Lamb, Jacob

LAMB

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 15:55:22

JACOB LAMB
born Sep 7, 1837, Ohio

Jacob Lamb - There are probably few men in Warren county, Iowa who are better known than this gentleman. For over a quarter of a century he has had his abiding place on his present farm, on section 18, of Liberty township, and for nearly twenty years has given much of his time to the business of auctioneer, his genial presence figuring at most of the sales throughout this part of the country. Whenever it is known that Jacob Lamb is to cry a sale a crowd is sure to be present. As one of the prominent factors in his community and as a man in every way worthy of the high esteem in which he is held, it is fitting that biographical honors be accorded him.
Jacob Lamb was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, September 7, 1837, son of Jacob and Mary (Williams) Lamb. Jacob Lamb Sr., was thrice married. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Adams, he had children as follows: John, Adams, Hannah, George, Hiram, Lawrence, Alexander, Elizabeth. She died in Ohio, and for his second wife he wedded Miss Mary Williams, who bore him five children, namely: Susan, wife of George Ross, of Laclede county, Missouri; Margaret, wife of John Lawyer, Liberty Center, Iowa; Catherine, who died at the age of twenty-one; Jacob, whose name forms the heading for this article; and Mary, the deceased wife of a Mr. Snodgrass. Mrs. Mary Lamb, the mother of our subject, died when he was a child of two years. She was a member of the United Brethren Church, was a true Christian, and was loved by all who knew her. Her remains are interred in River Hill cemetery. The father's third marriage was to Mrs. Barnhouse, by whom he had two children: Lydia and Mary. The former died in childhood and the latter at about the age of twenty years. The worthy father of this large family was born October 15, 1798, and died in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, February 6, 1847.
After the death of his mother young Jacob was given over to the care of Mr. Hiram James, who, a few years later, became his guardian; and with this gentleman he remained until attaining his nineteenth year. Then he started out in life for himself, came as far west as Bureau county, Illinois, and two years later removed to Fulton county, same State, where another seven years were spent, after which he returned to Bureau county. In the meantime he had married Miss Nancy Brown, a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, born March 16, 1831, and in Bureau county, June 2, 1867, his wife died. She was the mother of two children: Hiram Lawrence, born August 1, 1862, is now a resident of Colorado; and Mary Belle, born August 20, 1864 died at the age of two years, January 13, 1870. Mr. Lamb married Miss Mary M. Pierce, a native of Gallia county, Ohio, and a daughter of William and Margaret (Martendale) Pierce, she being the second born in their family of thirteen children, - eight daughters and five sons. Mr. Pierce passed away some five years ago and Mrs. Pierce, now seventy-seven years of age, resides with her sons, Marion and James O.
Mr. Lamb's children by his present companion are as follows: California, born October 26, 1870, died August 4, 1886; Virginia, born January 29, 1872, is the wife of J. H. Danly, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Malinda, born October 12, 1873, is the widow of Merrill Thompson and has one child, Myrtle, born September 21, 1875; Reuben, September 6, 1877; Jacob F, March 8, 1881; and Karl S., September 5, 1883. Mr. Lamb left Illinois in 1869 and came to Iowa, and that same year bought eighty acres of land, the place upon which he has since resided. As already stated, since locating here, he has given his attention to agricultural pursuits and to auctioneering. He cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln and has ever since maintained his allegiance to the Republican party. The offices of Constable, Township Treasurer, and School Director, have been ably filled by him, and in all public matters he takes a laudable interest. He is a member in good standing of the A. F. & A. M. Source: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1896, vol.1, p.449