Lobdell, Lucy Ann, 1829-1912

Joseph Israel Lobdell (December 02, 1829 - May 28, 1912; born Lucy Ann Lobdell) was a 19th-century person who was assigned female at birth and lived as a man for sixty years,[1] and is usually regarded today as a transgender man. Joseph Lobdell was born December 2, 1829 to a working-class family living in Westerlo,[6] Albany County, New York. Lobdell married George Washington Slater, who was reportedly mentally abusive and abandoned Lobdell shortly after the birth of their daughter, Helen.[1] Lobdell was known for marksmanship and nicknamed "The Female Hunter of Delaware County" Lobdell received a Civil War pension[9] when Slater was killed in the war.[8] Lobdell entered the County Poor House in Delhi, New York, in 1860, where he met Marie Louise Perry.[8] Perry was a poor but well-educated woman, whose husband left her shortly after they eloped.[1] He later married Perry in 1861[10] in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. In 1879, Lobdell was taken away to the Willard Insane Asylum in Ovid, New York.