Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Betz, Michael 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 4, 2006, 2:50 am Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Betz, Michael. Resides at Sutherland, Iowa; born May 1, 1840, in Germany; father, John Betz, and mother, Katharina Macatory (both born in Luxemburg, Germany). Married to Elizabeth Genger, July 4, 1870; children: Anna, Maria, Antone, John, Christina, Sarah, Katharina, Frank, Nicholas, Michael, Elizabeth. Enlisted August 18, 1862, at Franklin, Wis., Company K, Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry, Third Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps; two months in hospital at Lookout Mountain; battles, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga and from there to the sea; discharged June 13, 1865, at Washington, D. C. Settled in O'Brien County, March 4, 1895, living in Grant Township and Sutherland. Member Catholic Church. Additional Comments: Extracted from: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa COMPILED BY Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA 1909 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/obrien/bios/betz42nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb