Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Ezelle M. Backus was born on 9 Dec 1909 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia (daughter of Arthur Hampton Backus and Hessie Ethaline Neff); died on 15 Feb 1994 in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio. Family/Spouse: Unknown Sparks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | 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] |
3. | Hessie Ethaline Neff 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.
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4. | William Alexander Backus was born on 7 Jul 1858 in Nicholas County, West Virginia (son of Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Backus, Sr. and Caroline Grose); 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. William married Madora F. Brock on 12 Aug 1879 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Madora was born on 16 May 1857 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 13 Apr 1905 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 16 Apr 1905 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Madora F. Brock was born on 16 May 1857 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 13 Apr 1905 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried on 16 Apr 1905 in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Poe, Nicholas, West Virginia.
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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] |
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.
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