Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Louisa I. Huntsinger was born about 1839 in New York; died on 3 Mar 1862 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried on 5 Mar 1862 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. Family/Spouse: Horace W. Sawyer. Horace was born on 30 Oct 1820 in Chester, Windsor, Vermont; died on 22 Sep 1900 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; was buried on 24 Sep 1900 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Arthur Lovell Sawyer ![]() Arthur married Harriet "Hattie" Backus on 25 May 1875. Harriet (daughter of Rev. William Warner Backus and Mary Polly Hawes) was born on 8 Sep 1855 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin; died on 15 Feb 1934 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried on 17 Feb 1934 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Lucy Victoria Sawyer ![]() Lucy married Willard Norman Keiser on 2 Nov 1904 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Willard was born on 19 Apr 1878 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana; died on 27 Dec 1950 in Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Paul Backus Sawyer, Sr. ![]() Paul married Cecilia Sherman on 28 Sep 1904 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, and was divorced before 1940. Cecilia was born on 7 Nov 1881 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died in Dec 1975 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Mary Harriet Sawyer ![]() Mary married Roy W. Shackleton on 3 Jun 1908 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Roy was born on 26 Feb 1881 in Pine Village, Warren, Indiana; died on 16 Aug 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; was buried on 19 Aug 1956 in Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Mary Cecilia Keiser ![]() Mary married Richard Clark Otley on 7 Dec 1946. Richard was born on 10 Aug 1901 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; died on 11 Jun 1966 in Homewood, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 14 Jun 1966 in Saint John the Evangelist Church Garden Altar, Flossmoor, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Lucy Wilson Keiser ![]() Family/Spouse: Kenneth Paul Coan. Kenneth was born on 17 May 1911 in Clay City, Clay, Indiana; died on 10 Jul 2006 in Rio Rancho, Sandoval, New Mexico; was buried on 13 Jul 2006 in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | John Sherman Sawyer, Sr. ![]() John married Elise Steele Himel in Feb 1937 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Elise was born on 19 Aug 1914 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 14 Mar 1988 in Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana; was buried on 17 Mar 1988 in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Paul Backus Sawyer, Jr. ![]() Family/Spouse: Erminie Amalia Unknown. Erminie was born on 6 Jul 1910 in Genoa, Italy; died on 21 Mar 2008 in Rochester, Monroe, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Alice Shackleton ![]() Family/Spouse: Russell Willard Schneider. Russell was born on 21 Jan 1906 in Elgin, Cook, Illinois; died in Jan 1970; was buried in Jan 1970 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Oceana, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Harriet May Shackleton ![]() Harriet married John Pitney Mead on 13 Sep 1940 in Cook County, Illinois. John was born on 17 May 1913 in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois; died on 11 Jan 2005 in Laguna Hills, Orange, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Allen R. Shackleton ![]() Allen married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |