Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches
 

Alma Madge Bowles

Female 1900 - 1974  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.   Alma Madge Bowles was born on 16 Dec 1900 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (daughter of James Lock Bowles, MD and Lois Margaret "Mary" Backus); died on 15 Jan 1974 in Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.   James Lock Bowles, MD was born on 23 May 1873 in Fayette County, West Virginia; died on 14 Jan 1917 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; was buried on 16 Jan 1917 in Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Physician
    • Cause of Death: Mitral Stenosis

    James married Lois Margaret "Mary" Backus on 9 Nov 1898 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Lois (daughter of Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Backus, Sr. and Albina Victoria Dorsey) was born on 30 Oct 1877 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 8 Apr 1953 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; was buried on 11 Apr 1953 in Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.   Lois Margaret "Mary" Backus was born on 30 Oct 1877 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (daughter of Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Backus, Sr. and Albina Victoria Dorsey); died on 8 Apr 1953 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; was buried on 11 Apr 1953 in Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1880 US Census: 2 Jun 1880, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia

    Children:
    1. 1. Alma Madge Bowles was born on 16 Dec 1900 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 15 Jan 1974 in Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia.
    2. Paul Devere Bowles was born on 15 Dec 1904 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; died in Feb 1977 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.   Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Backus, Sr. was born on 1 Sep 1832 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (son of Joseph Backus, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Brown); died on 18 Mar 1907 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 21 Mar 1907 in Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery, Salmon Run, Nicholas, West Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Cause of Death: Heart Failure
    • 1850 US Census: 8 Aug 1850, Nicholas County, Virginia
    • 1860 US Census: 7 Aug 1860, Nicholas County, Virginia
    • 1870 US Census: 22 Jul 1870, Jefferson Twp, Nicholas, West Virginia
    • 1880 US Census: 2 Jun 1880, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia
    • 1900 US Census: 9 Jun 1900, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia

    Benjamin married Albina Victoria Dorsey on 18 Dec 1867 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Albina was born on 1 Apr 1842 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 25 Dec 1896 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 27 Dec 1896 in Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery, Salmon Run, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.   Albina Victoria Dorsey Albina Victoria Dorsey was born on 1 Apr 1842 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 25 Dec 1896 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 27 Dec 1896 in Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery, Salmon Run, Nicholas, West Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1870 US Census: 22 Jul 1870, Jefferson Twp, Nicholas, West Virginia
    • 1880 US Census: 2 Jun 1880, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia

    Children:
    1. Alice Ann Backus was born in May 1869 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died about 1941 in Fayette County, West Virginia; was buried in 1941 in Wriston Cemetery, Mossy, Fayette, West Virginia.
    2. Mary C. Backus was born on 29 Apr 1872 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.
    3. Dr. Squire George Backus was born on 4 Mar 1874 in Birch River, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 26 Aug 1917 in South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; was buried on 29 Aug 1917 in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia.
    4. Sarah M. Backus was born on 7 Dec 1875 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.
    5. 3. Lois Margaret "Mary" Backus was born on 30 Oct 1877 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 8 Apr 1953 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; was buried on 11 Apr 1953 in Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia.
    6. Ruhana Frances "Fannie" Backus was born on 9 Dec 1879 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 4 Jun 1950 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia.
    7. Benjamin Franklin Backus, Jr. was born on 12 Sep 1882 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 29 Mar 1946 in Montgomery, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 31 Mar 1946 in Montgomery Memorial Park, London, Kanawha, West Virginia.
    8. Charles Bedford Backus, MD was born on 12 Sep 1884 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 29 Oct 1923 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia; was buried on 31 Oct 1923 in Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.   Joseph Backus, Jr. was born on 15 Jul 1808 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia (son of Joseph Backus, Sr. and Hannah D. Wilson); died on 10 Nov 1873 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1850 US Census: 8 Aug 1850, Nicholas County, Virginia

    Joseph married Sarah "Sally" Brown on 27 Oct 1829 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Sarah was born about 1809 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 8 Apr 1860 in Harborcreek, Erie, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.   Sarah "Sally" Brown was born about 1809 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 8 Apr 1860 in Harborcreek, Erie, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1850 US Census: 8 Aug 1850, Nicholas County, Virginia

    Children:
    1. Henry A. Backus was born on 30 Aug 1831 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 23 Feb 1886 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 25 Feb 1886 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    2. 6. Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Backus, Sr. was born on 1 Sep 1832 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 18 Mar 1907 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 21 Mar 1907 in Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery, Salmon Run, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    3. Margaret Backus was born about 1835 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.
    4. Joseph Backus was born about 1838 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.
    5. Isaac Backus was born about 1841 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.
    6. Mary Backus was born about 1843 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.


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