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• _UID: 19B7FD360AEDDF4F9C3D38FC512CB05EC04E

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in the Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970
Name: Jane Close
Event Type: Membership
Residence Date: 6 Mar 1910
Residence Place: Bluffton, Indiana, USA

in the Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950
Name: Luella Or Lewella J. Close
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Age: 38
Birth Date: 1884
Birth Place: Adams Co., Ind
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1912
Marriage Place: Proctor, , Montana
Father: Geo. W. Close
Mother: Maggie Dowacker
Spouse: Lewis W. Brand
FHL Film Number: 1902479

Residence
1920
Bluffton Ward 3, Wells, Indiana, United States
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1930
Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States

Margaret Darwacker
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Margaret Darwacker
[Margaret Close]
Gender: Female
Spouse: George Close
Child: Luella Yane Brand
informant: Carl Brand, son, of Keystone, Indiana

Luella married Lewis Wesley Brand on 14 Feb 1912 in Proctor, Lake, Montana USA. Lewis was born in 1873; died in 1956. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Luella Or Lewella J. Close
in the Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950

Report issue
Name: Luella Or Lewella J. Close
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Age: 38
Birth Date: 1884
Birth Place: Adams Co., Ind
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1912
Marriage Place: Proctor, , Montana
Father: Geo. W. Close
Mother: Maggie Dowacker
Spouse: Lewis W. Brand
FHL Film Number: 1902479

1. Carl Francis Brand was born in 1909; died in 1994.
2. Ethel Brand was born in 1911; died in 1996.

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• _UID: 2E312C392D049C4A9B8FA880EDFB8A53F243

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Probably born to a 1st wife of James Close. George married Margaret, their daughter Olive married Earl Cutter 1902.
!BIRTHS: children's births from "Index to birth records- Adams Co. Ind.,-1882-1920, Book H-1,Page 230; Bk H-2, pg 10; Bk H-3, pg 30; Bk H-7, pg 39; film call # 1266724.

1860 United States Federal Census George Close
Name: George Close son
Age in 1860: 11
Birth Year: abt 1849
BirthPlace: Indiana
Home in 1860: Madison, Allen, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Fort Wayne
Household Members: Name Age
James Close 33
Nancey Close 23
George Close 11
Eliza Close 2
Elizabeth Close 1

1870 United States Federal Census George Close
Name: George Close
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Age in 1870: 18 son
BirthPlace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Root, Adams, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Monmoth

!SOURCE: 1900 US Census-Indiana, Adams County, Root Twp sheet 11, page 34-microfilm roll # 1240357, LDS library. (George could not read or write but Margaret, his wife, and the children could. They lived on a rented farm and George is listed as a farmer)
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: George W Close
Age: 48
Birth Date: Jul 1851
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1900: Root, Adams, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret A Close
Marriage Year: 1880
Years Married: 20
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Close 48 farmer, rented farm
Margaret A Close 37
Olive M Close 18
Jane L Close 17
Elizabeth M Close 14
Gilbert J Close 13
Harvey E Close 5

1920 United States Federal Census about George Close
Name: George Close
Home in 1920: Bluffton Ward 2, Wells, Indiana
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Spouse's Name: Margurett Close
Father's Birth Place: United States
[United States of America]
Mother's Birth Place: United States
[United States of America]
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
George Close 56
Margurett Close 64
Harvey Close 24

Dec 1915 - at 328 W Cherry St, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, according to return address on post cards to half sister, Elizabeth Smith.

in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Geo Washington Close
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 73
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1851
Birth Place: Allen Co Ind.
Death Date: 20 Feb 1925
Death Place: Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse: Margaret Close
Father: James Close
Mother: Close
informant: Bert Close of 519 E Elm St.

