When David Betts was born on 15 December 1867, in Flora, Monroe Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States, his father, Isaac Betts, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Brubaker, was 30. He married Anna Viola Fogle on 25 December 1892. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Canyon, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 March 1948, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States.