Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Nathan Judson was born on 1 Feb 1724 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 11 Oct 1803 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. Family/Spouse: Mary Orton. Mary was born on 23 Feb 1741 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 24 Aug 1813 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Sabra Judson ![]() Sabra married Lt. Col. Electus Mallory Backus about 1784 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. Electus (son of Delucena Backus and Electa Mallory) was born on 25 Oct 1765 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 7 Jun 1813 in Sacketts Harbor, Jefferson, New York; was buried on 9 Jun 1813 in Arsenal Street Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Flora Backus ![]() Flora married Rev. Samuel Fuller on 28 Sep 1815 in Athens, Greene, New York. Samuel was born on 21 Sep 1767 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; died on 9 Apr 1842 in Rensselaerville, Albany, New York; was buried on 11 Apr 1842 in Trinity Church Cemetery, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Delucena Backus ![]() Delucena married Amy Page about 1807. Amy was born about 1790; died about 1813 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Delucena married Elizabeth Mulford on 4 Dec 1815 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. Elizabeth was born on 10 Aug 1792 in Lindley, Steuben, New York; died about 1853 in Jefferson County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Nathan Backus ![]() |
6. | Maria Backus ![]() |
7. | Eliza "Eliza" Backus ![]() Eliza married Shubel Newman about 1818. Shubel was born on 2 Mar 1784 in Granville, Washington, New York; died on 29 Apr 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Electra Backus ![]() |
9. | Henry Sherman Backus ![]() Henry married Ann Eliza "Liz" Legg about 1823. Ann was born about 1805 in Pine Bush, Orange, New York; died in May 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Harriet Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Joseph Travis. Joseph was born in Mar 1786 in New York; died on 3 Jun 1864 in Huron County, Ohio; was buried on 5 Jun 1864 in Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Augustus Backus ![]() Augustus married Martha Cordelia Mann on 6 Aug 1834 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Martha was born on 21 Sep 1810 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 1 Jun 1863 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Col. Electus Backus, Jr. ![]() Electus married Sarah Wallis Brady on 1 Mar 1827 in Lowville, Lewis, New York. Sarah (daughter of Maj Gen Hugh Brady and Sarah Wallis) was born on 19 Jun 1807 in Mahoning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; died on 12 Apr 1828 in Jefferson County, Missouri; was buried on 14 Apr 1828 in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Electus married Mary Lathy Brady on 6 Nov 1830 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Mary (daughter of Maj Gen Hugh Brady and Sarah Wallis) was born on 11 Nov 1811 in Juniata, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died on 10 Feb 1880 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Julia Ann Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Gideon Cornell. Gideon was born on 26 Apr 1799 in New York; died on 16 Dec 1876 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio; was buried on 18 Dec 1876 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Luther Electus Backus ![]() Luther married Mary L. Brady in Nov 1830 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Mary was born about 1812 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | George Augustin Backus ![]() |
16. | Rodman Backus ![]() |
17. | Oscar Jerome Backus, Sr. ![]() Oscar married Eliza Frances McKewen about 1861. Eliza was born on 23 May 1842 in Pennsylvania; died in Jan 1866 in Oakland, Alameda, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Lillia Patten. Lillia was born about 1847; died on 24 Oct 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Anna Maria Merritt. Anna was born about 1852 in New York; died on 11 Jul 1933 in Berkeley, Alameda, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | Harriet Augusta Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: George H. Tay. George was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Mary Louise Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Edward C. Thatcher. Edward was born about 1830 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Rachel Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Nelson Myer. Nelson was born on 25 Feb 1839 in Saugerties, Ulster, New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
21. | Sarah Backus ![]() |
22. | Harriet Backus ![]() |
23. | Asa Backus ![]() |
24. | Charlotte Backus ![]() |
25. | Sabra Backus ![]() |
26. | Herbert Augustus Backus ![]() Herbert married Frances Gibbs Welton on 8 Apr 1869 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Frances (daughter of William Samuel H. Welton and Frances Louisa Gibbs) was born on 13 Nov 1842 in Allens Hill, Ontario, New York; died on 29 May 1902 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 31 May 1902 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | Isadore Cordelia Backus ![]() |
28. | ![]() ![]() Brady married Sarah Annie Taylor on 9 Jun 1875 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Sarah was born in May 1851 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York; died on 5 Sep 1932 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut; was buried on 8 Sep 1932 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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29. | Pauline Jannette Backus ![]() Pauline married Joseph Stringham, Jr. in 1860 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Joseph was born on 8 Aug 1841 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 19 Jan 1910 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 22 Jan 1910 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
30. | Rev. Arthur Mann Backus ![]() Arthur married Eliza Jennings Burton on 1 May 1878 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Eliza (daughter of Rev. Lewis Burton and Agnes Jane "Jane" Wallace) was born on 14 Sep 1855 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; died on 2 Aug 1953 in Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio; was buried on 4 Aug 1953 in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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31. | Charlotte Cordelia Backus ![]() |
32. | Albert Probost Backus ![]() Albert married Ada Farr on 13 Aug 1874 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Ada was born in Oct 1854 in Commerce Twp, Oakland, Michigan; died on 29 Nov 1929 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 1 Dec 1929 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
33. | Clarence Lay Backus ![]() |
34. | Sarah Wallis Backus ![]() |
35. | Samuel Preston Backus ![]() |
36. | Mary Electa Backus ![]() Mary married Capt. James Noble Ward on 5 Jan 1856 in Governors Island, New York, New York. James was born in Sep 1823 in Kentucky; died on 6 Dec 1858 in Saint Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Dec 1858 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Augustus Backus Cornell ![]() Augustus married Roselia M. Prentice on 25 Dec 1855 in Crawford County, Ohio. Roselia was born on 1 Aug 1832 in Peru Twp, Huron, Ohio; died on 15 Jan 1912 in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio; was buried on 17 Jan 1912 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
38. | George A. Cornell, Sr. ![]() George married Mary Jane Bushnell on 17 Oct 1872 in Mahoning County, Ohio. Mary was born on 3 Nov 1844 in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; died on 12 Jan 1924 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio; was buried on 15 Jan 1924 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
39. | Julia Isadore Cornell ![]() Julia married Patterson T. Caldwell on 24 Dec 1868 in Mahoning County, Ohio. Patterson was born on 9 Feb 1839 in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Jun 1912 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio; was buried on 11 Jun 1912 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
40. | Catharine Cornell ![]() |