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| Azel Backus | Renowned Preacher |
| Charles Backus | Renowned Preacher |
| Charles Chapman Backus | Businessman, Entrepreneur: Founder of American Express |
| Isaac Backus | Baptist Preacher of Note |
| James Backus | Ohio Pioneer |
| Jim Backus | Mr. Magoo! |
| John Backus | Inventor of Fortran computer language |
| John C. Backus | President of Intelidata, Inc. |
| Hiram Bingham | Explorer of Ancient Peoples in South America, Early Aviator, Connecticut Governor, Senator |
| Aaron Burr | Second Vice President - Controversial Historical Figure |
| Benjamin Silliman Church | New York Civil Engineer |
| James Dwight Dana | Noted Geologist and Scientist |
| Eliphalet Dyer | Continental Congress, A Leader of the Rebellion in Connecticut |
| Jonathan Edwards | Preacher Who Was Very Involved in "The Great Awakening" |
| Ulysses S. Grant - (for Huntington-Backus Descendants) | President of the United States |
| Benjamin Huntington | Continental Congress |
| Daniel Huntington | Famed 19th Century Artist |
| Dewitt Clinton Huntington | Noted Preacher |
| Jedidiah Huntington | Revolutionary War General |
| Jedidiah Vincent Huntington | Author, Poet |
| Joshua Huntington | Clergyman of Note |
| Samuel Huntington - (in-law) | First President of the United States (Really!) |
| General George McClellan | Union Commander-Civil War |
| John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. | Financier, philanthropist |
| John Pope | Civil War General |
| Benjamin Silliman | Scientist - Father of Geology |
| John Trumbull | Famous Early American Painter |
| Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. | Connecticut Governor - Confidant of George Washington |
| Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Second Speaker of the House of Representatives in US Congress - Senator - Connecticut Governor |
| William Woodbridge | Senator/Governor of Michigan |
| Related Links |
More Notable Backuses here: If you want more on your Backus famous relatives, or more on Backuses in general, I invite you to visit ancestry.com and search their databases, especially the Biographies of Notable Americans. A Backus search there shows 30 hits. A search of the DAR files at ancestry.com should also produce more on Jedidiah Huntington.
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