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Lloyd Berton BACKUS

Lloyd Berton BACKUS

Male 1897 - 1963  (66 years)


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  • Name Lloyd Berton BACKUS
    Burial PLOT: B 44  Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth 8 Apr 1897  Raygans Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [7] 
    laborer for oil company 
    Census 1930  Belmont, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation oil worker for Albert Oil Co.  [2] 
    Occupation 1930, 1940  [8, 9] 
    tool dresser (oil wells) 
    Residence SINCE Abt 1958  Wellsville, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence UNTIL Abt 1958  Allentown, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 25 Jun 1963  Wellsville, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Person ID I23768  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025

    Father Thomas E. BACKUS,   b. 22 Oct 1868, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1949, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Mahala L. ASH,   b. Apr 1860   d. 1946 (Age ~ 85 years)
    Family ID F36915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Merle Marie PATTON,   b. 9 Jan 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1999 (Age 97 years)
    Marriage 23 Jun 1917  Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Divorce Y  [12]
    Children 
    >1. Jessie Alfreda BACKUS,   b. 30 Mar 1918, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1983 (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F36914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Blanche WILLIAMS,   b. 17 Jan 1897   d. 22 Mar 1953 (Age 56 years)  [13, 14, 15]
    Marriage Bef Feb 1949  [13] 
    Family ID F8885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Cora TIFFANY
    Marriage 22 Aug 1953  [16] 
    Family ID F62332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    5. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    7. [S2075] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    8. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    9. [S127] 1940 Census.

    10. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    11. [S1926] Social Security Death Index.

    12. [S2143] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    13. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.

    14. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    15. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 361.

    16. [S110] Obituary of husband.