Descendants of Artemus Lamb and Maria Bailey

1. Artemus1 Lamb, born in Connecticut. He married Maria Bailey, born in New York.

Children of Artemus Lamb and Maria Bailey were as follows:
2 i Merrette N.2 Lamb.
3 ii Emily2 Lamb.
4 iii Lucy2 Lamb.
5 iv Garrett2 Lamb.
+ 6 v Chancy2 Lamb, born 4 Jan 1816 in Ticonderoga, Essex, New York; died 12 Jul 1897 in
Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married Jane Bevier.

Generation 2

6. Chancy2 Lamb (Artemus1), born 4 Jan 1816 in Ticonderoga, Essex, New York; died 12 Jul 1897 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married on 17 Nov 1839 in Bradford, New York Jane
Bevier, born 10 Mar 1820 in Bradford, Steuben, New York; died 5 Mar 1897 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; buried in
Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, daughter of David Bevier and Sarah Geer.

Notes for Chancy Lamb
U.S. Census 1860 Index
Lamb, Chancy CLINTON TWP 305
Lamb, William H. CLINTON TWP 309

U.S. Census 1880
Chancy LAMB Self M M W 64 NY Proprietor Of SaVT VT
Jane LAMB Wife F M W 60 NY Keeping House NY CT
William E. YOUNG SonL M M W 35 NY Clerk In Saw MilNY NY
Emma E. YOUNG Dau F M W 30 IL At Home NY NY
Grace YOUNG GDau F S W 7 IA At School NY IL
Hattie LAMB Niece F S W 27 IN At Home NY NY
Fredrick WARE GSon M S W 19 IA At Home ENG NY

1886 History of Clinton Lamb, Chancy 165 Lamb, Chancy 170-171

The Clinton Age Vol. 20 No. 42 Friday February 3, 1888 On Thursday Mr. Chancy Lamb and wife and Miss Lettie Ware and Mr. Artemus Lamb and wife and daughter Emma, will start for Florida, where they will stay until the backbone of winter is broken square in two in the middle. Pleasant time to them, says the AGE.

