Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Col. Elisha Backus was born on 17 Nov 1782 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; died on 12 Aug 1850 in Morristown, St Lawrence, New York; was buried on 8 Dec 1875 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. 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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2. | Merritt Morris Backus ![]() |
3. | Charles Chapman Backus ![]() 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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4. | 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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5. | Elisha Ela Backus ![]() 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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6. | 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] |
7. | Clinton Lafayette Backus ![]() |
8. | 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] |
9. | Charles Edward Backus ![]() |
10. | Henry Clinton Backus ![]() 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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11. | Louise Antoinette Backus ![]() |
12. | Cornelia Chapman Backus ![]() |
13. | Mary Amanda Backus ![]() |
14. | 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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15. | 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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16. | Edith Cordelia Backus ![]() |
17. | Grace Harriet Backus ![]() |
18. | Arthur Alaine Backus ![]() |
19. | Clinton Elisha Backus ![]() 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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20. | Emma F. Backus ![]() |
21. | Harriet Edna Backus ![]() |
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23. | Edith Abby Goodwin ![]() |
24. | Gordon Mancer Backus ![]() |
25. | Amy Avril Backus ![]() |
26. | Millicent R. Backus ![]() |
27. | 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] |
28. | Dorothy H. Backus ![]() |
29. | 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] |