Nicholas
W
Closser
Born about in Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Closser
and Hulda (McFarland) Closser
Husband of
Rebecca (Parker) Closser
— married
14 Mar 1833 in Marion Co., Indiana, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 79
in LaPorte Co., Indiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Mar 2019
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Biography
Nicholas Closser was born in January 1812 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of Daniel Closser and Hulda McFarland.
1820 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA
- Name:Daniel Clossar
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State):Milford, Butler, Ohio
- Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
- Free White Persons - Males - 0 thru 10:3 (Nicholas, Daniel, John)
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 45:1 (Daniel)
- Free White Persons - Females - 0 thru 10:2 (Sarah, Abigail)
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 26:1 (Huldah)
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:1
- Free White Persons - Under 16:6
- Free White Persons - Over 25:1
- Total Free White Persons:7
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:7[1]
1830 census -- Wayne Twnp., Marion Co., Indiana, USA
- Name: Daniel Closes[Daniel Closser]
- Home in 1830 (City, County, State):Wayne, Marion , Indiana
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:1 (Andrew)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:1 (John)
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:2 (Nicholas, Daniel)
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:1 (Daniel)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:2 (Mary)
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:1 (Huldah, Nancy)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:2 (Sarah, Abigail)
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:1 (Huldah)
- Free White Persons - Under 20:9
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:2
- Total Free White Persons:11
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):11[2]
He married Rebecca Parker 14 March 1833 in Marion Co., Indiana.[3]
1840 census -- LaPorte Co., Indiana, USA
- Name:Nicholas W Clossie[Nicholas W Closser]
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State):La Porte, Indiana
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:1 (Jerome)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:1 (Daniel)
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:1 (Nicholas)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:1 (Elizabeth)
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:1 (Rebecca)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture:1
- Free White Persons - Under 20:3
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:2
- Total Free White Persons:5[4]
1850 census -- Scipio Twnp., LaPorte Co., Indiana, USA
- Nicholas W Closser, age 38, male, white, farmer, $4000 real estate, born Pennsylvania; Rebecca Closser, age 40, female, white, born Ohio; Daniel P Closser, age 16, male, white, farmer, born Indiana, attended school; Elizabeth Closser, age 14, female, white, born Indiana, attended school; Jerome B Closser, age 13, male, white, born Indiana, attended school; Sylvenus M Closser, age 9, male, white, born Indiana, attended school; Joseph A Closser, age 6, male, white, born Indiana, attended school; Emily R Closser, age 4, female, white, born Indiana; Mercy A Aker, age 20, female, white, born U Canada[5]
1860 census -- Scipio Twnp., LaPorte Co., Indiana, USA
- NW Closser, age 48, male, , farmer, $6200 real estate, $925 born Ohio; Rebecca Closser, age 50, female, , born Ohio; Sylvanus M Closser, age 18, male, , born Indiana, attended school; Joseph A Closser, age 15, male, , born Indiana, attended school; Rosetta Closser, age 13, female, , born Indiana; Mary Rickords, age 16, female, , domestic, Indiana, attended school; Thos McCormack, age 5, male, , born Indiana; David Scholts, age 23, male, , farm laborer, born Ohio; Elizabeth Monett, age 28, female, , domestic, born Ohio[6]
1870 census -- LaPorte, LaPorte Co., Indiana, USA
- Nicholas W Closser, age 57, male, white, carpenter, $9700 real estate, $500 born Pennsylvania; Rebecca Closser, age 59, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio; S___ Sylvanus M Closser, age 28, male, white, farmer, born Indiana; Margaret Muirhead, age 16, female, white, at home, Indiana, attended school; Thomas McCormick, age 17, male, white, day laborer, born Indiana; Elizabeth Redka, age 24, female, white, at home, born Indiana; Sims Major, age 38, male, white, editor, born Indiana[7]
He died 19 June 1891 in LaPorte Co., Indiana.[8]He is buried in Pine Lake Cemetery in LaPorte, Indiana.[9]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLS-F1D : accessed 21 March 2019), Daniel Clossar, Milford, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing p. 145, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 87; FHL microfilm 181,393.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPC-GQT : 24 August 2017), Daniel Coser, Wayne, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing 207, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 7,717.
- ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFX7-8QM : 10 February 2018), Nicholas W. Closser and Rebecca Parker, 14 Mar 1833; citing reference no 1 p 196; FHL microfilm 499,367.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBK-9K8 : 7 September 2017), Nicholas W Closser, LaPorte, Indiana, United States; citing p. 119, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 85; FHL microfilm 7,727.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJP-TZF : 12 April 2016), Nicholas W Claper, Scipio, La Porte, Indiana, United States; citing family 54, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N5-7H1 : 13 December 2017), N W Claper, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFW-P81 : 12 April 2016), Nicholas W Closser, Indiana, United States; citing p. 141, family 1202, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,833.
- ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ74-2RR : 3 December 2014), N. W. Closser, 19 Jun 1891, La Porte, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." County Health Office, Laporte.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-1QHM : 13 December 2015), Nicholas W. Closser, 1891; Burial, La Porte, La Porte, Indiana, United States of America, Pine Lake Cemetery; citing record ID 9052365, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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