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. Later while living with an uncle (Fred Robertson) in Blair, Nebraska, he enlisted in the Army during the Spanish-American War. Corporal, Company H, Second Nebraska Infantry. 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.