1. | Arthur Hampton Backus was born on 24 Jul 1883 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (son of William Alexander Backus and Madora F. Brock); died on 7 Jun 1959 in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia; was buried on 10 Jun 1959 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia. Arthur married Hessie Ethaline Neff on 13 Jul 1905 in Nicholas County, West Virginia, and was divorced about 1916. Hessie was born in Jun 1885 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 4 Oct 1943 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; was buried on 7 Oct 1943 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Ezelle M. Backus was born on 9 Dec 1909 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 15 Feb 1994 in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio.
- Samuel A. Backus was born on 23 Jan 1914 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 21 Mar 1915 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 24 Mar 1915 in Dotson-Simpson Cemetery, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas, West Virginia.
- Ethel Maxine Backus was born on 6 Jul 1916 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 6 Nov 2004.
Arthur married Mertie Lenora Backus about 1916. Mertie (daughter of Adam Clark Backus and Nancy Dorsey) was born on 4 Apr 1894 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died in Sep 1984 in Culloden, Putnam, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Patrick Hampton "Pat" Backus was born on 14 Oct 1917 in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky; died on 1 Apr 2007 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia; was buried on 4 Apr 2007 in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Crawley, Greenbrier, West Virginia.
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- Dana Dalton Backus was born about 1929 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 23 Sep 1936 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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