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C. Wyllys Betts

Numismatist

Centurion, 1881–1887

Full Name Charles Wyllys Betts

Born 13 August 1845 in Newburgh, New York

Died 27 April 1887 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Charles Tracy and Edwin L. Godkin

Elected 3 December 1881 at age thirty-six

Archivist’s Note: 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