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Lewis Edgar BACKUS

Lewis Edgar BACKUS

Male 1846 - 1913  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Lewis Edgar BACKUS
    Birth Apr 1846  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Medical Condition 1890  [4] 
    lung disease 
    Military Pvt, Co B & D, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [4, 5] 
    Residence 1890  Alpha (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2] 
    Death 24 Oct 1913  Marshville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial Y  [6]
    • "the cemetery at the mouth of Ragans Run"
    Person ID I74056  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 May 2019

    Father Thomas BACKUS,   b. CA 1792, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 67 years)
    Mother Sarah ASH,   b. CA 1804
    Family ID F31572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia FORRESTER,   b. 19 Sep 1848, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [7]
    Marriage 9 Sep 1866  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary C. BACKUS,   b. 30 Jun 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1953, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +2. 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)
    +3. John Wallace BACKUS,   b. 15 Jul 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F31569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah E. ANDERSON,   b. May 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1904, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years)
    Marriage 9 Jun 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Arsy C. BACKUS,   b. May 1900
    Family ID F51596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S2126] 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793008&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S14] Obituary.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).