Backus Family History
Reuben Sibley Sherman
1814 - 1888 (74 years)(
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- 1 Reuben Sibley Sherman [1] b. 1 Aug 1814 d. 30 Dec 1888
- Hannah Rhuey Cummings b. 22 Aug 1823 d. 30 Mar 1911
- 2 Reuben Cummings Sherman [1.1] b. 13 Mar 1845 d. 11 Feb 1878
- Rachel Loraine Farnsworth b. 1 Feb 1850 d. 6 Apr 1901
- 3 Alva Maria Sherman [1.1.1] b. 7 Jun 1869 d. 14 Mar 1916
- Clarence John Lavanway b. 16 Jun 1869 d. 27 Dec 1920
- 4 William Everett Lavanway [1.1.1.1] b. 22 Mar 1893 d. 27 Oct 1953
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- 4 Ida E. Lavanway [1.1.1.2] b. 4 Feb 1894 d. 2 Sep 1894
- 4 Calista Lavanway [1.1.1.3] b. 4 Apr 1895 d. 9 May 1895
- 4 Clarence Alpha Lavanway [1.1.1.4] b. 11 Apr 1896 d. 30 Jul 1988
- 4 Henry A. Lavanway [1.1.1.5] b. 21 Jun 1898 d. 22 Sep 1898
- 4 Rachel Emily Lavanway [1.1.1.6] b. 29 Jan 1899 d. 27 Jun 1995
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- 4 Margaret Mary Lavanway [1.1.1.7] b. 16 Apr 1900 d. 31 Dec 1988
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- 4 Emogene Lavanway [1.1.1.8] b. 6 Sep 1901 d. 2 Jun 1983
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- 4 Harold Ervin Lavanway [1.1.1.9] b. 19 Jan 1903 d. 19 Jul 2000
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- 4 Albert Eugene Lavanway, Sr. [1.1.1.10] b. 6 Apr 1905 d. 19 Jun 1984
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- 4 Daniel Lavanway [1.1.1.11] b. 5 Sep 1909 d. 27 Jan 1910
- 4 William Everett Lavanway [1.1.1.1]
- 3 Alpha Sherman [1.1.2] b. 24 Nov 1871 d. 31 Jul 1953
- Pansy Mae Davenport b. 30 Mar 1888 d. 23 Jul 1959
- 4 Abraham Alpha Sherman [1.1.2.1] b. 13 Apr 1908 d. 11 Mar 1969
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- 4 Abraham Alpha Sherman [1.1.2.1]
- 3 Orville Henry Sherman [1.1.3] b. 28 Jan 1874 d. 9 Dec 1944
- Florence Irene Farnsworth b. Abt 1883 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Golda E. Sherman [1.1.3.1] b. 6 Dec 1901 d. 9 Mar 1902
- 4 Hazel Victoria Sherman [1.1.3.2] b. 19 Feb 1904 d. 26 Nov 1930
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- 4 Hilda Sherman [1.1.3.3] b. 1 Apr 1905 d. 10 Oct 1905
- 4 Clifford Orville Sherman [1.1.3.4] b. 3 Feb 1907 d. 30 Nov 1955
- 4 Theron Everett Sherman [1.1.3.5] b. 6 Jun 1911 d. 22 Oct 1998
- 4 Kenneth Aubrey Sherman [1.1.3.6] b. 4 May 1913 d. 26 Jul 1931
- 4 Clayton E. Sherman [1.1.3.7] b. 8 Mar 1915 d. 14 Feb 1983
- 4 Floyd Cecil Sherman [1.1.3.8] b. 29 Oct 1917 d. 14 Dec 1917
- 4 Theodore Dellwood Sherman [1.1.3.9] b. 13 Sep 1919 d. 14 Mar 1993
- 4 Golda E. Sherman [1.1.3.1]
- 3 Ida Jane Sherman [1.1.4] b. 15 Sep 1876 d. 14 Jun 1963
