1816 - 1899

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• Birth	12 Apr 1816	Freetown, Cortland County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Nov 1899	New York
  Died	27 Nov 1899	Macedon, Wayne County, New York
  Person ID	I59208	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Sep 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Rufus BACKUS, b. 25 Sep 1787, Granville, Washington County, New York
  Mother	Betsey SPICER, b. 31 Aug 1790, Granville, Washington County, New York
  Family ID	F25182	Group Sheet
  Family	Hannah Ann SPEAR, b. 17 Dec 1816, Macedon, Wayne County, New York
  Married	17 Dec 1839	Macedon, Wayne County, New York
  Children	1. Courtly Clinton BACKUS   2. Charlotte BACKUS, b. 23 Sep 1840, Groton, Tompkins County, New York   3. Scott S. BACKUS, b. 19 Oct 1845, Groton, Tompkins County, New York   4. Ellen A. BACKUS, b. 2 Oct 1849, Groton, Tompkins County, New York   5. Rufus Numon BACKUS, b. 16 Aug 1856, Groton, Tompkins County, New York
  Family ID	F25655	Group Sheet

• Notes

  First twenty years of his life were spent in Freetown, and in Groton, NY. Was a clerk and farmer: 1836 moved to Palmyra, NY., where he was employed as clerk for W.P. Jackson. One year in Salem, MI. After marriage returned to Groton, NY. where in connection with his father and brother Clint, he purchased two farms and remained twenty years. Fall of 1859 he purhased the farm one and one half miles from Palmyra, where he died . Was Baptized by his brother, Rev. Jay Backus, in 1836 and united with the Baptist Church. Soon after elected Deacon and later to Palmyra he served the Baptist Chruch. Ref: History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer, a Land Holder in New London, Ct. by Susan Spicer Meech & Susan Billings Meech 1911 pg 194