Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas E. Backus    
       Also known as: Tom Baccus 1,2
                Born: ca 1869               3
                Died: bef Apr 1940          4
              Census: 1880                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Lewis Edgar Backus   (1846 - 1913) 
              Mother: Lydia Forrester   (1848 - 1892) 
                Wife: Mahala L. Ash   1,2  
       Also known as: Mahalia Ash 5,6
                Born: Apr-  -1860           7,8
                Died: 1946                  8
              Buried:                      in Ash Cemetery, Riggins Run (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1942                 in Allentown, Allegany Co, NY  5
              Census: 1940                 in Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY  
              Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 20   in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Ash, Jr.   (1830 - 1917) 
              Mother: Mary Kinney   (1838 - 1907) 
           F Child 1: Iva Myrtle Backus      
       Also known as: Myrtle Backus 10,11,12
                Born: Sep-20-1890          at Roberts, Doddridge Co, WV  13,10
                Died: Apr-21-1967          in Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV  14,15
              Buried:                      in Ash Cemetery, Riggins Run (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  13,9
      Cause of death:                      tuberculosis  15
             Resided:                      in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  13
             Resided: 1950                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Samuel Joshua Pitts  b. Dec- 3-1885  d. Jan-25-1944  
       Also known as: Joshua Pitts 11,10,12
             Married: May-25-1907           16
           M Child 2: Lloyd Berton Backus      
         Census name: Berton Backus 
                Born: Apr- 8-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  17,18,7,19
                Died: Jun-  -1963           20
              Census: 1940                 in Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY  
              Census: 1930                 in Belmont, Allegany Co, NY  
             Resided: 1918                 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  18
              Census: 1900, 1920           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930, 1940           tool dresser (oil wells)  21,4
                Wife: Merle Marie Patton  b. ca 1901  
         Census name: Murl Patton 
             Married: Jun-23-1917          at Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  19
                Wife: Alice Blanche Williams  b. Jan-17-1897  d. Mar-22-1953  
       Also known as: Blanche Williams 22,5,23,24
             Married: bef Feb 1949          25

Sources:
(1) Obituary of wife's brother. 
(2) Obituary of daughter. 
(3) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(4) 1940 Census. 
(5) Obituary of brother. 
(6) Grave marker. 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(8) Grave marker (year only) 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(11) Marriage record of son. 
(12) Obituary of son. 
(13) Obituary. 
(14) Obituary - Hospital. 
(15) Raleigh County Death Records, Beckley, WV. 
(16) Obituary of wife. 
(17) Social Security Death Index. 
(18) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New York before 1951. 
(21) 1930 Census. 
(22) Obituary of sister. 
(23) Obituary of husband. 
(24) Doddridge County Republican, 11/2/1916. 
(25) Obituary of wife's sister. 







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