LAMB, James Dwight

LAMB, ANKENY

Posted By: Nettie Mae
Date: 1/18/2003 at 13:00:59

Source: The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.

JAMES DWIGHT LAMB.

The name of Lamb is so well known in Clinton and eastern Iowa that a representative of the eastern lumber firm of C. Lamb & Sons needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, and he who forms the subject of this review holds the responsible position of superintendent of the yards. He was born in Clinton, June 24, 1871, a son of the late Artemus Lamb, whose sketch is given above. He pursued his preliminary education in the schools of this city and later continued his studies in Exeter, New Hampshire. In his youth he became familiar with the lumber business, spending considerable time in the yards, and since 1890 he has held his present important position with the firm of C. Lamb & Sons, and also has charge of the chancy mills. The magnitude of the trade renders his duties no sinecure; in fact, in the successful control of the yards and mill there is demanded excellent business and executive ability, careful foresight and keen discrimination,-qualities which Mr. Lamb possesses in an adequate degree. He is a director of the People’s Trust and Savings Bank, also a director of the shell Lake Lumber company, and president and director of the Clinton Separator and Engine Works, a new institution giving employment to forty skilled mechanics, and also otherwise a prominent factor in financial circles.

On the 5th of October, 1892, Mr. Lamb was united in marriage to Miss Mollie Ankeny, of Clinton, and they now have an interesting little daughter, Celeste. In his fraternal relations Mr. Lamb is a prominent Mason. In addition to the degrees of the blue lodge, he has taken those of the commandery and of the consistory of Clinton, and is likewise a member of the Mystic shrine, and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.