Notes for ANDERSON S LOBDELL:

Son of John Blain and Chairty (Dakin) Lobdell.
Born: January 28, 1823 in Friendship, Allegany County, New York.
Died: May, 1895 in Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
Migration: 1836 - Moves to Michigan.
Married: Charity Maria Van Velsor About 1849 in Unknown.

Notice of Death taken from a local paper in Muskegon, Michigan:
"W. H. Lobdell received a dispatch Sunday announcing the death of Anderson S. Lobdell, his brother, at the Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids, that morning. May, 1895. He attended the funeral Monday afternoon. Deceased was over 72 years old and never recovered from the hardships of war. His relatives deemed best to have him among his old comrades where every care and attention was given him. Sometime since the surgeons decided that amputation of both legs was necessary, but the old veteran replied that he had but one death to die, and he purposed to die that with his legs on. He was born in the town of Friendship, Alleghany Co., N. Y., and came to Michigan in '36 when the present State was a territory engaging in sawmilling and farming and afterwards prospected several years among the Black Hills. He was an uncle of the editor, and we visited the Home Monday with W. H. Lobdell. although unable to remain to attend the funeral. It is one of the grandest of our State institutions and its roof is a canopy of heaven to the army of old vets, who hobble about among its halls and partake of its generous messes. Deceased leaves many relatives scattered throughout Michigan and some who remained back on the old New York homestead.
(Source: Book - Simon Lobdell--1646 of Milford, Conn. and his descendants by Julia Ardelia (Harrison) Lobdell).