Rev. Almond Luce Backus was the son of Anson and Hannah (Town) Backus, Sr. He was the husband of Salome (Anderson) Luce. They were married October 28, 1841. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: Genesee (now Western New York) Conference 1856 F 1858 To Northwest Indiana by transfer 1872. He served during the Civil War.
United States Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Almond Backus
Side: Union
Regiment Name: 12th Regiment Indaina Cavalry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 - Roll 3
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
North-west Indiana Conference Journal
1876
Almond Luce Backus was born in Herkimer County, New York September 16, 1820, and died in Stockwell, Indiana January 10, 1876. Converted to God in 1888 he immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and soon became an active and efficient worker. October 28, 1841 he was united in marriage with Miss Salome Anderson, who with her two sons and three daughters is left. Brother Backus was licensed to exhort in August 1841 and to preach in 1843. He was ordained Local Deacon in 1854, admitted on trial in the Genesee Conference in 1856, and in 1860 was ordained Elder. His appointments were: East Otto, Spencerport, Kendall, Parma, Lyndonville and Niagara Falls. He was steward and financial agent of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary for two years. He was transferred from the Genesee Conference to the North-west Indiana Conference in 1872, and successively appointed to Pine Grove, Wolcott, Reynolds and Stockwell Circuit. At the last session of the North-west Indiana Conference he was granted a supernumerary relation. Brother Backus was a man of rare endowments. Of a stalwart frame and a will to work, few men accomplished more, in whatever undertook them. Almond Luce Backus was a sound preacher, forcible and pungent in manner, a good theologian, and with an indomitable perseverance in the right. Success was looked for by him with a certainty which over-furnished a constant inspiration. But his work on earth is ended and he has gone home.
United States Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Almond Backus
Side: Union
Regiment Name: 12th Regiment Indaina Cavalry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 - Roll 3
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
North-west Indiana Conference Journal
1876
Almond Luce Backus was born in Herkimer County, New York September 16, 1820, and died in Stockwell, Indiana January 10, 1876. Converted to God in 1888 he immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and soon became an active and efficient worker. October 28, 1841 he was united in marriage with Miss Salome Anderson, who with her two sons and three daughters is left. Brother Backus was licensed to exhort in August 1841 and to preach in 1843. He was ordained Local Deacon in 1854, admitted on trial in the Genesee Conference in 1856, and in 1860 was ordained Elder. His appointments were: East Otto, Spencerport, Kendall, Parma, Lyndonville and Niagara Falls. He was steward and financial agent of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary for two years. He was transferred from the Genesee Conference to the North-west Indiana Conference in 1872, and successively appointed to Pine Grove, Wolcott, Reynolds and Stockwell Circuit. At the last session of the North-west Indiana Conference he was granted a supernumerary relation. Brother Backus was a man of rare endowments. Of a stalwart frame and a will to work, few men accomplished more, in whatever undertook them. Almond Luce Backus was a sound preacher, forcible and pungent in manner, a good theologian, and with an indomitable perseverance in the right. Success was looked for by him with a certainty which over-furnished a constant inspiration. But his work on earth is ended and he has gone home.
Rev. Almond Luce Backus was the son of Anson and Hannah (Town) Backus, Sr. He was the husband of Salome (Anderson) Luce. They were married October 28, 1841. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: Genesee (now Western New York) Conference 1856 F 1858 To Northwest Indiana by transfer 1872. He served during the Civil War.
United States Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Almond Backus
Side: Union
Regiment Name: 12th Regiment Indaina Cavalry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 - Roll 3
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
North-west Indiana Conference Journal
1876
Almond Luce Backus was born in Herkimer County, New York September 16, 1820, and died in Stockwell, Indiana January 10, 1876. Converted to God in 1888 he immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and soon became an active and efficient worker. October 28, 1841 he was united in marriage with Miss Salome Anderson, who with her two sons and three daughters is left. Brother Backus was licensed to exhort in August 1841 and to preach in 1843. He was ordained Local Deacon in 1854, admitted on trial in the Genesee Conference in 1856, and in 1860 was ordained Elder. His appointments were: East Otto, Spencerport, Kendall, Parma, Lyndonville and Niagara Falls. He was steward and financial agent of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary for two years. He was transferred from the Genesee Conference to the North-west Indiana Conference in 1872, and successively appointed to Pine Grove, Wolcott, Reynolds and Stockwell Circuit. At the last session of the North-west Indiana Conference he was granted a supernumerary relation. Brother Backus was a man of rare endowments. Of a stalwart frame and a will to work, few men accomplished more, in whatever undertook them. Almond Luce Backus was a sound preacher, forcible and pungent in manner, a good theologian, and with an indomitable perseverance in the right. Success was looked for by him with a certainty which over-furnished a constant inspiration. But his work on earth is ended and he has gone home.
United States Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Almond Backus
Side: Union
Regiment Name: 12th Regiment Indaina Cavalry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 - Roll 3
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
North-west Indiana Conference Journal
1876
Almond Luce Backus was born in Herkimer County, New York September 16, 1820, and died in Stockwell, Indiana January 10, 1876. Converted to God in 1888 he immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and soon became an active and efficient worker. October 28, 1841 he was united in marriage with Miss Salome Anderson, who with her two sons and three daughters is left. Brother Backus was licensed to exhort in August 1841 and to preach in 1843. He was ordained Local Deacon in 1854, admitted on trial in the Genesee Conference in 1856, and in 1860 was ordained Elder. His appointments were: East Otto, Spencerport, Kendall, Parma, Lyndonville and Niagara Falls. He was steward and financial agent of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary for two years. He was transferred from the Genesee Conference to the North-west Indiana Conference in 1872, and successively appointed to Pine Grove, Wolcott, Reynolds and Stockwell Circuit. At the last session of the North-west Indiana Conference he was granted a supernumerary relation. Brother Backus was a man of rare endowments. Of a stalwart frame and a will to work, few men accomplished more, in whatever undertook them. Almond Luce Backus was a sound preacher, forcible and pungent in manner, a good theologian, and with an indomitable perseverance in the right. Success was looked for by him with a certainty which over-furnished a constant inspiration. But his work on earth is ended and he has gone home.
Bio by: MaryJane Haight-Eckert
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