The Sterling genealogy

506 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
Apr. 7, 1807, son of Ebenezer and Jemima (Chandler) Backus
of Fort Ann.
Emeline d. at Granville, N. Y., in 1834, and Clark Backus
m. 2d, at Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1836, Alpa Maria Keeler,
b. in Auburn, N. Y., in 1815, who d. at Detroit, Mich., in 1887.
By this second marriage there were two children, Emeline (Backus)
Waldby and Elinor Backus, both living (1902) at Adrian, Mich.
Clark Backus d. at Adrian, Mich., Mar. 1, 1896.
Children of Emeline (Sill) Backus:
1688 t Junius Marvin Backus, b. in Nov., 1832; m. Caroline
W. Cone. (See No. 1685.)
1689 t George M. Backus, b. Oct. 19, 1834 ;
m. Mary J. Randall.
675 PHEBE STERLING (Dudley, William, Joseph, Daniel,
William), b. in Sterling City in 1799 (bapt. there in Oct., 1812) ;
m. there Feb. 15, 1821, John Elmore (No. 355), b. in Canaan,
Conn., Dec. 17, 1792, son of John and Elizabeth (Sterling)
Elmore (No. 140). He was a lawyer in East Canaan, where
he d. June 11, 1857. Phebe d. Mar. 21, 1852.
Children
1690 tElisha Sterling Elmore, b. Feb. 4, 1823; m. Lucia W.
Drake.
1691 tJohn D. Elmore, b. Feb. 10, 1825; m. 1st, Lydia A.
Carrier, 2d, Oliva Vermilya.
1692 tFrederick W. Elmore, b. May 25, 1827; m. Helen M.
Drake.
1693 tHarriette J. Elmore, b. Aug. 29, 1829; m. Henry Drake.
1694 t George W. Elmore, b. Aug. 24, 1831; m. Julia A.
Johnson.
1695 Theodore Elmore, b. Jan. 16, 1839; m. .
676 HARRIET ALMA STERLING (sister of the above),
b. in Sterling City in 1803 ; m. about 1840 Bennett Bates, who
m. 1st, Morgan, of Kent, Conn., by whom he had Adeline,
b. at Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1820 (m. 1st, Henry Sim-
monds of Kent, Conn., who was mustered into the U. S. service
May 14, 1847, and d. at Puebla, Mex., in Aug., 1847. She m.
2d, Nov. 3, 1858, John A. Beckley, who d. June 14, 1874; she
d. Nov. 24, 1896) ; Leman, M.D., who lived in California; John C,
of New Haven; and Betsey A., who m. Hiram Cogswell. (See