Backus Family History
John Backus, Sr.

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- 1 John Backus, Sr. [1] b. 16 Jul 1793 d. 1 Nov 1878
Electa Congdon b. 1 Mar 1803 d. 18 Nov 1884
- 2 Anna Backus [1.1]
b. Abt 1819 d. Abt 1819
- 2 David Backus [1.2]
b. 1 Jun 1821 d. 24 Feb 1859
- 2 Susannah Backus [1.3]
b. Abt 1823 d. 16 Jun 1856
- 2 Mary Backus [1.4]
b. Oct 1824 d. 28 Mar 1852
- 2 Aaron S. Backus [1.5]
b. 9 Jan 1825 d. 20 Jan 1894
Jerusha O. Rew b. 10 Nov 1830 d. 25 Jan 1901
- 3 Mary C. Backus [1.5.1]
b. 30 Mar 1854 d. 30 Nov 1873
- 3 Charles Freemont Backus [1.5.2]
b. 23 Aug 1856 d. 27 Jul 1891
Belle T. Bunnell b. 31 Jan 1856 d. 3 Apr 1888
- 4 Vernum Aaron Backus [1.5.2.1]
b. 29 Sep 1883 d. 5 Mar 1945
- 4 Edna Dewilda Backus [1.5.2.2]
b. 7 Oct 1886 d. 3 Feb 1953
- 4 Vernum Aaron Backus [1.5.2.1]
- 3 Mary C. Backus [1.5.1]
- 2 John Backus, Jr. [1.6]
b. 12 Jun 1827 d. 5 Sep 1912
Achsah Hurlbert b. 8 Aug 1828 d. 31 Aug 1884
- 3 Jason Backus [1.6.1]
b. 6 May 1847 d. 4 Apr 1936
- 3 Aaron Backus [1.6.2]
b. 9 Feb 1850 d. 28 Mar 1932
Emily Maria Warburton b. 12 Mar 1860 d. 7 Sep 1930
- 4 Sarah Ellen Backus [1.6.2.1]
b. 17 Sep 1882 d. 22 Jul 1956 [ =>]
- 4 John James Backus [1.6.2.2]
b. 25 Aug 1884 d. 6 Mar 1955 [ =>]
- 4 Roy Eugene Backus [1.6.2.3]
b. 21 Jan 1887 d. 16 Aug 1982 [ =>]
- 4 Benjamin Levi Backus [1.6.2.4]
b. 17 Sep 1888 d. 3 May 1963 [ =>]
- 4 Dr. Reno Warburton Backus [1.6.2.5]
b. 21 Mar 1901 d. 25 Jul 1979 [ =>]
- 4 Sarah Ellen Backus [1.6.2.1]
- 3 Theodore James Backus [1.6.3]
b. 24 May 1854 d. 15 Feb 1856
- 3 Ellen Celestia Backus [1.6.4]
b. 28 May 1855 d. 11 Feb 1932
Richard John Smyth, Sr. b. 6 Mar 1848 d. 16 Jul 1922
- 4 Ellen May Smyth [1.6.4.1]
b. 20 Mar 1874 d. 23 Apr 1900 [ =>]
- 4 Nellie Smyth [1.6.4.2]
b. Abt 1874 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Richard John Smyth, Jr. [1.6.4.3]
b. 19 Oct 1875 d. 10 Oct 1925
- 4 Geneva M. Smyth [1.6.4.4]
b. 18 Mar 1893 d. 6 Mar 1954
- 4 Ellen May Smyth [1.6.4.1]
- 3 John Andrew Backus [1.6.5]
b. 7 May 1858 d. 20 Oct 1858
- 3 Juliett Backus [1.6.6]
b. 7 Aug 1859 d. 13 Apr 1864
- 3 Julien Eugene Backus [1.6.7]
b. 8 Apr 1864 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Ada May Backus [1.6.8]
b. 13 May 1866 d. 4 Oct 1958
John Marion Powell b. 19 May 1861 d. 14 Mar 1949
- 4 Ida Elizabeth Powell [1.6.8.1]
b. 27 Oct 1888 d. 6 Jan 1959 [ =>]
- 4 Frank Marion Powell [1.6.8.2]
b. 4 Feb 1890 d. Jan 1980 [ =>]
- 4 Edna M. Powell [1.6.8.3]
b. 9 Apr 1892 d. 30 Apr 1976
- 4 Alice Powell [1.6.8.4]
b. Mar 1894 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Merral Powell [1.6.8.5]
b. Sep 1895 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Bessie Rachel Powell [1.6.8.6]
b. 1 Aug 1897 d. 2 Apr 1988
- 4 Sadie Florence Powell [1.6.8.7]
b. 22 Jun 1902 d. 29 Jan 1952 [ =>]
- 4 Ida Elizabeth Powell [1.6.8.1]
