03 August 1862 Born at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
1871 Census Living with parents and family at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
1881 Census Patient at the Cumberland and Westmorland Counties Asylum, St Cuthbert without Carleton, Cumberland. Lunatic. Brother Jarvis William Close is also present... obviously a family thing... because their uncle Anthony Close was having a bad patch at the same place, at the same time.
1891 Census Patient at the Cumberland and Westmorland Counties Asylum, St Cuthbert without Carleton, Cumberland. Lunatic.
1895 Died at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland. He may still have been in the asylum at this stage but it's not conclusive.