Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Mrs. Ann Betts
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
MRS. ANN BETTS, residing in Sherman
Township, Dickinson County, owns a
farm on section 17. Her father was Daniel
Foley, who married Miss Mary Quinland,
and they became the parents of five children,
three sons and two daughters, Ann being the second
in the family. When quite young her parents
removed to Tazewell County, Ill., where she grew
to womanhood. Her mother died in that county,
and there her father still resides.
On the 12th of April, 1867, Ann Foley became
the wife of Edmund Betts, who was born in England
about 1833. They first settled in Tazewell
County and continued to live there until March,
1870. They then removed to Kansas, where they
settled in Hayes Township, Dickinson County.
Mr. Betts purchased a farm and followed the employment
of farming until 1877. They then removed
to Sherman Township, where they purchased
a farm on section 17. Here they lived,
Mr. Betts following the occupation of farming
until his death, October 30, 1880. He had always
since boyhood given his attention to agricultural
pursuits, and at the time of his death owned a fine
farm of one hundred and sixty acres. Since then
Mrs. Betts has operated the farm and has used
such good judgment in the management thereof,
and such executive ability in financial concerns
and the care of her property, that she now is the
possessor of three hundred and twenty-one acres.
Her success has been quite remarkable, and she is
esteemed as a woman of great integrity and
marked business talent throughout the township.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Betts were born two children,
Edward and Mary, both still under the parental
roof. For almost a quarter of a century
Mrs. Belts has made her home in this county and
is numbered among its early settlers, having been
an eye-witness of much of its growth and development,
its progress and its upbuilding. During the
long years of her residence here she has become
widely known and has gained many warm friends
who hold her in high esteem.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP