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Wetzel Eldred "Red" Backus

Male 1934 - 1999  (65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.   Wetzel Eldred "Red" Backus was born on 29 Apr 1934 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia (son of Eldred Wetzel Backus and Mildred Opal Cooper); died on 2 Nov 1999 in Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 5 Nov 1999 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.

    Wetzel married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.   Eldred Wetzel Backus Eldred Wetzel Backus was born on 14 Nov 1904 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia (son of George Washington Backus and Letitia L. Lively); died on 19 Jul 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 22 Jul 1950 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.

    Eldred married Mildred Opal Cooper on 3 Jul 1933 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia. Mildred was born on 26 Apr 1914 in Racine, Boone, West Virginia; died on 11 Mar 2005 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 14 Mar 2005 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.   Mildred Opal Cooper Mildred Opal Cooper was born on 26 Apr 1914 in Racine, Boone, West Virginia; died on 11 Mar 2005 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 14 Mar 2005 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 1. Wetzel Eldred "Red" Backus was born on 29 Apr 1934 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 2 Nov 1999 in Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 5 Nov 1999 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Norman Lee Backus, Sr. was born on 21 Dec 1942 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 13 Dec 2015 in Newark, New Castle, Delaware; was buried in May 2016 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    5. Living
    6. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.   George Washington Backus George Washington Backus was born on 19 Aug 1862 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (son of Henry A. Backus and Mary Ann Grose); died on 31 Mar 1945 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 3 Apr 1945 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.

    George married Letitia L. Lively on 11 Sep 1894 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Letitia (daughter of Joseph Bruce Lively and Nancy Dorsey) was born on 12 Feb 1875 in Summers County, West Virginia; died on 29 Apr 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 30 Apr 1950 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.   Letitia L. Lively Letitia L. Lively was born on 12 Feb 1875 in Summers County, West Virginia (daughter of Joseph Bruce Lively and Nancy Dorsey); died on 29 Apr 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 30 Apr 1950 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Gordon Wilmer Backus was born on 16 Apr 1896 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 8 Jan 1949 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 11 Jan 1949 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    2. 2. Eldred Wetzel Backus was born on 14 Nov 1904 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 19 Jul 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 22 Jul 1950 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    3. Erma Georgia Backus was born on 1 Jan 1909 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 3 Sep 2005 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; was buried on 22 Sep 2005 in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    4. Letitia May Backus was born on 5 Apr 1912 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 18 Jul 1914 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 20 Jul 1914 in Woods Avenue Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.   Henry A. Backus was born on 30 Aug 1831 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (son of Joseph Backus, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Brown); 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.

    Henry + Mary Ann Grose. Mary was born in May 1827 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 16 Jan 1913 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 18 Jan 1913 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.   Mary Ann Grose was born in May 1827 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 16 Jan 1913 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 18 Jan 1913 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Weldon Wilmer Backus was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 23 Apr 1932 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 25 Apr 1932 in Backus Cemetery, Backus Branch, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    2. 4. George Washington Backus was born on 19 Aug 1862 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 31 Mar 1945 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 3 Apr 1945 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    3. William Parker Backus was born on 7 Dec 1866 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 19 May 1953 in Ansted, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 23 May 1953 in Westlake Cemetery, Ansted, Fayette, West Virginia.
    4. Henry Edgar Backus was born on 18 Aug 1868 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 6 Oct 1952 in Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 9 Oct 1952 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia.

  3. 10.   Joseph Bruce Lively was born about 1852 in Fayette County, West Virginia; died on 25 Dec 1877 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.

    Joseph married Nancy Dorsey about 1872 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Andrew Maderia Dorsey and Charity Fitzwater) was born on 21 Sep 1849 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died about 1895 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.   Nancy Dorsey was born on 21 Sep 1849 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (daughter of Andrew Maderia Dorsey and Charity Fitzwater); died about 1895 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Cora Ann Lively was born on 20 Jun 1873 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 12 Jul 1937 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 15 Jul 1937 in Southern Methodist Church Cemetery, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    2. 5. Letitia L. Lively was born on 12 Feb 1875 in Summers County, West Virginia; died on 29 Apr 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 30 Apr 1950 in Woods Avenue Plateau Historic Cemetery, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    3. Joseph Ervin Lively was born on 4 Apr 1878 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 30 Apr 1924 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.


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