JOSEPH BENJAMIN BETTS was married, 29 October, 1892, to Miss LULA M SANDMEYER, of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, but a native of Covington, Kentucky. Her father, JACOB SANDMEYER, was a soldier in the Mexican war. Mr. Betts has three children living: JOSEPH WARREN, REBECCA MYRTLE, wife of H. C. GOODRICH, of Topeka, and FREDA MARGUERITE. He has always been a Republican in party principles. For two years he was a member of the Topeka City Council; he also served eight years in the Kansas state legislature-four years in the house and four years in the senate. He is identified with the Masonic order as a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates fraternally with the Benevolent and Protective Order of EIks, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Order of Eagles, and he is a charter member of the Fraternal Aid Association. Mr. Betts is also a member of the Commercial Club and the Country Club, of Topeka.

(source) Pages 224-245 from volume III, part 1 of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed December 2002 by Carolyn Ward. This volume is identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM195. It is a two-part volume 3.

I would like to find out any information about him and his participation in the Mexican war. He is my Great Great Great Grandfather. Submitted by: Ralph Sandmeyer