Background
Betts, Craven Langstroth was born on April 23, 1853 in Saint John, N.B. Son of Hiram and Sarah Ann (Purdy) Betts.
Betts, Craven Langstroth was born on April 23, 1853 in Saint John, N.B. Son of Hiram and Sarah Ann (Purdy) Betts.
Descendant from Old Colonial North.E. stock and of United Empire Loyalists. Educated there; removed to New York, 1879. Went into business life and pursued literature studies.
Author: Songs from Beranger (translation of 61 chansons). The Perfume Holder; Tales of a Garrison Town (with Arthur West. H. Eaton). A Garland of Sonnets.
The Promise, a blank verse poem, 1910.
Collected Poems, 1915. The Two Captains (poems), 1921.
Also many poems in magazines Home; Santa Cruz, California.
Married Elisabeth Cushing Colby, February 10, 1905. Children: Elizabeth Gloriana, Mary Colby.