BIO: Frederick Gregory BETTS, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 981. _____________________________________________________________ FREDERICK GREGORY BETTS was born at Clearfield, Pa., April 11, 1869, son of Hon. William W. Betts and Margaret J. (Irvin) Betts. He was graduated at Princeton College in 1892 and admitted to the Bar in 1894. He was married in Clearfield, November 9, 1897, to Bessie Bridge, of which union three children were born, namely: Margaret Catherine, Frederick Gregory and William W. Besides practicing law Mr. Betts is engaged in other business, principally in the mining of coal. He is president and director of the Goshen Coal Company, president and director of the Clearfield Cemetery Company and director of the County National Bank. He is a member of the Cottage Club of Princeton, N. J., and of the Princeton and Racquet Club, Philadelphia. He is interested in many of the enterprises of Clearfield and vicinity.