Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lloyd Berton Backus    
         Census name: Berton Backus 
                Born: Apr- 8-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3,4
                Died: Jun-  -1963           5
              Census: 1940                 in Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY  
              Census: 1930                 in Belmont, Allegany Co, NY  
             Resided: 1918                 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900, 1920           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930, 1940           tool dresser (oil wells)  6,7
              Father: Thomas E. Backus   (1869 - 1940) 
              Mother: Mahala L. Ash   (1860 - 1946) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Merle Marie Patton     
         Census name: Murl Patton 
             Married: Jun-23-1917          at Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Born: ca 1901              in Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920, 1930           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Father: David C. Patton   (1877 -     ) 
              Mother: Edna Childers   (1879 - 1955) 
           F Child 1: Jessie Alfreda Backus      
         Census name: Alfreda Backus 
                Born: Mar-30-1918          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920, 1930           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New York before 1951. 
(6) 1930 Census. 
(7) 1940 Census. 
(8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 







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