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 1
                Wife: Alice Blanche Williams   8,9,10  
       Also known as: Blanche Williams 11,12,13,14
             Married: bef Feb 1949          8
                Born: Jan-17-1897           15,16
                Died: Mar-22-1953           10,16
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  17
             Resided: 1950                 in New York  12
             Resided: 1949                 in Allentown, Allegany Co, NY  11
              Census: 1940                 in Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY  
              Census: 1930                 in Belmont, Allegany Co, NY  
             Resided: 1926                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  18
              Census: 1920                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1916                 teacher at Ridge School  14
              Father: Floyd Neely Williams   (1856 - 1933) 
              Mother: Lavina Jane Collins   (1860 - 1921) 
Other spouse 1

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) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(9) Obituary of wife's brother. 
(10) 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. 
(11) Obituary of sister. 
(12) Obituary of brother. 
(13) Obituary of husband. 
(14) Doddridge County Republican, 11/2/1916. 
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(16) Headstone (year only) 
(17) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(18) Death record of husband. 







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