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Louisa Emelina Backus 1857–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Apr 1857

Birth Location: Harrison, West Virginia

Death Date: 3 Mar 1940

Death Location: Quaker Fork, Harrison, West Virginia

Father: Sanford Backus

Mother: Elizabeth Backus

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Louisa Emelina Backus was born in 1857 in Harrison, West Virginia, the child of Sanford Backus And Elizabeth Helen Coffman Backus. Louisa Emelina Backus passed away in 1940 in Quaker Fork, Harrison, West Virginia.

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Biography

  • Louisa Emelina Backus was born in 1857 in Harrison, West Virginia, the child of Sanford Backus And Elizabeth Helen Coffman Backus.
  • Louisa Emelina Backus passed away in 1940 in Quaker Fork, Harrison, West Virginia.

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Louisa Backus's Ancestors

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Louisa Backus
1857–1940
Birth Place: Harrison, West Virginia
Parents
Sanford Backus
1828–1897
Harrison County, West Virginia
Elizabeth (Helen Coffman) Backus
1833–1921
Harrison, Charles, West Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Backus
1792–1851
Sardis, Harrison, West Virginia, USA
Sarah Ash
1804–1851
, Harrison, West Virginia, USA
FELIX (ROBINSON) COFFMAN
1806–1894
Pennsylvania
MARTHA (PATSY) STARK
1812–1894
Harrison, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Sr.
1758–1814
Mary Swiger
1760–1814
Lovina Swiger
1770–1856
Christopher Ash
1770–1842
Elizabeth (Robinson)**
1782–1855
Henry Coffman
1784–1862
James Stark
1774–1866
Nancy Knight
1786–1854
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Baccus
1725–1785
Sarah Bales
1725–1788

Louisa Backus's Timeline

2 Records

1857
6 Apr 1857
Birth of Louisa Emelina Backus in Harrison, West Virginia
Harrison, West Virginia
1940
3 Mar 1940
Age 83
Death of Louisa Emelina Backus in Quaker Fork, Harrison, West Virginia
Quaker Fork, Harrison, West Virginia

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Apr 1857
    Event Place: Harrison, West Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1940
    Event Place: Quaker Fork, Harrison, West Virginia

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