Re: [CLOSE] New York Close lineage
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Hi Bill, My g grandfather name, we quite sure, was Thomas; don't have any
idea about a middle name. It's very confusing because of what my father told
me about Thomas' life. We do know that he lived with Milo Shedd in Byron,
New York, fought in Civil War, was wounded several times and returned to
Byron where he married Mary Shedd (the Squire's daughter) and had eight
children. That much is fact. But, we had been told that his father deserted
the family and his mother died in Buffalo, N. Y. and he went to Byron. Now
the confusing part. Different census lists his birth as Poughkeepsie or
Schenectady or Canada. We think he had a brother Henry and a sister named
Sarah. An newspaper article quoted him as saying he was going to visit his
sister Sarah in New York (since he lived in Byron, N.Y. we think he meant
NYC). My grandfather told us that he found his brothers and sisters later in
life. We recently found a census that lists Thomas Close who was married to
a Sarah Davis living in the western NY area. It also lists his sons Thomas
and Henry who are soldiers. It also list this as a second marriage. We
always thought that he never saw his father after he left the family. This
could be his father. There is a Henry Close buried in the cemetery in Byron;
several census list his birth as Canada. And that is about all we have found
out. If you think there might be any connections please email me. Because of
all the inconsistencies, we've sort of reached a dead end. Peggy
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