Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 510
W.C.BETTS, deceased, was born in Beloit, Wis., Aug, 30, 1853, and removed to Chicage in 1857, and to Muscatine in 1863, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred Oct.6, 1879, of comsumption. He learned the printing business in Muscatine, and accompanied his brother, E. H., in his voyage to China. On his return, as stated in his brother's sketch, they began publishing the Muscatine Tribune. In August, 1875, he married Miss Minnie Reynold, by whom he had two children: Willie and Allie.

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