Craven Langstroth Betts

1853-1941

Craven Langstroth Betts was born 23 Apr 1853 in Saint John, New Brunswick. He moved to New York at the age of 20. For 40 years he was New York representative of  the West Publishing company of St. Paul, law book publisher, retiring on a pension at the age of 76. Langstroth died on 9 July 1941 (aged 88) in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California.  He published A Garland of Sonnets in the early 1900's and his Collected Poems in 1915. The Two Captains, another group of poems, was published in 1921. He collaborated with A.W. Eaton in Tales of a Garrison Town (1892).

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Saint John