Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Samuel Downing, Sr. was born on 22 May 1796 in Thetford, Orange, Vermont; died on 12 Sep 1872 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont. Samuel married Lucinda Fifield on 9 Apr 1820 in Orange, Orange, Vermont. Lucinda was born on 4 Jul 1801 in Orange, Orange, Vermont; died on 11 Dec 1880 in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Samuel Fifield Downing, Jr. ![]() Samuel married Mary P. Richardson on 12 Mar 1843 in Topsham, Orange, Vermont. Mary was born about 1822 in Vermont; died about 1873 in Washington, Orange, Vermont; was buried in 1873 in Waits River Cemetery, Waits River, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Samuel married Clementina Banks on 20 May 1886 in Washington, Orange, Vermont. Clementina was born on 12 Apr 1820 in Topsham, Orange, Vermont; died on 4 Aug 1903 in Topsham, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 7 Aug 1903 in Waits River Cemetery, Waits River, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Oscar Vernon Downing ![]() Oscar married Hannah Rhuey Sherman about 1870. Hannah (daughter of Reuben Sibley Sherman and Hannah Rhuey Cummings) was born in Jan 1852 in Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire; died about 1929 in Vermont; was buried in 1929 in Waits River Cemetery, Waits River, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Albert Downing ![]() |
5. | Fred A. Downing ![]() Fred married Rose B. Rolfe on 1 Mar 1892 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. Rose was born about 1871 in Ascot Corner, Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada; died on 7 Feb 1898 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 9 Feb 1898 in Waits River Cemetery, Waits River, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Fred married Lucy Gertie Farnham on 24 Aug 1899 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. Lucy was born on 2 Jan 1878 in Topsham, Orange, Vermont; died on 21 Jan 1943 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Frank Oscar Downing, Sr. ![]() Frank married Nettie Belle Smith on 2 Nov 1896 in Topsham, Orange, Vermont. Nettie was born on 7 Mar 1879 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont; died on 8 Jan 1946 in Woodstock, Grafton, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | ![]() ![]() Nora married Earl Arthur Woods on 16 Jul 1916 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont. Earl was born on 4 Jul 1888 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont; died on 7 Jan 1967 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 10 Jan 1967 in Upper Plain Cemetery, Bradford, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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