George married Margaret A DARWACHETER on 3 Mar 1881 in , Adams, Indiana, United States. Margaret (daughter of Gilbert DARWACHETER and Margaret P Jones) was born on 3 Aug 1862 in Muskegon County, Indiana; died on 29 Sep 1920 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana; was buried in Reynolds Cemetery, Adams County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 36E28364A4BC2D45B47409E6AAA4D0A8AE2B

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in the Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970
Name: Margaret Close
Event Type: Membership
Residence Date: 6 Mar 1910
Residence Place: Bluffton, Indiana, USA

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Mrs Margaret Close
[Mrs Margaret Darwactor]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 58
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1862
Birth Place: Muskegon Co., Ind
Death Date: 29 Sep 1920
Death Place: Bluffton, Wellan, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: George Close
Father: Gilbert Darwactor
Mother: Margaret Jones

Notes:

Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Geo W Close
Name: Geo W Close
Spouse Name: M Dpwacheter
Marriage Date: 3 Mar 1881
Marriage County: Adams


Name George W Close
Event Type Marriage Registration
Event Date 03 Mar 1881
Event Place Adams, Indiana, United States
Gender Male
Marriage License Date 02 Mar 1881
Marriage Place Adams, Indiana
Spouse's Name Margaret Dowachter
Spouse's Gender Female
Officiator's Name Jacob J Magly
Page 381
Number of Images 1
Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007

GS Film Number 002321470
Digital Folder Number 004186025
Image Number 00805
Citing this Record

"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJF-L5B : 21 January 2016), George W Close and Margaret Dowachter, 03 Mar 1881; citing Adams, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,321,470.

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• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 8730E5B4EF33BB47B635D50C85C74C0BE385

Notes:

Timeline for James Close:

1824 James Close born Ohio
1848 James married Lydia Young Allen County, Indiana ( Is this right or did he marry Elizabeth Wade?)
1851 son, George born Allen County Indiana
1855 June 2, James & Nancy married Allen County, Indiana
1856 daughter Eliza born Indiana
1858 daughter Elizabeth born, Adams County, Indiana, United States
1860 US census Madison, Allen, Indiana
1862 daughter Diantha Jane born Decatur, Adams, Indiana
1865 daughter Torisa born Indiana
1867 son William born Indiana
1869 daughter Sibetha born Indiana
1870 US census Monmoth PO, Root , Adams, Indiana
1878 marriage of daughter, Diantha Jane in home of james Close in Sylvester, Allen County, Michigan
1880 US census Fremont, Isabella, Michigan, James is listed as crippled, maimed or bed ridden.
1900 US census June 2st, James & Nancy in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin
1903 10 Jun James died in Rock County, Wisconsin, age 79
1910 wife Nancy died Decatur, Adams, Indiana,

James Close's parents both born in Ohio, Mother's name Marthia (sic) from Jame's death cirtificate.
It is believed George and family lived in Dekatur and Fort Wayne, probably Indiana.

Possible first marriage? Cutler family tree on ancestry states George's mother is Mary A Bixler 1815-1900
but that marriage is listed as Feb 1855, the same date as his marriage to Nancy Dougherty and is after George was born.

Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about James Close
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Wade
Marriage Date: Nov 16 1848
Marriage County: Allen

Could this be James' family? Could there have been a child before George and the mother be Elizabeth)
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Jas Close
Age: 28 ( I read 25)
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Madison, Allen, Indiana
Family Number: 1311
Neighbors: Malinda Wade age 50 is living next door with 7 children age 20 to 12.
Household Members: Name Age
Jas Close 28 (I read 25)
Elizabeth Close 25
Malinda Close 1

Malinda Close ( could this be the same Malinda Close?)
in the Web: Allen County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1841-2010
Name: Malinda Close
Publication Date: 5 Aug 1910
Publication Place: Allen, Indiana, United States of America
Death Date: Abt 1910

!MARR: 2 Jun 1855, Allen County, Indiana Bk3 pg 332-Allen Co. Ind. (also "Early Marriage Records of Allen County, Indiana, Vol 2, pg 51, call # 977.274/V25 da)
Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about James Close
Spouse Name: Naney A Dougherty
Marriage Date: Feb 1855
Marriage County: Allen

1860 United States Federal Census Record about James Close
Name: James Close
Age in 1860: 33
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Madison, Allen, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Fort Wayne
Value of real estate: $300 farmer
Household Members: Name Age
James Close 33
Nancey Close 23
George Close 11
Eliza Close 2
Elizabeth Close 1

