Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Sheldon Hawley was born in Sep 1844 in Oneida County, New York (son of Horace Harlow Hawley and Jane P. Sheldon); died on 18 Sep 1926 in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; was buried on 21 Sep 1926 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois. Sheldon married Maria Alice Taylor on 8 Dec 1869 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Maria was born on 8 Dec 1851 in Illinois; died on 27 Oct 1925 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois; was buried on 29 Oct 1925 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Horace Harlow Hawley was born in Apr 1817 in Utica, Oneida, New York (son of Harlow Hawley and Eunice Backus); died on 16 Oct 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 18 Oct 1904 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois. Horace + Jane P. Sheldon. Jane was born in Jun 1822 in Michigan; died on 5 Dec 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 7 Dec 1901 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Jane P. Sheldon was born in Jun 1822 in Michigan; died on 5 Dec 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 7 Dec 1901 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois.
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4. | Harlow Hawley was born about 1792 in Connecticut; died on 24 Jan 1864 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; was buried on 26 Jan 1864 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa. Harlow + Eunice Backus. Eunice (daughter of Elisha Backus and Betsey Johnson) was born about 1794 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; died on 1 Oct 1863 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; was buried on 3 Oct 1863 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Eunice Backus was born about 1794 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (daughter of Elisha Backus and Betsey Johnson); died on 1 Oct 1863 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; was buried on 3 Oct 1863 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa.
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10. | Elisha Backus was born on 3 May 1752 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (son of Capt. Timothy Backus, Jr. and Mary Bacon); died on 21 Mar 1801 in Manilus, Onondaga, New York. Elisha married Betsey Johnson on 12 Feb 1777 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. Betsey (daughter of William Johnson and Betsey Fassett) was born on 21 Oct 1753 in Connecticut; died on 12 Aug 1839 in Utica, Oneida, New York; was buried in Dec 1880 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Betsey Johnson was born on 21 Oct 1753 in Connecticut (daughter of William Johnson and Betsey Fassett); died on 12 Aug 1839 in Utica, Oneida, New York; was buried in Dec 1880 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
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