Co. G, 6th VT INF
Henry is the fifth child of William Enoch Backus Sr and Betsey E. White.
Henry was married to Ellen M. Johnson (daughter of Elijah W. Johnson and Lois Damon Bassett.) abt 1867 in Vermont, they had four children:
Lucius Monroe Backus
Ernest Henry Backus
James Monroe Backus
Charles Edgar Backus
Ellen passed away on May 23 1879 from childbirth. Burial in Johnson Cemetery in Waterbury, according to family record.
Henry remarried to Alice Mae Woodard (daughter of Edward Ladd Woodard and Betsey Elizabeth Sherman.) on Dec 25 1879 in Duxbury, they had six children:
Eva Backus
Alice M. Backus
Harrison Clay Backus
Elinor Jane Backus
Bessie Alice Backus White Docherty - Adopted out after mothers death to the White family.
William Edward Backus
Alice passed away on May 26 1893 from consumption.
Henry remarried for the 3rd time to Sophronia Jane Ingalls Boyce (widow of Nelson J. Boyce and daughter of Horace H. Ingalls and Eliza Nelson.) on Oct 2 1894 in Duxbury, they had no children. 'Jane' passed away on Jan 6 1908.
Henry then remarried for the 4th time to Isabelle Maria Billings Howe Newcomb (widow of William Howard Howe and James Seymour Newcomb, daughter of Sumner Billings and Lucy Porter.) on Dec 12 1909 in Fayston, they had no children. 'Maria' passed away on Nov 22 1913.
Henry is the fifth child of William Enoch Backus Sr and Betsey E. White.
Henry was married to Ellen M. Johnson (daughter of Elijah W. Johnson and Lois Damon Bassett.) abt 1867 in Vermont, they had four children:
Lucius Monroe Backus
Ernest Henry Backus
James Monroe Backus
Charles Edgar Backus
Ellen passed away on May 23 1879 from childbirth. Burial in Johnson Cemetery in Waterbury, according to family record.
Henry remarried to Alice Mae Woodard (daughter of Edward Ladd Woodard and Betsey Elizabeth Sherman.) on Dec 25 1879 in Duxbury, they had six children:
Eva Backus
Alice M. Backus
Harrison Clay Backus
Elinor Jane Backus
Bessie Alice Backus White Docherty - Adopted out after mothers death to the White family.
William Edward Backus
Alice passed away on May 26 1893 from consumption.
Henry remarried for the 3rd time to Sophronia Jane Ingalls Boyce (widow of Nelson J. Boyce and daughter of Horace H. Ingalls and Eliza Nelson.) on Oct 2 1894 in Duxbury, they had no children. 'Jane' passed away on Jan 6 1908.
Henry then remarried for the 4th time to Isabelle Maria Billings Howe Newcomb (widow of William Howard Howe and James Seymour Newcomb, daughter of Sumner Billings and Lucy Porter.) on Dec 12 1909 in Fayston, they had no children. 'Maria' passed away on Nov 22 1913.
Co. G, 6th VT INF
Henry is the fifth child of William Enoch Backus Sr and Betsey E. White.
Henry was married to Ellen M. Johnson (daughter of Elijah W. Johnson and Lois Damon Bassett.) abt 1867 in Vermont, they had four children:
Lucius Monroe Backus
Ernest Henry Backus
James Monroe Backus
Charles Edgar Backus
Ellen passed away on May 23 1879 from childbirth. Burial in Johnson Cemetery in Waterbury, according to family record.
Henry remarried to Alice Mae Woodard (daughter of Edward Ladd Woodard and Betsey Elizabeth Sherman.) on Dec 25 1879 in Duxbury, they had six children:
Eva Backus
Alice M. Backus
Harrison Clay Backus
Elinor Jane Backus
Bessie Alice Backus White Docherty - Adopted out after mothers death to the White family.
William Edward Backus
Alice passed away on May 26 1893 from consumption.
Henry remarried for the 3rd time to Sophronia Jane Ingalls Boyce (widow of Nelson J. Boyce and daughter of Horace H. Ingalls and Eliza Nelson.) on Oct 2 1894 in Duxbury, they had no children. 'Jane' passed away on Jan 6 1908.
Henry then remarried for the 4th time to Isabelle Maria Billings Howe Newcomb (widow of William Howard Howe and James Seymour Newcomb, daughter of Sumner Billings and Lucy Porter.) on Dec 12 1909 in Fayston, they had no children. 'Maria' passed away on Nov 22 1913.
Henry is the fifth child of William Enoch Backus Sr and Betsey E. White.
Henry was married to Ellen M. Johnson (daughter of Elijah W. Johnson and Lois Damon Bassett.) abt 1867 in Vermont, they had four children:
Lucius Monroe Backus
Ernest Henry Backus
James Monroe Backus
Charles Edgar Backus
Ellen passed away on May 23 1879 from childbirth. Burial in Johnson Cemetery in Waterbury, according to family record.
Henry remarried to Alice Mae Woodard (daughter of Edward Ladd Woodard and Betsey Elizabeth Sherman.) on Dec 25 1879 in Duxbury, they had six children:
Eva Backus
Alice M. Backus
Harrison Clay Backus
Elinor Jane Backus
Bessie Alice Backus White Docherty - Adopted out after mothers death to the White family.
William Edward Backus
Alice passed away on May 26 1893 from consumption.
Henry remarried for the 3rd time to Sophronia Jane Ingalls Boyce (widow of Nelson J. Boyce and daughter of Horace H. Ingalls and Eliza Nelson.) on Oct 2 1894 in Duxbury, they had no children. 'Jane' passed away on Jan 6 1908.
Henry then remarried for the 4th time to Isabelle Maria Billings Howe Newcomb (widow of William Howard Howe and James Seymour Newcomb, daughter of Sumner Billings and Lucy Porter.) on Dec 12 1909 in Fayston, they had no children. 'Maria' passed away on Nov 22 1913.
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