Backus Family History

Benjamin Franklin Backus, Sr. and Albina Victoria Dorsey Family

• Male Benjamin Franklin Backus, Sr.

  
  

  Birth	1 Sep 1832	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Death	18 Mar 1907	Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia
  Burial	21 Mar 1907	Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery, Salmon Run, Nicholas, West Virginia
  Marriage	18 Dec 1867	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Other Spouse	Caroline Grose | F9788
  Marriage	1 Jan 1855	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Other Spouse	Margaret C. Mitchell | F9790
  Marriage	25 Jul 1897	Fayette County, West Virginia
  Other Spouse	Cornelia J. Bennett | F10986
  Marriage	9 Feb 1903	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Father	Joseph Backus, Jr. | F6944 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Brown | F6944 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Albina Victoria Dorsey

  
  

  Birth	1 Apr 1842	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Death	25 Dec 1896	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Burial	27 Dec 1896	Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery, Salmon Run, Nicholas, West Virginia
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  Mother

  
  

  Female Alice Ann Backus

  
  

  Birth	May 1869	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Death	Abt 1941	Fayette County, West Virginia
  Burial	1941	Wriston Cemetery, Mossy, Fayette, West Virginia
  Spouse	William Leonard Wriston | F20326
  Marriage	19 Jul 1898	Nicholas County, West Virginia

  
  

  Female Mary C. Backus

  
  

  Birth	29 Apr 1872	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male + Dr. Squire George Backus

  
  

  Birth	4 Mar 1874	Birch River, Nicholas, West Virginia
  Death	26 Aug 1917	South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Burial	29 Aug 1917	Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Spouse	Arminta Susan Maynor | F9796
  Marriage	31 Aug 1904	Raleigh County, West Virginia

  
  

  Female Sarah M. Backus

  
  

  Birth	7 Dec 1875	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female + Lois Margaret Backus

  
  

  Birth	30 Oct 1877	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Death	8 Apr 1953	Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Burial	11 Apr 1953	Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Spouse	James Lock Bowles, MD | F20328
  Marriage	9 Nov 1898	Nicholas County, West Virginia
  Spouse	James Dryden Gardner | F20329
  Marriage	11 Nov 1922	Kanawha County, West Virginia

  
  

  Female + Ruhana Frances Backus

  
  

  Birth	9 Dec 1879	Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia
  Death	4 Jun 1950	Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Burial
  Spouse	William Benjamin Taylor | F20331
  Marriage	6 Dec 1899	Nicholas County, West Virginia

  
  

  Male + Benjamin Franklin Backus, Jr.

  
  

  Birth	12 Sep 1882	Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia
  Death	29 Mar 1946	Montgomery, Fayette, West Virginia
  Burial	31 Mar 1946	Montgomery Memorial Park, London, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Spouse	Fannie Leonard Gardner | F11279
  Marriage	Abt 1906

  
  

  Male Charles Bedford Backus, MD

  
  

  Birth	12 Sep 1884	Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia
  Death	29 Oct 1923	Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia
  Burial	31 Oct 1923	Teays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia
  Spouse	Patricia Marian Hinshelwood | F20333
  Marriage	21 Aug 1911	Albemarle County, Virginia