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C. Wyllys Betts

Full Name: Charles Wyllys Betts

Numismatist

Centurion, 1881–1887

Proposed by
Charles Tracy and Edwin L. Godkin
born August 13, 1845
Newburgh, New York
died April 27, 1887
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected December 3, 1881
Age thirty-six
Member portrait of C. Wyllys Betts

Archivist’s Notes

Brother of Frederic H. Betts

Century Memorial

Edward L. Youmans, C. N. Black, William D. Morgan, C. Wyllys Betts, Charles L. Perkins, Edmund H. Miller, Stephen C. Williams, Roswell D. Hitchcock, Woolsey Johnson, C. E. Detmold, Joseph C. Hutchinson [sic: misspelling of “Hutchison”], Aaron J. Vanderpoel, James B. Johnston, George P. Pomeroy, E. P. Carpenter, George H. Palmer and Chas. A. Rapallo.

These names were illustrious in nearly every sphere of life, and represent the highest stations on the Bench, in science, theology, law, medicine and mercantile pursuits.

Henry E. Howland
1888 Century Association Reports

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