- 3 Charles J. Backus [1.6.9]
b. 5 Oct 1869 d. 2 Dec 1958
- + Bessie May Powell b. 4 Dec 1873 d. Abt 1903
- + Bessie May Powell b. 4 Dec 1873 d. Abt 1903
- 3 Bertha Jennie Backus [1.6.10]
b. 20 Nov 1872 d. 25 Aug 1873
- 3 Jason Backus [1.6.1]
- 2 Electa Backus [1.7]
b. 15 Mar 1828 d. 15 Jan 1831
- 2 Joseph Congdon Backus, Sr. [1.8]
b. 16 May 1829 d. 27 Sep 1909
- + Lois M. Rew b. 27 Apr 1833 d. 28 Dec 1883
Andelusia Austin b. 13 Jun 1864 d. 17 Nov 1951
- 3 Eugene Backus [1.8.1]
b. 21 Apr 1888 d. 8 Jan 1957
- 3 Joseph Congdon Backus, Jr. [1.8.2]
b. 17 Jul 1904 d. 30 May 1994
- + Myrtle Orilla Wortham b. 23 Nov 1906 d. 5 Jun 1975
- + Dorothy Hopewell Huntsman b. 8 May 1906 d. 29 Apr 1998
- + Myrtle Orilla Wortham b. 23 Nov 1906 d. 5 Jun 1975
- 3 Eugene Backus [1.8.1]
- + Lois M. Rew b. 27 Apr 1833 d. 28 Dec 1883
- 2 Louisa Jane Backus [1.9]
b. 10 Apr 1833 d. 15 Apr 1893
Samuel McIntyre b. 5 Dec 1830 d. 15 Dec 1916
- 3 Cornelia Elizabeth McIntyre [1.9.1]
b. 27 Apr 1852 d. 10 Dec 1853
- 3 Emma Louisa McIntyre [1.9.2]
b. 19 Sep 1855 d. 21 Sep 1941
- 3 Jarius Samuel McIntyre [1.9.3]
b. 11 May 1863 d. 26 Aug 1953
- + Ida Louise Fish b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown
- + Ida Louise Fish b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Cornelia Elizabeth McIntyre [1.9.1]
- 2 James Backus [1.10]
b. 4 Mar 1835 d. 23 Jan 1908
Phebe L. Miller b. 3 Feb 1831 d. 14 Aug 1905
- 3 Ida May Backus [1.10.1]
b. 24 Feb 1859 d. 13 Feb 1944
Lewis F. Coon b. 9 Feb 1858 d. 2 Jul 1937
- 4 Clarence James Coon [1.10.1.1]
b. 11 May 1882 d. 24 Feb 1959
- 4 Florence M. Coon [1.10.1.2]
b. 15 Aug 1890 d. 23 Apr 1943
- 4 Clarence James Coon [1.10.1.1]
- 3 Clara L. Backus [1.10.2]
b. 22 Sep 1860 d. 16 Sep 1863
- 3 Effie Backus [1.10.3]
b. Abt 1862 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Elnora M. Backus [1.10.4]
b. Nov 1864 d. 22 Jun 1953
David Nelson Lidgerwood b. Jun 1861 d. 3 Aug 1948
- 4 Ruth E. Lidgerwood [1.10.4.1]
b. 4 Sep 1895 d. 31 Aug 1973
- 4 Dorothy Lidgerwood [1.10.4.2]
b. Abt 1905 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Ruth E. Lidgerwood [1.10.4.1]
- 3 Thurlow Miller Backus [1.10.5]
b. 12 Aug 1865 d. 28 Nov 1934
Elizabeth Orpha Moss b. 10 Jan 1864 d. 30 Dec 1953
- 4 George Moss Backus [1.10.5.1]
b. 28 Mar 1891 d. 17 May 1965 [ =>]
- 4 Ethel Irene Backus [1.10.5.2]
b. 22 Apr 1894 d. 2 Dec 1976
- 4 Cecil Kendrick Backus [1.10.5.3]
b. 20 Jan 1897 d. 20 Jun 1961 [ =>]
- 4 Ida Mae Backus [1.10.5.4]
b. 24 Feb 1910 d. 30 Apr 1999 [ =>]
- 4 George Moss Backus [1.10.5.1]
- 3 Ernest S. Backus, Sr. [1.10.6]
b. 27 Nov 1866 d. 8 Dec 1931
Emma May St Clair b. 2 Apr 1872 d. 20 May 1948
- 4 Richard Guy Backus [1.10.6.1]
b. 2 Mar 1892 d. 5 Aug 1980 [ =>]
- 4 Ina M. Backus [1.10.6.2]
b. 10 Oct 1893 d. May 1983
- 4 Ernest Everett Backus, Jr. [1.10.6.3]
b. 15 Sep 1895 d. 12 Jun 1971 [ =>]
