Cephas B Close, 1841–1893 (aged 52 years)

Name
Cephas B /Close/
Birth
Census 1850 US Fed
Note: Living with parents and family at Galveston, Texas.
Census 1860 US Fed
Note: Living with parents and family at Galveston, Texas.
Census 1870 US Fed
Note: Living with father and family at Galveston, Texas. Machinist.
Death of a half-brother
Burial of a half-brother
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15648522
Marriage
Note: Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows the mother of his second and third sons recorded here as having been born in England.
Death of a brother
Note: Wife Anne remarried to Benjamin Disbrow.
Death of a father
Burial of a father
Note: Originally interred in Texas, but later disinterred to New York.

Originally interred in Texas, but later disinterred to New York.

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Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a wife
Burial of a wife
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55116644
Census 1880 US Fed
Note: Living with family at Hempstead, Texas. Machinist.

Living with family at Hempstead, Texas. Machinist.

We have an H Close here recorded as a son, but he's much older than the other two and his mother was born in a different place. If he was a son then he should have appeared on 1870 Federal Census and Cephas would have been Married or Widowed. Since none of these seem to have happened, think this is actually the nephew of Cephas, Hiram B Close, son of Augustus Hiram Close.

Marriage
Note: Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows Cephas as widowed, so he must have married after that.
Death of a wife
Burial of a wife
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63525660
Marriage
Note: Note: He had another son, Joseph Cephas Close, who was born after his death in 1893. Wife Josephine had already died in 1890, so he must have re-married again.
Death
Burial
Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105969752
Birth of a son
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.

Family with parents
father
1820 US Federal Census
1796–1876
Birth: 13 February 1796 — Brutus, Cayuga County, New York, America
Death: 9 March 1876 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
mother
1850 US Federal Census
1803–
Birth: about 1803 — New York, America
Marriage Marriage — about 1830 — New York, America
4 years
elder brother
1850 US Federal Census
1833–1876
Birth: about 1833 — New York, America
Death: before 1876 — Texas, America
5 years
elder sister
1850 US Federal Census
1837–
Birth: about 1837 — New York, America
4 years
himself
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Father’s family with Penelope Olds
father
1820 US Federal Census
1796–1876
Birth: 13 February 1796 — Brutus, Cayuga County, New York, America
Death: 9 March 1876 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
stepmother
1795–1828
Birth: about 1795 — America
Death: 5 August 1828 — Cayuga County, New York, America
Marriage Marriage — after 1816 — America
8 years
half-brother
1850 US Federal Census
1823–1872
Birth: 4 September 1823 — New York, America
Death: 12 December 1872 — New York, America
Family with Charlotte Major
himself
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
wife
1850–1879
Birth: about 1850 — England
Death: 26 September 1879 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — about 1875 — Texas, America
15 months
son
1880 US Federal Census
1876–1901
Birth: 22 March 1876 — Texas, America
Death: 4 March 1901 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
19 months
son
1880 US Federal Census
1877–1936
Birth: 28 September 1877 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Death: 14 December 1936 — Livingston, Polk County, Texas, America
17 years
son
1900 US Federal Census
1894–1971
Birth: 24 February 1894 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Death: 24 July 1971 — Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, America
Family with Josephine Unknown
himself
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
wife
1845–1890
Birth: 13 May 1845 — Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, America
Death: 24 April 1890 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — after 1881 — Texas, America
Cephas B Close + … …
himself
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — after 1891 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Census 1850 US Fed

Living with parents and family at Galveston, Texas.

Census 1860 US Fed

Living with parents and family at Galveston, Texas.

Census 1870 US Fed

Living with father and family at Galveston, Texas. Machinist.

Marriage

Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows the mother of his second and third sons recorded here as having been born in England.

Census 1880 US Fed

Living with family at Hempstead, Texas. Machinist.

We have an H Close here recorded as a son, but he's much older than the other two and his mother was born in a different place. If he was a son then he should have appeared on 1870 Federal Census and Cephas would have been Married or Widowed. Since none of these seem to have happened, think this is actually the nephew of Cephas, Hiram B Close, son of Augustus Hiram Close.

Marriage

Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows Cephas as widowed, so he must have married after that.

Marriage

Note: He had another son, Joseph Cephas Close, who was born after his death in 1893. Wife Josephine had already died in 1890, so he must have re-married again.

Burial

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