Philip lists his Uncle, who ran unsuccessfully "for Governor of Tennessee" on what was obviously a pro-slavery platform, as one of the ancestors who has born the name "Backhouse" with honor (682).
Philip lists his Father, who "died at Chapultepec" fighting in the Mexican-American War, as one of the ancestors who have born the name "Backhouse" with honor (682).
Philip lists this Grandfather, who fought on the colonial side with "Marion all through Carolina" in Revolutionary War, as one of the ancestors who have born the name "Backhouse" with honor (682).
Nicknamed "Swamp Fox," Colonel Francis Marion became famous as a guerilla fighter against the British during the American Revolution. Like Colonel Sartoris, he led a small troop of men that harassed the British forces; this is the long campaign that Backhouse refers to when he says his grandfather was "with Marion all through Carolina" (682).