- 4 Royce Victor Backus [1.10.6.4]
b. 2 Sep 1897 d. Jul 1978 [ =>]
- 4 Effie Fern Backus [1.10.6.5]
b. 6 Dec 1899 d. 24 Sep 1988
- 4 Clarence Hubert Backus [1.10.6.6]
b. 17 Oct 1901 d. Aug 1972
- 4 Bessie E. Backus [1.10.6.7]
b. 18 Nov 1903 d. 13 Feb 1917
- 4 Emmet F. Backus [1.10.6.8]
b. 9 Oct 1905 d. 22 Oct 1987
- 4 Herbert Kenneth Backus [1.10.6.9]
b. 15 Nov 1908 d. 4 Jul 1959 [ =>]
- 4 Clifford E. Backus [1.10.6.10]
b. 17 Jul 1916 d. Jun 1972
- 4 Richard Guy Backus [1.10.6.1]
- 3 Ida May Backus [1.10.1]
- 2 Hiram Backus [1.11]
b. 7 Mar 1837 d. 24 May 1926
Mary F. Mellen b. 7 Aug 1838 d. 28 Dec 1922
- 3 Robert Francis Backus [1.11.1]
b. 8 Jun 1878 d. Jan 1954
- 3 Robert Francis Backus [1.11.1]
- 2 Ellen Backus [1.12]
b. Abt 1839 d. 13 Nov 1892
John Skinner, Sr. b. 12 Mar 1822 d. 23 May 1911
- 3 Mary Elector Skinner [1.12.1]
b. 9 Jan 1866 d. 18 Apr 1947
- 3 Elbert Backus Skinner [1.12.2]
b. Sep 1868 d. 4 Feb 1926
- 3 Florence L. Skinner [1.12.3]
b. Oct 1875 d. 1 Dec 1903
- 3 John Skinner, Jr. [1.12.4]
b. 17 May 1878 d. 2 Feb 1930
- 3 Mary Elector Skinner [1.12.1]
- 2 Sarah Celestra Backus [1.13]
b. 11 Feb 1841 d. 26 Jan 1881
Daniel Winsor Burch, Sr. b. 30 Nov 1834 d. 20 Aug 1884
- 3 Jessie Florence Burch [1.13.1]
b. 28 Oct 1868 d. 26 Feb 1947
- 3 Fred Stinton Burch [1.13.2]
b. Abt 1869 d. 5 Jun 1920
- 3 John Winsor Burch [1.13.3]
b. 25 Jul 1871 d. 15 May 1914
- 3 Joseph Ralph Burch [1.13.4]
b. 24 Sep 1872 d. 15 Oct 1922
- 3 Daniel Jarius Burch [1.13.5]
b. 20 Nov 1874 d. 8 Nov 1959
- 3 Charles Elijah Burch [1.13.6]
b. 28 Jan 1877 d. 20 Nov 1954
- 3 Jessie Florence Burch [1.13.1]
- 2 Jarius David Backus [1.14]
b. 9 May 1843 d. 28 Apr 1917
Emogene Gardiner Ring b. 27 Nov 1847 d. 10 Feb 1930
- 3 Carrie E. Backus [1.14.1]
b. 4 Dec 1869 d. 19 Sep 1940
Frederick J. Maw b. Jul 1865 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Harold B. Maw [1.14.1.1]
b. 8 Sep 1893 d. 2 May 1970
- 4 Fauntie Louise Maw [1.14.1.2]
b. Sep 1896 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Ruth Emogene Maw [1.14.1.3]
b. Jan 1898 d. 4 Jan 1903
- 4 Carrie Bernice Maw [1.14.1.4]
b. Aug 1899 d. Abt 1912
- 4 Charles Frederick Maw [1.14.1.5]
b. 11 May 1903 d. 25 Jun 1981 [ =>]
- 4 Mildred Ruth Maw [1.14.1.6]
b. Abt 1907 d. 9 Oct 1910
- 4 Harold B. Maw [1.14.1.1]
- 3 Flora Ellen Backus [1.14.2]
b. 16 Jul 1873 d. 5 Nov 1913
Conrad Edward Semerau b. 24 Feb 1874 d. 13 Oct 1939
- 4 Harold Robert Semerau [1.14.2.1]
b. 23 Nov 1898 d. 4 Apr 1963 [ =>]
- 4 Harold Robert Semerau [1.14.2.1]
- 3 Electa Lois Backus [1.14.3]
b. 9 Dec 1878 d. 25 Jul 1961
- + Arthur M. Reynolds b. 8 Feb 1879 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Arthur M. Reynolds b. 8 Feb 1879 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Lenora E. Backus [1.14.4]
b. 22 Nov 1891 d. 22 Aug 1914
- 3 Carrie E. Backus [1.14.1]
- 2 Anna Backus [1.1]