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Lieut Ebenezer Melville Backus

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Lieut Ebenezer Melville Backus

Birth
Harborcreek, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
3 Jan 1916 (aged 78)
Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Ebenezer moved from Erie Co., Pennsylvania with his parents in 1843. During the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Co. F 17th Ill. Cav. where he served, becoming a 1st Lieut., until March 1865 when he was honorably discharged. On February 1860, he married L.S. Townsend. They had eight children:
Elfreda (Dec. 1 1860-Jan. 8 1863)
Ruth (Aug. 2 1862- )
Charlie M. (Aug. 30 1864-Feb. 4, 1872)
Olive (Aug. 8 1867-Feb. 16 1868)
Loretta G. (April 23 1869- )
Lucia M. (Nov. 18 1871- )
Wendell P. (May 31 1874- )
Eugene Miner (Sept. 3 1876- )
Ebenezer was a farmer, owning 160 acres of land in Rush Township. He was on the County Board for two terms, served as Justice of the Peace and held the office of Collector & Assessor of Taxes.
Ebenezer moved from Erie Co., Pennsylvania with his parents in 1843. During the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Co. F 17th Ill. Cav. where he served, becoming a 1st Lieut., until March 1865 when he was honorably discharged. On February 1860, he married L.S. Townsend. They had eight children:
Elfreda (Dec. 1 1860-Jan. 8 1863)
Ruth (Aug. 2 1862- )
Charlie M. (Aug. 30 1864-Feb. 4, 1872)
Olive (Aug. 8 1867-Feb. 16 1868)
Loretta G. (April 23 1869- )
Lucia M. (Nov. 18 1871- )
Wendell P. (May 31 1874- )
Eugene Miner (Sept. 3 1876- )
Ebenezer was a farmer, owning 160 acres of land in Rush Township. He was on the County Board for two terms, served as Justice of the Peace and held the office of Collector & Assessor of Taxes.

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