Biography of Jefferson Betz, page 281.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920. 

   Jefferson Betz is a honored figure in the community of Franklin Township, 
DeKalb County, is an old soldier of the Union, has been a resident of DeKalb 
County for half a century, and is now enjoying a well earned retirement from 
his responsibilities as a farmer.
   Mr. Betz was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 21, 1838, a son of 
Henry and Catherine (Stull) Betz, the former a native of Bedford County, 
Pennsylvania, and the latter of Columbiana County, Ohio.  After their 
marriage they spent all their lives in Columbiana County.   Jefferson Betz 
grew up in his native state, had a common school education, and early in 
the Civil war enlisted in Company D of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio 
Infantry.  He saw a great deal of active service during the next fifteen 
months, and was then granted an honorable discharge on account of impaired 
hearing.  After the war he went back to his native district in Ohio and in 
April, 1865, married Jennie Musser.  She was born in Columbiana County.
   Mr. Betz brought his family to Indiana in 1869 and has been a resident 
of DeKalb County, ever since.  For many years he worked in the fields and 
handled his farm but is now living in comfort among his children.  He is a 
republican in politics and active in the Grand Army Post at Hamilton.
   He is the father of four children: Della, wife of George W. Kepler; 
Dora, wife of Oliver W. Fee; Elmer, who lives on the home farm in Franklin 
Township; and Emma, wife of Clyde Hinker.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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