BIO:  BETZ, John, s/o John & Elizabeth (Mehringer) Betz

History of Pike & Dubois Counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers; 1885
Dubois County, Bainbridge Twp, page 585

JOHN BETZ, proprietor of the Union Hotel, in Jasper, Ind., was born in
Kentucky, August 26, 1846.  His parents were John and Elizabeth (Mehringer)
Betz, who were natives of Prussia, Germany, and came to this State and county
at a very early date.  They moved to Kentucky, and remained there about twelve
years.  Our immediate subject was raised principally in this county, on a
farm, where he remained until eighteen years old.  In February 1865, he
enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-third Indiana Volunteers, but was
not called into active srvice owing to the close of the war.  He afterward
worked in a brewery, and April 27, 1869, he married Mary Schiffhauer.  They
became the parents of eight children, five of whom are living:  Frank, Charles
J., Mary E., Pretonilla F. and one unnamed.  The year following his marriage,
he embarked in his present business, at which he has since continued, with the
exception of about six months.  He is a Democrat, and he and his family are
members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. Betz is a live business man, and takes an
active interest in political affairs.

 
From: "Phyllis Hill" 
<phill@redrock.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1998