Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas Backus    
         Census name: Thomas Bacchus 1
                Born: ca 1792              in Virginia  1
                Died: bef 1860               (see note 1)
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah Ash     
       Marriage Bond: Jul-31-1822          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  2
             Married: 1822                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
                Born: ca 1804               1
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Christian Ash   (1770 - 1828) 
              Mother: Lovina "Libby" Swiger   (1770 - 1856) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Mary Backus      
                Born: ca 1825              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,3,4
                Died: Apr- 5-1885          in Harrison Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Peter Ash  b. Apr-14-1834  d. May-23-1920  
             Married: Apr-18-1855          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6
           F Child 2: Caroline Backus      
       Also known as: Caroline Baccus 7
                Born: May-  -1837           8
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: John Leslie Spencer  b. ca 1838  d. May-11-1871  
             Married: Feb- 2-1859          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4
           M Child 3: Lewis Edgar Backus      
         Census name: Lewis E. Bacchus 1
                Born: Apr-  -1846          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9,10,11
                Died: Oct-24-1913          in Marshville, Harrison Co, WV  12
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1893                 in Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  10,9
            Military:                      6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  
                Wife: Lydia Forrester  b. ca 1848  d. Aug-20-1892  
       Also known as: Lydia Forester 7
             Married: Sep- 9-1866          in Tyler Co, WV  13
                Wife: Sarah E. Anderson  b. May-  -1867  
             Married: Jun- 9-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(2) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(3) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Peter Ash, 21, b. Tailer (sic) Co, res. Harrison Co, son 
of T. & R. Ash; and Mary Backus, 29, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of T. & S. Backus.  Married Apr 18 1855 in Harrison 
County. MR p. 4 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252073&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Death record of son. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(10) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793008&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Obituary. 
(13) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 

Event Notes
Note (1) He was absent from the 1860 Census.







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