- + Daniel Webster Hardnock b. 15 Mar 1870 d. 17 May 1933
- + Daniel Webster Hardnock b. 15 Mar 1870 d. 17 May 1933
- 3 Alva Maria Sherman [1.1.1]
- 2 Betsey Elizabeth Sherman [1.2] b. 6 Nov 1845 d. 21 Nov 1933
- Edward Ladd Woodard b. 30 May 1834 d. 27 Sep 1916
- 3 Alice Mae Woodard [1.2.1] b. 11 Nov 1862 d. 26 May 1893
- Henry Clay Backus b. 5 Jul 1844 d. 5 Feb 1910
- 4 Eva Backus [1.2.1.1] b. 10 Jan 1881 d. 28 Jan 1973
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- 4 Alice M. Backus [1.2.1.2] b. 12 Jul 1883 d. 17 Apr 1886
- 4 Harrison Clay Backus [1.2.1.3] b. 20 Oct 1885 d. 26 Nov 1972
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- 4 Elinor Jane Backus [1.2.1.4] b. 16 Nov 1887 d. 8 Dec 1969
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- 4 Bessie Alice White [1.2.1.5] b. 19 Jan 1890 d. 22 Nov 1979
- 4 William Edward Backus [1.2.1.6] b. 11 Jan 1892 d. 21 May 1973
- 4 Eva Backus [1.2.1.1]
- 3 Joel Ames Woodard [1.2.2] b. 20 Nov 1873 d. 19 Nov 1877
- 3 Alice Mae Woodard [1.2.1]
- 2 Ezra Sibley Sherman [1.3] b. 16 Sep 1849 d. 19 Feb 1926
- Mary Elizabeth Haskins b. 1 Jan 1861 d. 13 Aug 1940
- 3 Elizabeth Sherman [1.3.1] b. 30 Aug 1877 d. 3 Feb 1878
- 3 Bartlett Ezra Sherman [1.3.2] b. 24 Feb 1879 d. 16 Oct 1955
- Gladys Irene Lavanway b. 10 May 1887 d. 29 Aug 1966
- 4 Margie Eugenia Sherman [1.3.2.1] b. 8 May 1908 d. 23 Aug 2005
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- 4 Marion Irene Sherman [1.3.2.2] b. 20 Apr 1910 d. 3 Nov 1985
- 4 Bernice Elizabeth Sherman [1.3.2.3] b. 11 Mar 1912 d. 26 Feb 1920
- 4 Beulah Ada Sherman [1.3.2.4] b. 12 Aug 1914 d. 20 Feb 1926
- 4 Greta Agnes Sherman [1.3.2.5] b. 31 May 1916 d. 9 Apr 2004
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- 4 Howard Ezra Sherman, Sr. [1.3.2.6] b. 17 Apr 1919 d. 5 Apr 1987
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- 4 Genevieve Elizabeth Sherman [1.3.2.7] b. 11 Sep 1920 d. 1 Nov 2000
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- 4 Doris Mae Sherman [1.3.2.8] b. 20 Mar 1922 d. 21 Jul 2005
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- 4 Roland Bartlett Sherman [1.3.2.9] b. 25 Jun 1923 d. 25 Jun 1923
- 4 Bartlett Earl Sherman [1.3.2.10] b. 31 Jan 1925 d. 25 Jan 2015
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- 4 Henrietta Alice Sherman [1.3.2.11] b. 1 Oct 1926 d. 4 Dec 1990
- 4 Barbara Jane Sherman [1.3.2.12] b. 27 Jul 1929 d. 30 Jun 1994
- 4 Margie Eugenia Sherman [1.3.2.1]
- 3 Lilla May Sherman [1.3.3] b. 15 Aug 1881 d. 12 Sep 1939
- Lester Sidney Hills b. 26 Apr 1876 d. 8 Jun 1956
- 4 Sidney Reuben Hills [1.3.3.1] b. 27 Jun 1902 d. 31 Mar 1975
