Louis Andrew Belden was the only child of Allen H. Belden and Ella A. Robertson. He was born 5 November 1874, at Rochester, Racine Co., Wisconsin. He died 20 August 1938 in Roscoe, Ill. Because of his parents' divorce, his early years were spent with his mother, and grandfather Philo Belden. He was a Corporal, Co. H, 2nd Nebraska Infantry stationed at Camp George H Thomas, Walker County, Georgia during the Spanish American War. He was married on 10 February 1900 to Clara Lovisa Goff at her parent's home in Burlington, Racine Co., Wisconsin. The marriage was officiated by Rev. William Kilburn and witnessed by their grandparents A. J. Robertson and C. W. Ball. They lived in Honey Creek, Wis. in 1902 when their first child, Evelyn was born. "Honey Creek--Louis Belden has moved his wife, his baby, and himself into the Dame house. Mr. B. will be employed with Mr. B. Rose the coming season." They soon moved to Rockford, Ill., where he worked at Emerson Manufacturing in 1905. They had six children: It was while working at the feed mill and lumber yard in Roscoe that his death was caused by an explosion due to a metal object in some grain being ground for feed. Burial was in the Roscoe Cemetery.