Person Page 3,569

1900 census shows SEP 1892.

Other genealogies show Americus, Sumter County birth location. DLB 2015.^1,2

Obituary (Findagrave.com):

There were misty eyes Wednesday among scores of the Cincinnati areas's less fortunate families. They mourned the untimely death of their Lady Bountiful, Mrs. Lucinda Rodgers Closson. The wife of A. Burton Closson, president of the A. B. Closson Jr., Co., 421-423 Race Street, interior furnishers and decorators, she died Tuesday night at the age of 46 at Holmes Hospital. She suffered from the same illness that last year took a friend of the family, Senator Robert A. Taft. She had been seriously ill since Sept. 1. Her home was at 8505 Shawnee Run Road, Indian Hill. MRS. CLOSSON'S activities in her private charities and in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Terrace Park, and earlier in Calvary Episcopal Church, Clifton, formed a continuing interest all her married life. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinclair Rodgers, Springfield, O. She attended Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn. MRS. CLOSSON was a board member and past president of the Women's Exchange and a board member of the Widows and Old Men's Home, Walnut Hills. Active in society circles, Mrs. Closson also was a member of the Colonial Dames, Junior League and Indian Hill Garden Club. Besides her husband, who is active in a number of local organizations, she leaves a son, A. Burton Closson III, and one sister, Mrs. Richard Bahman, Springfield. A graduate of Yale, the son returned from the Harvard School of Business Administration in November when his mother's illness became critical.

FUNERAL SERVICES have tentatively been set for Friday afternoon in St. Thomas Church, with burial in Spring Grove Cemetery. The family requests that, instead of flowers, friends send contributions to the Laboratory of Hematology, University of Cincinnati, or St. Thomas Church.

Obituary (Findagrave.com):

A. Burton Closson, 92, chairman of the A.B. Closson Jr. Co. in downtown Cincinnati, died Monday in his Indian Hill Home. Mr. Closson graduated from Yale University in 1920 and became involved in the operation of the furniture and art store founded in 1866 by his grandfather, A.B. Closson Jr. Except for two years, the store had remained in the Fourth and Race streets block. Mr. Closson was active in the business until a year ago, said his son, A. Burton Closson Jr., who is now Closson's president. Mr. Closson was active in numberous organizations. He was chairman of the Fire Arts Fund drive in 1951 and was interested in all aspects of are, serving as a trustee of the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Art Museum and Taft Museum. He was chairman of the trustees the Cincinnati Retail Merchants Association. Mr. Closson was a member of the Camargo Country Club, Cincinnati Country Club and the Racquet and Tennis Club of New York City. He was a founder and the first president of the Bachelors. Besides his son, he is survived by two granddaughters, Lucinda Closson Dean of Manama, Bahrain, and Laura Closson Hyde of Bronxville, N.Y., and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Norman Chapel at Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Winton Place. There will be no visitation. Schaefer & Busby Funeral home is handling arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Greater Cincinnati Foundation or the charity of the donor's choice.

Lester info per Williams Family Tree genealogy prepared by rod8778, online at ancestry.com.