Melroy CLOSE^[1]

1862 - 1926  (64 years)

• Name	Melroy CLOSE
  Nickname	Mell
  Born	1862	Allen, Ohio, United States
  Gender	Male
  Birth	4 Jun 1862	Allen, Ohio, United States
  Census	1870	Richland, Allen, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	Role: Resident
  Census	1880	Washington Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Role: Resident
  Census	1910	Allen Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [4]
  Occupation	1910  [4]
  	water towerman on railroad
  Census	1920	Van Buren Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States   [5]
  Name	Philander M Close
  Died	20 Apr 1926
  Person ID	I5287	Close One-Name Study
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Isaac CLOSE,   b. 22 Aug 1834, Ohio, United States ,   d. 17 Feb 1915, Dupont, Putnam, Ohio, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane DODD,   b. Abt 1834,   d. 3 Jan 1901  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1858	Allen, Ohio, United States
  Divorced	Abt 1870
  Family ID	F1241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Virginia DEMOND,   b. Abt 1870, Ohio, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	27 Jan 1889	Paulding, Ohio, United States   [6]
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Daisy DINSMORE,   b. 31 Aug 1885, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 28 Dec 1961, Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1909	Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States   [7]
  Children	1. Frank Melvin CLOSE,   b. 24 May 1911, Leipsic, Putnam, Ohio, United States ,   d. 3 Oct 1984, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Age 73 years)   2. William CLOSE,   b. 3 Jun 1913,   d. Abt Jul 1913  (Age 0 years)   3. Elsie Dora CLOSE,   b. 1916, Ohio, United States ,   d. 11 Apr 1991, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1862 - Allen, Ohio, United States Birth - 4 Jun 1862 - Allen, Ohio, United States Census - 1870 - Richland, Allen, Ohio, United States Census - 1880 - Washington Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States Married - 27 Jan 1889 - Paulding, Ohio, United States Married - 20 Apr 1909 - Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States Census - 1910 - Allen Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States Census - 1920 - Van Buren Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestry.co.uk, JohnMCarson. [S264] 1870 USA Census, Page 507B Family 77. [S86] 1880 USA Census, ED 126 P 565A Fam 34. [S278] 1910 USA Census, ED 58 Page 7B Family 140. [S316] 1920 USA Census, ED 121 P 11B Fam 301. [S418] Marr Rec, Ohio county marriage records. Philander M CLOSE / Virginia E DEMOND [S418] Marr Rec, Ohio county marriage records. Mell CLOSE, age 46 on 4 June 1908, res. Mortimer, Hancock, OH, b Allen co, OH, laborer, father Isaac CLOSE, mother Sarah J DODD; Daisy DINSMORE, age 23 on 31 Aug 1908, res. Coshocton, OH, domestic, father Franklin H DINSMORE, mother Lyda GARNIER; neither previously married.