Betts, Albert Deems, 1882-1958

Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and author of Columbia, S.C.; born in Shiloh (Sumter County, S.C.); son of Rev. William Archibald Betts and Lillie Evelyn Wadsworth Betts; married, 1908, to Katherine Elvira Budd (d. 1947); in 1949, Betts married his second wife, Mary Evelyn de Medici of Aiken, S.C.; member of the board of the National Temperance League; author of published works including: History of South Carolina Methodism (published 1952); and pamphlet, South Carolina Methodism and Missions : an Historical Address Delivered Before the South Carolina Annual Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South at Trinity Church, Charleston, S.C., November 30, 1915.

From the description of Albert Deems Betts papers, 1909-1976. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 642890157