- 4 Stella Eaton Hills [1.3.3.2] b. 20 Oct 1907 d. 17 Jul 1988
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- 4 Everett Orrin Hills [1.3.3.3] b. 2 Oct 1912 d. 5 Sep 1999
- 4 Sidney Reuben Hills [1.3.3.1]
- 3 Mary Elizabeth Sherman [1.3.4] b. 3 Feb 1884 d. 23 May 1963
- Samuel Simon Farnsworth b. 30 Oct 1877 d. 29 May 1965
- 4 Ralph Sherman Farnsworth [1.3.4.1] b. 16 Feb 1907 d. 6 Apr 1976
- 4 Mildred Mary Farnsworth [1.3.4.2] b. 29 Aug 1909 d. 26 Apr 1987
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- 4 Lena Belle Farnsworth [1.3.4.3] b. 1 Oct 1913 d. 3 Feb 1997
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- 4 Ruth Evelyn Farnsworth [1.3.4.4] b. 31 Oct 1915 d. 14 Jan 1929
- 4 Infant Farnsworth [1.3.4.5] b. 15 Jun 1917 d. 15 Jun 1917
- 4 Pauline Gertrude Farnsworth [1.3.4.6] b. 11 Dec 1923 d. 11 Jan 1929
- 4 Roger Ezra Farnsworth [1.3.4.7] b. 7 Feb 1926 d. 21 Apr 1947
- 4 Ralph Sherman Farnsworth [1.3.4.1]
- 3 Infant Sherman [1.3.5] b. 18 Jul 1886 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Rhuey Lucy Sherman [1.3.6] b. 1 Jul 1887 d. 24 May 1950
- Fay Kezer Dillingham b. 3 Dec 1885 d. 24 Dec 1956
- 4 Nellie May Dillingham [1.3.6.1] b. 10 May 1906 d. 26 Sep 1993
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- 4 Nellie May Dillingham [1.3.6.1]
- + Kenneth Wheeler Graves b. 19 Jun 1892 d. 21 Nov 1958
- 3 Reubin Leonard Sherman [1.3.7] b. 6 May 1889 d. 1 Jan 1941
- Bessie Helen Haskins b. 30 Sep 1895 d. Aft 1955
- 4 Dorothy Helen Sherman [1.3.7.1] b. 4 Apr 1911 d. 18 Mar 1998
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- 4 Harold Leonard Sherman [1.3.7.2] b. 2 Jul 1913 d. 20 Jun 1987
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- 4 Laura Madeline Sherman [1.3.7.3] b. 31 Mar 1915 d. 6 Feb 1997
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- 4 Ezra Sherman [1.3.7.4] b. Abt 1918 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Dorothy Helen Sherman [1.3.7.1]
- 3 Charles Austin Sherman [1.3.8] b. 13 Mar 1892 d. 7 Sep 1967
- Maude Estelle Phillips b. 21 Sep 1900 d. 12 Dec 1979
- 4 Wayne Edson Sherman [1.3.8.1] b. 20 Aug 1921 d. 19 Mar 1999
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- 4 Dalton Earl Sherman, Sr. [1.3.8.2] b. 22 Mar 1923 d. 23 May 1991
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- 4 Wayne Edson Sherman [1.3.8.1]
- 3 Guy Edison Sherman [1.3.9] b. 28 Jul 1894 d. 5 Nov 1918
- Abbie Ann Cady b. 9 Oct 1897 d. 24 Oct 1986
- 4 Richard Morris Sherman [1.3.9.1] b. 13 Mar 1917 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Richard Morris Sherman [1.3.9.1]
- 3 Leonard Haskins Sherman [1.3.10] b. 21 Jan 1897 d. 7 Jan 1956
