Birth Date: 3 Dec 1870

Birth Place: Livingston Co. MI

Death Date: 15 May 1956

Death Place: Linden, Genesee County, MI

Spouse: Eleanor Emma Close (1875-1954)

Birth Date: 17 Oct 1875

Birth Place: Livingston Co. MI

Death Date: 17 Sep 1954

Death Place: Linden MI

Burial Place: Fairview Cemetery, Linden, MI

Spouse Father: Allan Close

Spouse Mother: Emma Jane Taylor

Marriage Date: 17 Oct 1900

Marriage Place: Deerfield Township, Livingston Co. MI

Children: Gladys Eleanor , Blanche Marie

Notes:

had two daughters

William was a foreman in a lumber Camp in Lewiston Mi for a time after his marriage. then the family returned to Deerfield, faming on the Close farm, which he purchased, about two miles north of Deerfield Center. The address in 200 was 4353 Cohoctah Rd., Linden MI

Will held various township offices. They moved to Linden after Will had a heart attack, where he worked in a store over twenty years

He played the violin.