Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | William Johnson was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. Family/Spouse: Betsey Fassett. Betsey was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Betsey Johnson ![]() Notes: Betsey was laid to rest in Utica, Oneida, New York until Dec 1880, then removed to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Betsey married Elisha Backus on 12 Feb 1777 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. Elisha (son of Capt. Timothy Backus, Jr. and Mary Bacon) was born on 3 May 1752 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; died on 21 Mar 1801 in Manilus, Onondaga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Betsey Fassett Backus ![]() Betsey married Merritt Morris Clark about 1795. Merritt was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Betsey married Unknown Baldwin about 1805. Unknown was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Betsey married Unk Piper about 1820. Unk was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Betsey married Unk Pride about 1835. Unk was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Col. Elisha Backus ![]() Notes: Elisha was buried in Utica, Oneida, New York, and later was removed to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Lot# 20,557, Section 172. Elisha married Jane Brown on 7 May 1806 in Leyden, Lewis, New York. Jane was born on 7 Feb 1787 in Leyden, Lewis, New York; died on 8 Apr 1807 in Leyden, Lewis, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Elisha married Cynthia Chapman on 10 Nov 1812 in Charlton, Saratoga, New York. Cynthia was born on 16 Mar 1783 in Saratoga County, New York; died on 16 Mar 1816 in Charlton, Saratoga, New York; was buried on 18 Mar 1816 in Jeremiah Smith Cemetery, Charlton, Saratoga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Elisha married Amanda Merriam on 25 Dec 1816 in Leyden, Lewis, New York. Amanda was born on 8 Feb 1796 in Leyden, Lewis, New York; died on 21 May 1874; was buried on 24 May 1874 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Eunice Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Harlow Hawley. Harlow was born about 1792 in Connecticut; died on 24 Jan 1864 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; was buried on 26 Jan 1864 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Merritt Morris Backus ![]() |
7. | Charles Chapman Backus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Charles married Harriet Newell Baldwin on 19 Nov 1840 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Harriet was born on 19 Apr 1816 in Utica, Oneida, New York; died on 29 Sep 1867 in Utica, Oneida, New York; was buried on 4 Sep 1872 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Mancer Merriam Backus ![]() Mancer married Harriet Cordelia Wilbur on 25 May 1842 in New York. Harriet was born on 1 May 1819 in De Ruyter, Madison, New York; died on 30 Jun 1857 in New York City, New York, New York; was buried on 20 Nov 1857 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Elisha Ela Backus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Elisha married Anne H. Vincent about 1846 in New York. Anne was born about 1826 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Armand Cynthia Backus ![]() Armand married Capt. Richard B. Chapman on 12 Jan 1842. Richard was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Clinton Lafayette Backus ![]() Notes: Clinton was buried in Utica, Oneida, New York and was removed to Green-Wood Cemetery in 1875 to Lot# 20,557 Section 172. |
12. | Jane Juliet Backus ![]() Jane married Rev. Daniel G. Covey in Jul 1849 (Separated shortly after the marriage), and was divorced. Daniel was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Horace Harlow Hawley ![]() Family/Spouse: Jane P. Sheldon. Jane was born in Jun 1822 in Michigan; died on 5 Dec 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 7 Dec 1901 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Charles Edward Backus ![]() Notes: Charles was buried in Utica, Oneida, New York, and was removed to Green-Wood Cemetery to Lot# 6,051 Section 26. |
15. | Henry Clinton Backus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Henry married Harriet Ivins Davis on 24 Sep 1890. Harriet was born on 3 Dec 1868 in New York City, New York, New York; died on 27 Nov 1941 in New York City, New York, New York; was buried on 30 Nov 1941 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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16. | Louise Antoinette Backus ![]() Notes: Louise was buried in Utica, Oneida, New York, and was removed to Green-Wood Cemetery in Lot# 6,051 Section 26. |
17. | Cornelia Chapman Backus ![]() |
18. | Mary Amanda Backus ![]() |
19. | Anna Sterling Backus ![]() Anna married Sands Higinbotham Goodwin on 1 Oct 1868 in New York. Sands was born on 18 Mar 1845 in Oneida, Madison, New York; died about 1923 in Oneida, Madison, New York; was buried in 1923 in Glenwood Cemetery, Oneida, Madison, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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20. | Henry Landon Backus ![]() Henry married Emma C. Goodwin about 1888. Emma was born in Nov 1869 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Edith Cordelia Backus ![]() |
22. | Grace Harriet Backus ![]() |
23. | Arthur Alaine Backus ![]() |
24. | Clinton Elisha Backus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Clinton married Eleanor Genevieve Brewer on 28 Jul 1873 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Eleanor (daughter of Riley Wiltshire Brewer and Cecelia Arelia Story) was born in Mar 1852 in Painted Post, Steuben, New York; died on 8 Aug 1914 in Manhattan, New York, New York; was buried on 11 Aug 1914 in Saint Michaels Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | Emma F. Backus ![]() |
26. | Sheldon Hawley ![]() Sheldon married Maria Alice Taylor on 8 Dec 1869 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Maria was born on 8 Dec 1851 in Illinois; died on 27 Oct 1925 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois; was buried on 29 Oct 1925 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | Harriet Edna Backus ![]() |
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29. | Edith Abby Goodwin ![]() |
30. | Gordon Mancer Backus ![]() |
31. | Amy Avril Backus ![]() |
32. | Millicent R. Backus ![]() |
33. | Ericson Goodwin Backus ![]() Ericson married Esta Unknown about 1927. Esta was born about 1896 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
34. | Dorothy H. Backus ![]() |
35. | Herbert Clinton Backus ![]() Herbert married Mary E. Grandy on 4 Sep 1902 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Mary was born in Nov 1869 in Iowa; died on 23 Mar 1938 in Manhattan, New York, New York; was buried on 28 Mar 1938 in Calvary Cemetery (1st), Woodside, Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
36. | Helen Taylor Hawley ![]() Helen married Ross Alexander Williamson on 22 Sep 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Ross was born on 2 Jun 1884 in Fergus, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Feb 1955 in San Luis Obispo County, California; was buried on 11 Feb 1955 in Arroyo Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Helen married Stanley E. Narozny about 1928. Stanley was born on 20 Mar 1883 in Poland; died on 26 Feb 1940 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried on 28 Feb 1940 in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
37. | Mary Helen Williamson ![]() |