Is it too late to ask for the bio with John Buchanan?
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Sharon,
John Buchanan is mentioned in the biography on William C. Betts.
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WILLIAM C. BETTS
One of the most conspicuous figures in the present-day history of Clinton
county, in the agricultural and commercial circles, is William C. Betts, of
Forest township. Equally noted as a citizen whose useful career has
conferred credit upon the community and whose marked abilities and
progressive qualities have won for him much more than local repute, he holds
today, distinctive precedence as one of the most successful men that ever
inaugurated and carried to successful termination large and important
undertakings. Strong mental endowment, invincible courage and a determined
will, coupled with an honesty of purpose that hesitates at no opposition,
have so entered into his composition as to render him a dominant factor in
the financial and business world and a leader of men in important
enterprises. He is essentially a man of affairs, sound of judgment and
far-seeing in what he undertakes; and every enterprise to which he has
addressed himself has resulted in liberal financial returns, while at the
same time he has won and retained the confidence and good will of all
classes, and is eminently entitled to conspicuous mention in a volume the
scope of the one in hand.
William C. Betts was born August 7, 1848, in Forest township, Clinton
county,
and was the son of John and Matilda (Boggs) Betts. John Betts' life history
has been mentioned before in this volume in the sketch of our subject's
brother, Albert E. Betts, but it is well that we again sketch the important
events in his interesting life. John Betts was born June 21, 1825, in Union
county, Indiana, and came to Clinton county in the year 1836. He entered
eighty acres of land in Forest township from the government in 1848, cleared
this tract, and in 1859 sold it: then bought one hundred and eighty-five
acres north of his original holding. Afterward he added to this estate, and
at the time of his death, on May 4, 1899, was the owner of considerable
property. In 1883, he moved to Galveston, Indiana, where he lived the rest
of his days in retirement, although he served as justice of the peace for
several years. Politically, Betts was a Whig, and later a Republican, and
all of his life was noted for his great church work. Our subject's mother
was born on September 12, 1829, at Munroe, Ohio, and moved to Middlefork,
this county, with her parents when she was four years of age. She died
December 29, 1878, Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Betts: William
C., Rachael and Henry, twins (deceased), and Albert E., of whom a sketch is
given in this volume.
Our subject's grandfather was Isaac Betts, and he was a native of Tennessee,
moving from that state to Union county, Indiana. His wife was Nancy Creek,
a native of Union county. Our subject's grandfather on his maternal side
was Elicum Boogs, who was born March 21, 1800, in Ohio, and his wife was
Rachael Shipley, also born in Ohio, on April 5, 1800; they were married in
the Buckeye state; he died January 1, 1877, and she departed from this life
March 2, 1875. Our subject's great-grandfather was William Betts, and his
great-grandmother was Jane Davis Betts. This couple lived in Tennessee and
held slaves in Virginia in the early days before the Civil war.
William C. Betts received a common schools education in the county of his
birth, and later attended Franklin College for a period of two years. Mr.
Betts utilized the education he obtained by entering the profession of
teaching in the common schools of Clinton county. For ten years he followed
this occupation very successfully. He also was active in the timber
business for a time. During the remainder of the time Mr. Betts was
occupied with farming. He owns three hundred acres of excellent farm land
in this county with his wife, and eighty acres here, where he has lived for
the past thirty-nine years. Mr. Betts also has one hundred and thirty-nine
acres in Union county, Indiana, which ranks as among the best farms of the
locality. Mr. Betts has now retired from the active work of the farm, and
leaves the management of his acres in the hands of his children. They raise
a fine grade of Duroc hogs, Poll Angus cattle and general purpose horses.
Mr. Betts belongs to the Masonic lodge at Middlefork, and has been a strong
supporter of the order. He claims membership with the Baptist church and
has held the same for over fifty years. Politically, he is a Republican.
On November 12, I873, William C. Betts was united in marriage with Addie
Buchanan, who was born in Monroe county, Indiana, October 22, 1849, and was
the daughter of John H. and Matilda (Sanders) Buchanan. John H. Buchanan
was born in Somerset, Kentucky, February 25, 1821, and died July 12, 1890.
Mr. Buchanan was a farmer by trade, and was among the most prosperous of his
state. He was a Republican, and during the Civil war fought stoutly for the
Union cause. He enlisted in 1864 and served from then on to the close of
hostilities. Her grandfather on the maternal side was Cyrus Buchanan, of
Kentucky, who came to Indiana in the early days and settled in Monroe
county, Indiana, where he raised a large family. He afterward moved to the
state of Iowa, And there he died. Mrs. Betts' grandmother Buchanan was
formerly Jane Knox; born in Kentucky, the daughter of Colonel John Knox, who
was an officer in the Revolutionary war. She had six sons, all of whom
fought in the Civil war, a truly great contribution to the country's cause.
Mrs. Betts' mother was Matilda Sanders, the daughter of John Sanders, who
was born September 3, 1792, in South Carolina, and married Nancy Brisco, who
was born January 2, 1796, in Hawkins county, Tennessee; these two were
married in Kentucky on May 9, 1811, and then they moved to Monroe county,
Indiana. Mrs. Betts' great-grandfather was Henry Sanders, and he was born
in Perquimans county, North Carolina, on October 26, 1751, and died February
13, 1834, after a gallant record, including service in the Colonial army in
the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Betts' great-grandmother was Dica Blake, the
daughter of John and Morning Blake, and was born May 15, 1761, and departed
from this life on July 5, 1841.
Mrs. Betts received a good common school education in her youth, and
attended Franklin College, where she got acquainted with William C. Betts --
a typical college romance. Mrs. Betts was the mother of seven children, and
was always devoted to their welfare and upbringing. The children were: Mrs.
Lincoln Stevens, Mrs. Willard Johnson, John and Clarence (deceased), Frank,
Judson and Mrs. Claude Cochran. Mrs. Betts was called to her death October
28, 19I2. For over fifty years she had been a loyal member of the Baptist
church, and was one of the most active supporters of the same. "In the
community her life was always above reproach. In her associations with her
friends and neighbors her conduct was characterized by truthfulness,
kindness, charity, and love. She had many friends because she proved
herself a friend in all that the term implies." She left a husband, the
children mentioned, seven grandchildren, one brother, William Buchanan, of
Frankfort, one half brother, Judson Buchanan, and one half sister, Mrs. Mary
Revington, both of Chattanooga, Tennessee; also one step brother and cousin,
Hon. Newel Sanders, United States senator from Tennessee. Pages 667 -670.
Source: History of Clinton County .. With Historical Sketches of
Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old
Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh. Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen &
Company - Indianapolis, Indiana