When Edward Sheridan Close was born on 14 May 1866, in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States, his father, Lewis W. Close, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Ann Elmore, was 22. He married Amanda Frederic Dircks on 19 November 1890, in Carroll, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Seward, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Cloverdale, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1920. He died on 28 June 1927, in Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Citizens Cemetery, Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, United States.
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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Historical Boundaries 1871: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1891: Coconino, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Coconino, Arizona, United States
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English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard, from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos, from Late Latin clausum, past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place.
English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’, applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person.
Dutch: variant of Cloos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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