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  1. 1.   Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.   Living

    Living married Marilee Verta Miller Marilee was born on 13 Jan 1928 in Sparks, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 24 May 2018 in Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware; was buried on 31 May 2018 in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.   Marilee Verta Miller Marilee Verta Miller was born on 13 Jan 1928 in Sparks, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 24 May 2018 in Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware; was buried on 31 May 2018 in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware.
    Children:
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Generation: 3

  1. 4.   Arthur Hampton Backus 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 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]


  2. 5.   Mertie Lenora Backus Mertie Lenora Backus was born on 4 Apr 1894 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia (daughter of Adam Clark Backus and Nancy Dorsey); died in Sep 1984 in Culloden, Putnam, West Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 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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    4. 2. Living
    5. Dana Dalton Backus was born about 1929 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 23 Sep 1936 in Nicholas County, West Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.   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]


  2. 9.   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.
    Children:
    1. Haymond Asbury Backus was born on 10 May 1880 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 5 Aug 1951 in Fayette County, West Virginia.
    2. Marvin Edison Backus was born on 22 Jan 1882 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 6 Jun 1949 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    3. 4. Arthur Hampton Backus was born on 24 Jul 1883 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; 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.
    4. Samuel Grant Backus was born on 14 Dec 1886 in Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia; died on 25 Feb 1953 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; was buried on 28 Feb 1953 in Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan.
    5. Benjamin H. Backus was born on 11 Nov 1888 in Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 3 Sep 1953.

  3. 10.   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]


  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. 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. 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. 5. Mertie Lenora Backus was born on 4 Apr 1894 in Gad, Nicholas, West Virginia; died in Sep 1984 in Culloden, Putnam, West Virginia.


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