 1895 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Logan McMurry Lewis E McMurry Family with spouse William Close Edward T Close Arminda Alice Close Nancy Jane Brown 1846– Birth: 3 February 1846 — Vigo County, Indiana, America
Marriage	Marriage — 4 March 1871 — Wayne County, Iowa, America
9 months half-brother	Links Birth: 22 November 1871 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1880 US Fed: 1880 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1895 US IA: 1895 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Marriage: about 1896 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1900 US Fed: 1900 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Death: 16 October 1905 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dora Guthrie Glen Ola Close Lucy May Close Ivy Esther Close Marie Mernie Close Edward T Close 1871–1905 Birth: 22 November 1871 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Death: 16 October 1905 — Wayne County, Iowa, America
3 years half-sister	Links Birth: about 1874 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1880 US Fed: 1880 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1895 US IA: 1895 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1896 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Arminda Alice Close 1874– Birth: about 1874 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America

Family with Alice Unknown
himself	Links Birth: about 1857 — Virginia, America Census 1860 US Fed: 1860 — Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, America Census 1870 US Fed: 1870 — South Fork, Wayne County, Iowa, America Marriage: about 1881 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1905 US IA: 1905 — Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1906 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alice Unknown Percilla Close William H Close 1857– Birth: about 1857 — Virginia, America
wife	Links Birth: about 1863 — Ohio, America Marriage: about 1881 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1905 US IA: 1905 — Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William H Close Percilla Close Alice Unknown 1863– Birth: about 1863 — Ohio, America
Marriage	Marriage — about 1881 — Wayne County, Iowa, America
2 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1882 — Wayne County, Iowa, America Census 1885 US IA: 1885 — Wright, Wayne County, Iowa, America Disappeared: after 1886 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Percilla Close 1882– Birth: about 1882 — Wayne County, Iowa, America

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Census 1860 US Fed	Source: William Close (1826) 1860 US Federal Census, Census Type: 1860 US Federal Census, Census Place: Wheeling, Virginia
Census 1870 US Fed	Source: William Close (1826) 1870 US Federal Census, Census Type: 1870 US Federal Census, Census Place: South Fork, Wayne, Iowa
Census 1885 US IA	Source: William Close (1857) 1885 IA State Census, Census Type: 1885 Iowa State Census, Census Place: Wright, Wayne, Iowa
Census 1905 US IA	Source: William Close (1857) 1905 IA State Census, Census Type: 1905 Iowa State Census, Census Place: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Name	Source: Contributor: Blaine Hesseltine

Show all notes
Census 1860 US Fed	Living with parents and family at Wheeling, Virginia.
Census 1870 US Fed	Living with father and family at South Fork, Iowa. Farm Worker.
Marriage	Estimate
Census 1885 US IA	Living with wife Alice and family at Wright, Iowa. Miner.
Census 1905 US IA	Living with wife Alice at Waterloo, Iowa.
Disappeared	Not sure what happened to him after that.

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Census 1860 US Fed	1860 US Federal Census
Census 1870 US Fed	1870 US Federal Census
Census 1885 US IA	1885 IA State Census
Census 1905 US IA	1905 IA State Census
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Media object	1885 IA State Census
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Media object	1885 IA State Census
Media object	1905 IA State Census
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Media object	1860 US Federal Census
Media object	1885 IA State Census
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Media object	1870 US Federal Census
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Media object	1885 IA State Census
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Extra information

Last change

12 October 2019

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Family with parents
father Parents William Close Isabella Turner	William Close 1826–1873
mother	Ann E Sherley 1831–
elder sister	Isabell Close 1850–
elder sister	Anna E Close 1856–
himself	William H Close 1857–
younger sister	Mary Martha Close 1859–
younger sister	Dorothy E Close 1862–
younger sister	Martha Close 1869–

Father’s family with Nancy Jane Brown
father Parents William Close Isabella Turner	William Close 1826–1873
stepmother	Nancy Jane Brown 1846–
half-brother Family Dora Guthrie Glen Ola Close Lucy May Close Ivy Esther Close Marie Mernie Close	Edward T Close 1871–1905
half-sister	Arminda Alice Close 1874–

Family with Alice Unknown
himself	William H Close 1857–
wife	Alice Unknown 1863–
daughter	Percilla Close 1882–

Descendants

William H Close(1857–)
- Alice Unknown1881
  - Percilla Close(1882–)