Joseph Cephas Close, 18941971 (aged 77 years)

Name
Joseph Cephas /Close/
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
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Death of a father
Burial of a father
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Birth
Note: Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Joseph appears as the half-brother of Cephas Major Close on the 1900 US Federal Census.

Census 1900 US Fed
Note: Living with brother Cephas and family at Justice, Texas.

Living with brother Cephas and family at Justice, Texas.

Recorded as the half-brother to Cephas Close Senior.

Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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Census 1910 US Fed
Note: Inmate at the State Orphans Home at Justice, Texas.
Milit-Beg
Note: Drafted into the US armed Forces.
Marriage
Freemason
Note: His gravestone in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas has the Masonic Square and Compass.
Census 1920 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Maude at Dallas, Texas. Railway Lineman.
Census 1930 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Maude at Dallas, Texas. Power Company Troubleman.
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
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Census 1940 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Maude at Dallas County, Texas. Power Company Troubleshooter.
Milit-Beg
Note: Drafted into the US Armed Forces.
Death
Burial
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Family with parents
father
1880 US Federal Census
18411893
Birth: 11 January 1841Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
mother
18501879
Birth: about 1850England
Death: 26 September 1879Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1875Texas, America
15 months
elder brother
1880 US Federal Census
18761901
Birth: 22 March 1876Texas, America
Death: 4 March 1901Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
19 months
elder brother
1880 US Federal Census
18771936
Birth: 28 September 1877Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Death: 14 December 1936Livingston, Polk County, Texas, America
17 years
himself
1900 US Federal Census
18941971
Birth: 24 February 1894Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Death: 24 July 1971Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, America
Father’s family with Josephine Unknown
father
1880 US Federal Census
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Birth: 11 January 1841Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
stepmother
18451890
Birth: 13 May 1845Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, America
Death: 24 April 1890Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageafter 1881Texas, America
Father’s family with an unknown individual
father
1880 US Federal Census
18411893
Birth: 11 January 1841Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageafter 1891Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Family with Maude Louise Barton
himself
1900 US Federal Census
18941971
Birth: 24 February 1894Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Death: 24 July 1971Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, America
wife
1920 US Federal Census
1891
Birth: 21 April 1891Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1918Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, America
Birth
Census 1900 US Fed
Census 1910 US Fed
Milit-Beg
Marriage
Census 1920 US Fed
Census 1930 US Fed
Census 1940 US Fed
Milit-Beg
Death
Burial
Birth

Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Joseph appears as the half-brother of Cephas Major Close on the 1900 US Federal Census.

Census 1900 US Fed

Living with brother Cephas and family at Justice, Texas.

Recorded as the half-brother to Cephas Close Senior.

Census 1910 US Fed

Inmate at the State Orphans Home at Justice, Texas.

Milit-Beg

Drafted into the US armed Forces.

Freemason

His gravestone in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas has the Masonic Square and Compass.

Census 1920 US Fed

Living with wife Maude at Dallas, Texas. Railway Lineman.

Census 1930 US Fed

Living with wife Maude at Dallas, Texas. Power Company Troubleman.

Census 1940 US Fed

Living with wife Maude at Dallas County, Texas. Power Company Troubleshooter.

Milit-Beg

Drafted into the US Armed Forces.

Burial

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