1870 United States Federal Census Record about James Close
Name: James Close
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Age in 1870: 48
Birthplace: O Cannot write US citizen parents not foreign born
Home in 1870: Root, Adams, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate :$300 farmer
Post Office: Monmoth
Family:
Nancy, wife age 30 bn Ohio;
George, 18 Ind;
Eliza, 14 Ind;
Elizabeth 12 Ind;
Diatha 10 Ind;
Terisa 6 Ind;
William 3 Ind;
Sibetha 9/12 Ind.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: James Close
Home in 1880: Fremont, Isabella, Michigan
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy A Close
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Box stating "maimed, crippled, or bed ridden" is checked for James.
Household Members: Name Age
James Close 68
Nancy A Close 42
Charles Hutchison 4 born Indiana grandson (son of Eliza and William Hutchison? )
NOTE: their daughter, Elizageth with her husband Loren A Sly, live next door and 4 Dougherty families on same page (George age 35, Soloman 31, William 71, Job 31)

1900 United States Federal Census (my mother remembers her family talking about Janesville and Fort Wayne)
Name James Close
Age 76
Birth Date Mar 1824
Birthplace Ohio
Home in 1900 Janesville Ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Nancy Close
Marriage Year 1860
Years Married 40
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace Ohio
Household Members
Name Age
James Close 76 can read, write and speak English
Nancy Close 85 ( the age and birthdate are the same as the boarder below. I think it was an error on her part)
Alston Horton 85 boarder

James Close
in the Wisconsin, Deaths, 1820-1907
Name: James Close
Death Date: 10 Jun 1903
Death Place: Rock, Wisconsin, USA
Cause of death: Pulmonary tuberculosis
Volume: 03
Page Number: 0251
Reel: 118
Sequence Number: 060650
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Deaths, 1820-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division
Wisconsin Historical Society. Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives.
This database indexes over 439,000 deaths recorded in the state of Wisconsin between 1820 and 1907. .

Addie Mae had a picture of Nancy (Dougherty) Close taken in April 1896 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

James married Elizabeth Wade on 16 Nov 1848 in , Allen, Indiana, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Wade and Malinda) was born in 1825 in Ohio, USA; died after 1851 in Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D9E7C4198D6D0D4EAE21E4BB484EB840EEB1

Notes:

was her name Elizabeth and there a first child, Malinda and then George?

Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about James Close
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Wade
Marriage Date: Nov 16 1848
Marriage County: Allen

Notes:

Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about James Close
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Wade
Marriage Date: Nov 16 1848
Marriage County: Allen

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• _UID: B7EB576BE5EC1349A2FF62A92D6FC5EA88AC

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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Gilbert Dorwactor
Home in 1880: Root, Adams, Indiana
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Margaret
Father's birthplace: PA
Mother's birthplace: PA
Neighbors:
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Gilbert Dorwactor 46
Margaret Dorwactor 40 born PA ( her parents bp England
Margaret Dorwactor 18 Ohio
William Dorwactor 15
Harvey Dorwactor 11
Clemnie Dorwactor 8
Ella Dorwactor 6
Hattie Dorwactor 3
Dora Dorwactor 10M

Gilbert married Margaret P Jones about 1860 in Ohio, United States. Margaret was born about 1840 in Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D7EE2E0EF3BA72438A131BFA492C1032CC20

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• _UID: 1753C6FE66D3844A9FCA5811A65AFB626483

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Possibilities?

Michael Close
in the 1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Michael Close
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Pike, Stark, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

in the 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Close
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): West Massillon, Stark, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:

married Marthia. Marthia was born about 1800 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 21854BF30C00AB4AAADBAD7F5BEBDB7B3258

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• _UID: 61DB6C9684367E4996F07ED35AD38D2878E0

married Malinda. Malinda was born in 1800 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 66CDDE4941FA0D47B65AA80C48D3D0FA928C

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Malinda Wade
in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Malinda Wade
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Madison, Allen, Indiana, USA
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1312
Household Members:
Name Age
Malinda Wade 50
Benj Wade 29
Enoch Wade 26
Rosanna Wade 18
John Wade 22
Belinda Wade 16
Richard Wade 14
Nancy Wade 12
Esther Wade 10