Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, 1913 page 377. GEORGE FREDERICK CLOSE A.B. in L. & A.; Teacher; b. Oct. 30, 1881, Mercer Co., Ill.; s. Geo. Edward (b. Sept 1, 1858, Mercer Co., Ill.) * Emma Elizabeth (Mayhew) Close (b. June 17, 1859, Mercer Co., Ill.) Prepared in Aledo H. S. Philomathean. Public School Teacher. Married Jessie Lucinda Decker, Aug. 15, 1906, Aledo, Ill. Address, Aledo, Ill.