Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Philander Cross was born on 24 Sep 1821 in Randolph, Portage, Ohio; died on 19 Jan 1901 in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. Philander married Marilla Ann Davis on 15 Jun 1845 in Rolling Prairie, La Porte, Indiana. Marilla was born on 15 Jan 1824 in Indiana; died on 24 Jun 1922 in Waterford, La Porte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Byron Francis Cross ![]() Byron married Mary Eliza Harding on 31 May 1869. Mary was born on 1 Sep 1851 in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Waterford, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 12 Jul 1929 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Alice Adelia Cross ![]() Alice married William Young Gregg on 23 Aug 1872 in Lake County, Indiana. William was born on 15 Apr 1850 in Winfield, Lake, Indiana; died on 26 Feb 1937 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado; was buried on 1 Mar 1937 in Mountain View Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Benjamin Cross ![]() |
5. | Allen A. Cross ![]() |
6. | Ora Belle Cross ![]() |
7. | Ernest Bradford Cross ![]() Ernest married Lena Prudence Thompson on 28 May 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Lena (daughter of George W. Thompson and Emeline Van Buskirk) was born on 7 Jul 1875 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York; died on 21 Jun 1946 in Waterford, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 24 Jun 1946 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | John C. Cross ![]() |
9. | Charles Corydon Cross ![]() |
10. | Belva Lockwood Cross ![]() Belva married Orphie W. Gotto on 19 Oct 1905 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Orphie was born about 1888 in Indiana; died on 10 Feb 1937 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 13 Feb 1937 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Vinal Bryon Cross ![]() |
12. | Cora M. Gregg ![]() |
13. | Charlotte "Lottie" Gregg ![]() Charlotte married Dallas Wilson Spangler on 28 Aug 1895 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. Dallas was born on 4 Mar 1869 in Wysox Twp, Carroll, Illinois; died about 1959 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado; was buried in 1959 in Mountain View Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Edyth Edna Gregg ![]() Family/Spouse: Elmer Alvin Sprague. Elmer was born on 13 May 1869 in Cass County, Nebraska; died on 13 Jun 1952 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; was buried on 16 Jun 1952 in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Hattie E. Gregg ![]() Hattie married Harvey Rannells Armstrong on 15 Jan 1902 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. Harvey was born on 2 Mar 1875 in Colorado; died in Feb 1967 in Denver, Denver, Colorado; was buried in Feb 1967 in Mountain View Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Winifred A. Gregg ![]() Winifred married Melvin Ernest Longfellow on 27 Dec 1907 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. Melvin was born on 12 Aug 1879 in Illinois; died on 23 Mar 1967 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado; was buried on 26 Mar 1967 in Mountain View Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Bessie Estella Gregg ![]() Bessie married Raymond Adelbert Tolman on 4 Oct 1909 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado. Raymond was born on 4 Jun 1888 in Loveland, Larimer, Colorado; died on 1 Apr 1956 in Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California; was buried on 4 Apr 1956 in Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
18. | Harold William "Harley" Gregg ![]() Harold married Ottilie F. Blaurock on 15 Nov 1920. Ottilie (daughter of Hermann Blaurock and Ellie Giesecke) was born on 12 Dec 1896 in Colorado; died on 30 Jul 1975 in Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Lola Fern Cross ![]() Lola married Edward Henry Gloye on 6 May 1916 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Edward was born on 17 Nov 1893 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana; died in Feb 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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20. | Lester Ernest Cross ![]() Lester married Alma Sophia Anderson on 26 Dec 1919 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana. Alma was born about 1899 in Indiana; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Fay Thompson Cross ![]() Family/Spouse: Esther Hewitt. Esther was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
22. | Doris Bernice Cross ![]() Doris married Ralph Sawyer Cofer, Sr. on 1 Jan 1927 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana. Ralph was born on 19 Jan 1896 in Lovington, Moultrie, Illinois; died in Sep 1978 in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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23. | Owen Wayne Cross ![]() Owen married Barbara Kolodiej on 25 Oct 1936 in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana. Barbara was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
24. | Carol Lorraine Cross ![]() Carol married Howard Sidney Hennard, Jr. on 30 Sep 1937 in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana. Howard was born on 9 Dec 1917 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana; died on 27 Mar 1973 in Joliet, Will, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
25. | Raymond Leslie Spangler ![]() |
26. | Dorothy I. Sprague ![]() Dorothy married Robert Gail Allen on 21 May 1937 in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Robert was born on 4 Aug 1910 in Robin, Bannock, Idaho; died on 9 Nov 1984 in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho; was buried on 12 Nov 1984 in Hagerman Cemetery, Hagerman, Gooding, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | Bernice M. Gloye ![]() Bernice married Edward R. Greene, Sr. about 1936, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Edward was born on 23 Sep 1914 in Indiana; died on 20 Nov 1999 in Lakeland, Polk, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Bernice married Harold Elton "Lucky" Wollen on 6 Dec 1949. Harold was born on 18 Apr 1922 in Piedmont, Meade, South Dakota; died on 5 Apr 2000 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado; was buried on 10 Apr 2000 in Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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31. | Loren Dale Cofer ![]() Loren married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | Roger Cofer ![]() |
33. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
34. | Ralph Sawyer Cofer, Jr. ![]() |
35. | Edward R. Greene, Jr. ![]() |
36. | David S. Greene ![]() |
37. | Barry Alden Greene ![]() |
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