- Abbie Lucy Andrews b. 6 Jan 1902 d. 29 Mar 1977
- 4 Patricia Clark Sherman [1.3.10.1] b. 13 Jun 1920 d. 15 Mar 1921
- 4 Clair Sibley Sherman [1.3.10.2] b. 24 Feb 1934 d. 4 Sep 1956
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- 4 Patricia Clark Sherman [1.3.10.1]
- 3 Bert Clayton Sherman [1.3.11] b. 9 Mar 1899 d. 27 Feb 1965
- Lillian Catherine Boyce b. 6 Dec 1902 d. 4 Nov 1984
- 4 Kenneth Burton Sherman, Sr. [1.3.11.1] b. 25 Nov 1919 d. 20 Aug 1968
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- 4 Bernice Elizabeth Sherman [1.3.11.2] b. 13 Oct 1921 d. 25 Sep 2008
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- 4 Albert Ezra Sherman [1.3.11.3] b. 7 May 1928 d. 3 Oct 1928
- 4 Kenneth Burton Sherman, Sr. [1.3.11.1]
- + Gladys Maria Luther b. 10 Apr 1897 d. 29 Sep 1992
- 3 Freda Belle Sherman [1.3.12] b. 14 Aug 1902 d. 23 Jul 1979
- Pvt. Levi Peter Currier b. 18 Mar 1889 d. 19 Aug 1961
- 4 PFC Ervin Clyde Currier [1.3.12.1] b. 22 Oct 1920 d. 12 Nov 1954
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- 4 Owen Gerald Currier [1.3.12.2] b. 23 Jun 1922 d. 13 Jan 1992
- 4 Delia Elizabeth Currier [1.3.12.3] b. 24 May 1924 d. 2 Nov 2000
- 4 Winona Madeline Currier [1.3.12.4] b. 10 Jul 1926 d. 21 Sep 1926
- 4 Wendell Ezra Currier [1.3.12.5] b. 6 Jul 1929 d. 27 Jun 1985
- 4 Winfield Edward Currier [1.3.12.6] b. 11 Mar 1931 d. 17 Oct 1993
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- 4 Beverly Thelma Currier [1.3.12.7] b. 27 Apr 1934 d. 26 Jun 2008
- 4 Marlene Janet Currier [1.3.12.8] b. 1 Apr 1936 d. 3 Aug 1991
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- 4 PFC Ervin Clyde Currier [1.3.12.1]
- 3 Blanche Vilerie Sherman [1.3.13] b. 13 Jan 1905 d. 24 Feb 2004
- Peter Raymond Papineau b. 25 Apr 1903 d. 22 Feb 1972
- 4 Raymond Paul Papineau [1.3.13.1] b. 4 Jun 1929 d. 21 Mar 1989
- 4 Living [1.3.13.2]
- 4 Living [1.3.13.3]
- 4 Living [1.3.13.4]
- 4 Raymond Paul Papineau [1.3.13.1]
- 3 Elizabeth Sherman [1.3.1]
- 2 Hannah Rhuey Sherman [1.4] b. Jan 1852 d. Abt 1929
- Oscar Vernon Downing b. 28 Jun 1849 d. 19 Mar 1918
- 3 Fred A. Downing [1.4.1] b. 24 Jan 1870 d. 28 Feb 1935
- Rose B. Rolfe b. Abt 1871 d. 7 Feb 1898
- 4 Roy Downing [1.4.1.1] b. 12 Jul 1895 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Roy Downing [1.4.1.1]
- + Lucy Gertie Farnham b. 2 Jan 1878 d. 21 Jan 1943
- 3 Frank Oscar Downing, Sr. [1.4.2] b. 30 Nov 1872 d. 16 Jun 1923
- Nettie Belle Smith b. 7 Mar 1879 d. 8 Jan 1946
- 4 Frank Oscar Downing, Jr. [1.4.2.1] b. 20 Jan 1898 d. 21 Apr 1919
- 4 Albert Freemont Downing, Sr. [1.4.2.2] b. 1 Apr 1900 d. 31 May 1977
