Bettes Elementary School (Akron, Ohio)

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Bettes Elementary was constructed in 1927, with additions completed in 1952, 1964 and 1980. The school was originally part of the Tallmadge Township Schools and was annexed by Akron Public Schools in 1931. The school is named in honor of Captain Nathanial Bettes (1747-1840), a native of Massachusetts who was one of the "Minutemen" who answered the alarm after Lexington and took part in the siege of Boston. He entered the Revolutionary War as a private and in five years rose to the rank of captain. After the war, the state of Massachusetts awarded its Revolutionary soldiers lands in the West, which at that time included Ohio. In 1810, Bettes, at the age of 63, moved with 20 members of his household to Ohio. The journey by covered wagon took the Bettes family six weeks. Bettes and his brother Mills ultimately settled in the area now known as Bettes Corners.