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Paul Stevens Backus

Male 1910 - 1988  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.   Paul Stevens Backus was born on 9 Jun 1910 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia (son of Adam Gordon Backus and Mary Hazel Selvy); died on 20 Jul 1988 in Myrtle Beach, Horry, South Carolina.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.   Adam Gordon Backus was born on 4 Apr 1890 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia (son of Adam Clark Backus and Nancy Dorsey); died on 17 Jul 1963 in Denmar, Pocahontas, West Virginia; was buried on 20 Jul 1963 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.

    Adam married Mary Hazel Selvy on 27 Jan 1910 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Mary (daughter of Cletus Spurgeon Selvey and Mary Jane Jones) was born on 3 Jun 1893 in Ansted, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 25 Feb 1977 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia; was buried on 28 Feb 1977 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.   Mary Hazel Selvy was born on 3 Jun 1893 in Ansted, Fayette, West Virginia (daughter of Cletus Spurgeon Selvey and Mary Jane Jones); died on 25 Feb 1977 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia; was buried on 28 Feb 1977 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 1. Paul Stevens Backus was born on 9 Jun 1910 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 20 Jul 1988 in Myrtle Beach, Horry, South Carolina.
    2. Martin B. Backus was born on 16 Jul 1911 in West Virginia; died in Jan 1985 in New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida.
    3. Lenora Matilda Backus was born on 8 Aug 1916 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 9 Sep 2012 in The Villages, Sumter, Florida; was buried on 29 Sep 2012 in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.   Adam Clark Backus Adam Clark Backus was born on 24 Oct 1855 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia (son of Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Backus, Sr. and Caroline Grose); died on 19 Jan 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 22 Jan 1950 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.

    Adam married Nancy Dorsey on 29 Apr 1885 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]


  2. 5.   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. Ezra Backus was born on 1 Apr 1886 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died before 1900 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
    2. John Jordan Backus was born on 3 Jun 1887 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 29 Oct 1954 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 1 Nov 1954 in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia.
    3. 2. Adam Gordon Backus was born on 4 Apr 1890 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 17 Jul 1963 in Denmar, Pocahontas, West Virginia; was buried on 20 Jul 1963 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    4. Mertie Lenora Backus was born on 4 Apr 1894 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died in Sep 1984 in Culloden, Putnam, West Virginia.

  3. 6.   Cletus Spurgeon Selvey was born on 26 Oct 1858 in Monroe County, Virginia; died on 27 Oct 1899 in Alderson, Greenbrier, West Virginia.

    Cletus married Mary Jane Jones on 16 Mar 1881 in Monroe County, West Virginia. Mary was born on 2 Sep 1857 in Monroe County, Virginia; died on 1 Mar 1928 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 4 Mar 1928 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.   Mary Jane Jones was born on 2 Sep 1857 in Monroe County, Virginia; died on 1 Mar 1928 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 4 Mar 1928 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. William Ira Selvey was born on 11 Jan 1882 in Alderson, Greenbrier, West Virginia; died about 1950 in Colorado; was buried in 1950 in Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado.
    2. Ocie Burman Selvey was born on 16 Nov 1885 in Alderson, Greenbrier, West Virginia; died on 31 Jan 1964 in Eureka, Woodford, Illinois; was buried on 3 Feb 1964 in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Tazewell, Illinois.
    3. Cora Alice Selvey was born on 4 Jan 1888 in Fayette County, West Virginia; died on 25 Mar 1947 in West Virginia; was buried on 28 Mar 1947 in At the End of the Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier, West Virginia.
    4. Emma Estel Selvey was born on 14 Mar 1890 in Fayette County, West Virginia; died on 30 Dec 1971 in Oceana, Wyoming, West Virginia; was buried on 2 Jan 1972 in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, Wyoming, West Virginia.
    5. 3. Mary Hazel Selvy was born on 3 Jun 1893 in Ansted, Fayette, West Virginia; died on 25 Feb 1977 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia; was buried on 28 Feb 1977 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    6. Ralph O. Selvey was born in Sep 1896 in Monroe County, West Virginia; died on Yes, date unknown.
    7. Loretta Spurgeon "Retta" Selvey was born on 27 Aug 1899 in Alderson, Greenbrier, West Virginia; died on 2 Feb 1987 in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; was buried on 5 Feb 1987 in Johnson Cemetery, Fayette County, West Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.   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.

    Benjamin married Caroline Grose on 1 Jan 1855 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Caroline was born about 1826 in Highland County, Virginia; died on 15 Oct 1867 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 17 Oct 1867 in Grose Cemetery, Gilboa, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.   Caroline Grose was born about 1826 in Highland County, Virginia; died on 15 Oct 1867 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 17 Oct 1867 in Grose Cemetery, Gilboa, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 4. Adam Clark Backus was born on 24 Oct 1855 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 19 Jan 1950 in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia; was buried on 22 Jan 1950 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    2. William Alexander Backus was born on 7 Jul 1858 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 23 Jul 1892 in Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 25 Jul 1892 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    3. Lucy Backus was born on 28 May 1861 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 25 Oct 1867 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 27 Oct 1867 in Grose Cemetery, Gilboa, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    4. Blumefield Backus, Sr. was born on 30 Oct 1864 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 14 Dec 1931 in Mount Nebo, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 16 Dec 1931 in Gilgal United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mount Nebo, Nicholas, West Virginia.
    5. Rev. Rufus Grant Backus was born on 16 Mar 1867 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 19 Jun 1931 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia; was buried on 22 Jun 1931 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia.

  3. 10.   Andrew Maderia Dorsey was born about 1808; died about 1870.

    Andrew + Charity Fitzwater. Charity was born about 1809; died about 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.   Charity Fitzwater was born about 1809; died about 1875.
    Children:
    1. 5. Nancy Dorsey was born on 21 Sep 1849 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died about 1895 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.


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