Son of Frederic Henry Betts and Mary Ward Scoville.
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From FAG contributo Cheryl Cartwright;
Louis Frederic Holbrook Betts, B A. 1
Born May 21, 1870, in New York City
Died June 29, 1926, in Campbellton, New Brunswick
Father, Frederic Henry Betts (B A 1864, LL B Columbia 1866, M.A. Yale 1871, LL.D. 1901), a lawyer; lecturer on patent law at Yale 1873-1884; son of Frederic Joel Betts (B.A. Williams 1821) and Mary Ward (Scoville) Betts; descendant of Thomas Betts, a founder of Guilford, Conn , who came from Smithfield, Middlesex, England, in 1639
Mother, Mary Louise (Holbrook) Betts; daughter of John Fiske and Mary Elizabeth (Cheesman) Holbrook; descendant of John Holbrook, who came from Doncaster, England, in 1632 and settled in Weymouth, Mass.
Yale relatives include William E. Foster, '6o, and Charles Wyllys Betts, '67 (uncles); Sheldon E. Hoadley, '15 S. (nephew), and Samuel Rossi ter Betts, '75 (cousin).
Berkeley School, New York City. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. LL B. Harvard 1894; associated with his father's firm (Betts, Atterbury, Hyde & Betts) in New York City 1893-96; became member of firm January 1, 1896, and continued with it and its successors, Betts, Betts, Sheffield & Betts (of which James R Sheffield, '87, United States ambassador to Mexico, also became a member), Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, and Sheffield & Betts, until his death; member Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York and St Andrew's Dune Episcopal Church, Southampton, Long Island, in 1890 established the C. Wyllys Betts Prize at Yale in memory of his uncle.
Unmarried
Death followed a stroke of apoplexy, which occurred three days before, when on a fishing trip in New Brunswick. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. Survived by a brother, W. Rosseter Betts, '98, and a sister, Mrs Eliot Betts Hoadley, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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From FAG contributo Cheryl Cartwright;
Louis Frederic Holbrook Betts, B A. 1
Born May 21, 1870, in New York City
Died June 29, 1926, in Campbellton, New Brunswick
Father, Frederic Henry Betts (B A 1864, LL B Columbia 1866, M.A. Yale 1871, LL.D. 1901), a lawyer; lecturer on patent law at Yale 1873-1884; son of Frederic Joel Betts (B.A. Williams 1821) and Mary Ward (Scoville) Betts; descendant of Thomas Betts, a founder of Guilford, Conn , who came from Smithfield, Middlesex, England, in 1639
Mother, Mary Louise (Holbrook) Betts; daughter of John Fiske and Mary Elizabeth (Cheesman) Holbrook; descendant of John Holbrook, who came from Doncaster, England, in 1632 and settled in Weymouth, Mass.
Yale relatives include William E. Foster, '6o, and Charles Wyllys Betts, '67 (uncles); Sheldon E. Hoadley, '15 S. (nephew), and Samuel Rossi ter Betts, '75 (cousin).
Berkeley School, New York City. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. LL B. Harvard 1894; associated with his father's firm (Betts, Atterbury, Hyde & Betts) in New York City 1893-96; became member of firm January 1, 1896, and continued with it and its successors, Betts, Betts, Sheffield & Betts (of which James R Sheffield, '87, United States ambassador to Mexico, also became a member), Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, and Sheffield & Betts, until his death; member Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York and St Andrew's Dune Episcopal Church, Southampton, Long Island, in 1890 established the C. Wyllys Betts Prize at Yale in memory of his uncle.
Unmarried
Death followed a stroke of apoplexy, which occurred three days before, when on a fishing trip in New Brunswick. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. Survived by a brother, W. Rosseter Betts, '98, and a sister, Mrs Eliot Betts Hoadley, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Son of Frederic Henry Betts and Mary Ward Scoville.
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From FAG contributo Cheryl Cartwright;
Louis Frederic Holbrook Betts, B A. 1
Born May 21, 1870, in New York City
Died June 29, 1926, in Campbellton, New Brunswick
Father, Frederic Henry Betts (B A 1864, LL B Columbia 1866, M.A. Yale 1871, LL.D. 1901), a lawyer; lecturer on patent law at Yale 1873-1884; son of Frederic Joel Betts (B.A. Williams 1821) and Mary Ward (Scoville) Betts; descendant of Thomas Betts, a founder of Guilford, Conn , who came from Smithfield, Middlesex, England, in 1639
Mother, Mary Louise (Holbrook) Betts; daughter of John Fiske and Mary Elizabeth (Cheesman) Holbrook; descendant of John Holbrook, who came from Doncaster, England, in 1632 and settled in Weymouth, Mass.
Yale relatives include William E. Foster, '6o, and Charles Wyllys Betts, '67 (uncles); Sheldon E. Hoadley, '15 S. (nephew), and Samuel Rossi ter Betts, '75 (cousin).
Berkeley School, New York City. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. LL B. Harvard 1894; associated with his father's firm (Betts, Atterbury, Hyde & Betts) in New York City 1893-96; became member of firm January 1, 1896, and continued with it and its successors, Betts, Betts, Sheffield & Betts (of which James R Sheffield, '87, United States ambassador to Mexico, also became a member), Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, and Sheffield & Betts, until his death; member Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York and St Andrew's Dune Episcopal Church, Southampton, Long Island, in 1890 established the C. Wyllys Betts Prize at Yale in memory of his uncle.
Unmarried
Death followed a stroke of apoplexy, which occurred three days before, when on a fishing trip in New Brunswick. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. Survived by a brother, W. Rosseter Betts, '98, and a sister, Mrs Eliot Betts Hoadley, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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From FAG contributo Cheryl Cartwright;
Louis Frederic Holbrook Betts, B A. 1
Born May 21, 1870, in New York City
Died June 29, 1926, in Campbellton, New Brunswick
Father, Frederic Henry Betts (B A 1864, LL B Columbia 1866, M.A. Yale 1871, LL.D. 1901), a lawyer; lecturer on patent law at Yale 1873-1884; son of Frederic Joel Betts (B.A. Williams 1821) and Mary Ward (Scoville) Betts; descendant of Thomas Betts, a founder of Guilford, Conn , who came from Smithfield, Middlesex, England, in 1639
Mother, Mary Louise (Holbrook) Betts; daughter of John Fiske and Mary Elizabeth (Cheesman) Holbrook; descendant of John Holbrook, who came from Doncaster, England, in 1632 and settled in Weymouth, Mass.
Yale relatives include William E. Foster, '6o, and Charles Wyllys Betts, '67 (uncles); Sheldon E. Hoadley, '15 S. (nephew), and Samuel Rossi ter Betts, '75 (cousin).
Berkeley School, New York City. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. LL B. Harvard 1894; associated with his father's firm (Betts, Atterbury, Hyde & Betts) in New York City 1893-96; became member of firm January 1, 1896, and continued with it and its successors, Betts, Betts, Sheffield & Betts (of which James R Sheffield, '87, United States ambassador to Mexico, also became a member), Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, Sheffield, Bendy & Betts, and Sheffield & Betts, until his death; member Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York and St Andrew's Dune Episcopal Church, Southampton, Long Island, in 1890 established the C. Wyllys Betts Prize at Yale in memory of his uncle.
Unmarried
Death followed a stroke of apoplexy, which occurred three days before, when on a fishing trip in New Brunswick. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. Survived by a brother, W. Rosseter Betts, '98, and a sister, Mrs Eliot Betts Hoadley, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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