John
Wesley
"Glad John"
Back
Born in Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Alfred Back
and Isabelle (Caudill) Back
Brother of
Mary (Back) Elam, Elizabeth Back, Henry Clay Back, Joseph D Back, Alfred Back Jr. and Benjamin Back
Husband of
Sarah (Combs) Back
— married
22 Oct 1856 in Morgan County, Kentucky
Husband of
Sarah (Barker) Back
— married
19 Mar 1895 in Menifee County, Kentucky
[children unknown]
Died
at age 73
in Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2014
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Biography
John Wesley Back , born July 22, 1835, was the son of Alfred Back and Isabel Caudill. He was known as "Glad John."[1]
John served in the Civil War, in the KY 5th Infantry Regiment, Company A.
He married Sarah Combs, age 17, in Oct. 22, 1856, in Morgan County, KY [2] [3] They had one child who died as an infant. Sarah died in 1894 [4].
In 1895 he married his second wife Sarah Barker. [5] The couple had two sons, but both died young. Sarah Barker Back died February 16, 1926, outliving John by 16 years.[6]
John died on September 29, 1908 and was buried in Higgins Cemetery in Kentucky. [7]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60862333/john-wesley-back
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900. [database on-line].
- ↑ Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60862423/sarah-back
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line].
- ↑ Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60862333/john-wesley-back
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Randall Gardner
:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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~3.12%
Fran Bach :
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~3.12%
Tina (Smith) Crane :
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-
~1.56%
Tim Hampton :
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+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Robert Barnes :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A287651 [compare], FTDNA kit #B145157
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Oscar Cook :
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lola (Scott) Mann :
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~1.17%
~3.12%
Norma Rogers :
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+
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~0.78%
Patricia (Hall) H :
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Layne) Welch :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AU2499623 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Richard Wright :
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-
~0.78%
Dennis Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 5918698 [compare], Ancestry member mitchjohnson54
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Candy (Cook) Jacobs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A388177 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Marsha Palmer :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Theresa (Wright) Chaffin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Frank Profitt :
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~0.78%
Leslie Morrison :
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~0.78%
Maxine Maslanik :
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~0.39%
Laura (Filbert) Zacher :
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