Rostan
Betts
Born in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha (Meriwether) Betts
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lucy Virginia (Betts) Fargason
Died
at age 27
in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA
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Biography
Son of Judge Edward C. (1821 AL) & Virginia Betts, Rostan was born and died in & Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. An attorney, he died young leaving three young children:
Martha Niles Betts (1883 - 1901)
Lucy Virginia Betts Fielding (1885 - 1968)
Rostan Betts (1887 - 1971)
The Huntsville Weekly Democrat
MARRIED:
BETTS - MERRIWETHER. - At the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1882, by Rev. H. H. Sneed, ROSTAN BETTS, ESQ., son of Judge E. C. Betts, to MISS MATTIE MERRIWETHER, and LOWE DAVIS, ESQ., son of the late Col. Nich. Davis, to MISS LUTIE VIRGINIA MERRIWETHER. The two couples went from Huntsville to Chattanooga, last Friday night, returned Sunday, 1 a. m., and were greeted at the depot by 20 or 30 young men. The bridegrooms are promising young lawyers of Huntsville, and the brides accomplished daughters of Maj. Niles Merriwether. The marriages created general surprise in this city. May both couples have merry weather in the voyage of life, be prosperous and happy here, and reach a haven of eternal bliss, at last!
Sources
- The Huntsville Weekly Democrat - http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=29833
1870 Madison, Alabama Census
1880 Madison, Alabama Census
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