Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Oldest and Youngest. [ARTICLE]

Oldest and Youngest.

Two veterans who attended the Missouri Grand Army of ths Republic encampment last week are believed to hold a record each. One was Henry Dormon, who was born January 10, 1709, and served in the Seventh Michigan cavalry through the civil war. He is thought to be the oldest of all Grand Army men. Gilbert Van Zandt of Kansas City claims to be the youngest veteran. When 10 years old he enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Ohio infantry as drummer boy and was afterward detal'ed as a dist»«teh carrier