- 4 Gladys M. Downing [1.4.2.3] b. 21 Jul 1902 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Hazel Nettie Downing [1.4.2.4] b. 7 Jul 1910 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Frank Oscar Downing, Jr. [1.4.2.1]
- 3 Nora Bertha Downing [1.4.3] b. 23 Jul 1892 d. 1 Apr 1976
- Earl Arthur Woods b. 4 Jul 1888 d. 7 Jan 1967
- 4 Vernon Downing Woods [1.4.3.1] b. 28 Dec 1918 d. 14 Dec 1989
- 4 Earl Gale Woods [1.4.3.2] b. 9 Aug 1925 d. 18 May 2008
- 4 Living [1.4.3.3]
- 4 Vernon Downing Woods [1.4.3.1]
- 3 Fred A. Downing [1.4.1]
- 2 Charles O. Sherman [1.5] b. Aug 1853 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Sophrona Emily Putnam b. 15 Mar 1843 d. 19 Feb 1930
- + Sophrona Emily Putnam b. 15 Mar 1843 d. 19 Feb 1930
- 2 Jefferson Davis Sherman [1.6] b. 24 Nov 1858 d. 27 Apr 1926
- Louise Electa Smith b. 25 Sep 1859 d. 1 May 1926
- 3 Elmira F. Sherman [1.6.1] b. 14 Jun 1880 d. 19 May 1944
- Ward Edwin Chaffee b. 11 Aug 1879 d. unk
- 4 Marcus Jefferson Chaffee [1.6.1.1] b. 23 Aug 1899 d. 19 Jan 1971
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- 4 Donald Mansfield Chaffee [1.6.1.2] b. 7 Jun 1912 d. 13 Mar 1963
- 4 Marcus Jefferson Chaffee [1.6.1.1]
- 3 Reuben Sibley Sherman, Sr. [1.6.2] b. 30 Aug 1882 d. 21 Oct 1918
- Alice Deliza Gibbs b. 11 Jun 1887 d. 6 Oct 1969
- 4 Gerald Reuben Sherman, Sr. [1.6.2.1] b. 26 Dec 1906 d. 7 Oct 1986
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- 4 Tracy Gordon Sherman [1.6.2.2] b. 19 Dec 1908 d. 20 Sep 1911
- 4 Louise Alice Sherman [1.6.2.3] b. 13 Feb 1913 d. 3 Feb 1999
- 4 Reginald Gibbs Sherman [1.6.2.4] b. 1 Jan 1916 d. 20 Aug 1975
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- 4 Reuben Sibley Sherman, Jr. [1.6.2.5] b. 8 Nov 1918 d. 4 Mar 2000
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- 4 Gerald Reuben Sherman, Sr. [1.6.2.1]
- 3 Bertha Bell Sherman [1.6.3] b. 26 Apr 1886 d. May 1951
- Robert Joel Gilcris b. 15 Nov 1886 d. 4 Sep 1929
- 4 Lester Edwin Gilcris [1.6.3.1] b. 29 Feb 1908 d. 19 Aug 1989
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- 4 Sadie Louise Gilcris [1.6.3.2] b. 27 Nov 1909 d. 27 Nov 1909
- 4 Ruby Iris Gilcris [1.6.3.3] b. 6 Mar 1913 d. 22 Apr 1982
- 4 Otto Robert Gilcris [1.6.3.4] b. 24 Aug 1915 d. 26 Dec 1980
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- 4 Lester Edwin Gilcris [1.6.3.1]
- + Ernest Linwood Wheeler b. 13 Sep 1884 d. 29 Jul 1969
- 3 Ira Charles Sherman [1.6.4] b. 12 Jan 1890 d. 3 Feb 1909
- 3 Alice May Sherman [1.6.5] b. 20 Mar 1900 d. 3 Mar 1927
- + George Harris Norton b. 17 Jul 1886 d. 17 Oct 1961
- + George Harris Norton b. 17 Jul 1886 d. 17 Oct 1961
- 3 Elmira F. Sherman [1.6.1]
- 2 Reuben Cummings Sherman [1.1]
