Backus, Charles
theologian, was born Nov. 9, 1749, in Franklin, Conn. In 1774, he became pastor of the congregational church in Somers, where he remained until his death. Here he established a sort of divinity school, receiving theological students into his family. He died Dec. 30, 1803, in Somers, Conn.
BACKUS, CLARENCE WALWORTH, soldier, clergyman, was born April 20, 1846, in Schenectady, N. Y. He spent one year in the Pennsylvania Military academy, and from there entered the army as first lieutenant of the ninety-seventh regiment New York volunteers. He subsequently graduated from Union college, and from the Princeton Theological seminary; and has since attained prominence as one of the foremost clergymen of the presbyterian church in Kansas.