Obituary: The Clinton Morning Age Vol. 14 No. 94 Tuesday July 13, 1897 "Uncle Chancy is dead!" This
was the word that passed from one to another Monday morning. It shows how Chancy Lamb was regarded by the
people of Clinton for the kindly old gentleman was beloved by all. There is sorrow in many homes today, for no
citizen of Clinton was ever more honored and respected by the citizens at large than was Chancy Lamb. For more
than two score years he had been identified with Clinton and its growth. It was to him as a child and this city
owes much to the memory of the man who did so much to the memory of the man who did so much for it. Many
an enterprise was fostered by him and his name came to be known as a synonym for reliability and enterprise.
His fame was not confined to the limits of a city, nor a state, but throughout the west he was well and favorably
known. Here in this beautiful city, which has been the witness of his toils and his successes - a city he did so
much to create, and which he loved with fatherly affection - surrounded only by firm and faithful friends, with a
home blessed with all the comforts of life, he lived the happiest of mortals, until on March 5, last, death entered
the household and claimed for its own the wife of his youth. From that day he seemed to realize that his life work
was ended and though surrounded by a devoted family and friends most true, his spirits never rallied. Slowly he
failed in health, but surely. Medical skill was of no avail. There was no disease. The noble spirit chafed under
the fetters which bound it to this life and on Monday morning at five minutes before two the final summons came,
and the soul of Chancy Lamb passed out into the great beyond, there to share the blessings of life eternal with her
who shared his joys and his sorrows through his earthly career. Mr. Lamb lived to see four generations of his
descendents come into the world. His children are Messrs. Artemus and LaFayette Lamb, Mrs. Edward Ware and
Mrs. W.E. Young. To Mr. and Mrs. Ware were born six children; Jennie, who married Thos. G. McGill, Jr., Fred,
who married Mamie Pomeroy, Will, Celeste, Edward and Artemus. Mr. and Mrs. Artemus Lamb are the parents
of five children: Emma, now Mrs. Marvin Gates, Garrette who married Gertrude Ellis, Dwight who married
Mollie Ankeny, Clara and Bert. The children of Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette Lamb are Merette, now Mrs. Eugene
Carpenter, and Chancy R., who married Florence Bingham. Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Young have one daughter, Grace,
now Mrs. Marvin B. Pool, and her little daughter, Dorothy - the great grand-child of Chancy Lamb - was the last
person he recognized. Chancy Lamb was born in Ticonderoga, Essex county, New York, on the fourth day of
January, 1816. His early days were devoted to farm life, spending an occasional winter in school and struggling
along year after year, with plenty of work to do, and doing it with a will, and having but little to show for his
industry and toil. In the year 1836 in company with his father's family he moved to Benton, Yates county, in the
same state. In that county he set himself to work manufacturing wagons and also in learning the millwright trade.
In 1838, he moved to Bradford, Steuben county and went to work by the month in a saw mill, in which
employment he remained until 1841, during the greater part of which time he was engaged in sawing lumber by
the thousand. In the summer of 1841, he commenced the construction of a saw mill for Mr. R.L. Chapman, of
Steuben county, which mill was completed in the spring of 1842. In the erection of this mill, Mr. Lamb was
assisted by Mr. S.B. Gardiner, now of this city. This mill was built in Yates county on the outlet of Crooked
Lake, now known as Lake Keuka. The season of 1842 Mr. Lamb ran the mill by contract with the owner. On the
16th of November, 1939, he was married in Bradford to Miss Jane Bevier, who for 58 years was the faithful
partner of his joys and his sorrows - sharing with him all there was of adversity and enjoying with him all that
peace and prosperity brings to a happy and contented fireside. In November, 1842, Mr. Lamb moved his family
back to Bradford and there he went to work in a saw mill, by the year, for Cameron, Thurman & Co. During the
winter of 1842-3 Mr. Lamb and Mr. Gardiner were engaged in repairing the mills of Cameron & Co., and in 1843
Mr. Lamb superintended the running of those mills. In the summer of 1844, Mr. Lamb, his wife and two children
- Artemus Lamb and the wife of Capt. Ed Ware of this city - together with his father and mother and two brothers,
and S.B. Gardiner and wife, came to Carroll county, Illinois. Mr. Gardiner remained until 1847, when he returned
to Yates county to superintend the running of the mill which had been built by Mr. Lamb. In Carroll county Mr.
Lamb had engaged in farming and was as successful in making money as any of his neighbors, which is not
saying much when the price of farm produce then is considered and the difficulties in getting it to market. Of
course there were no railroads in Illinois and the Mississippi river furnished the channel for shipping farm
produce. Then Carroll county had a population of some 1,500 inhabitants, now it numbers about 25, 000 people.
Then Illinois contained 376,000 inhabitants, now it has more than three million. Then the population of Clinton
county was about 1,000 and the state of Iowa less than 50,000. In the spring of 1849, Mr. Lamb having tired of
farming, packed his world's goods and instead of going west with the tide of emigration, he went east to
Williamsport, Penn., where for the year following he was employed in superintending the mill of J.C. Cameron &
Co. At the end of the year he returned to Chemung county, New York, where he was also employed by J.C.
Cameron & Co., who engaged him to run a mill and saw by the thousand. Here he remained until November,
1856, when he concluded he would try his fortune again in the west, and this time he brought up at our
neighboring city of Fulton. He stopped in Fulton only a few months, leaving that place early in 1857 to take
possession of a saw mill in this city, which he had purchased of Gray & Lunt and which he had helped to build.
The mill was situated near the end of the present railroad bridge and was considered quite a mill in those days,
though it possessed the capacity to saw only about ten thousand feet of lumber per day. Mr. Lamb put in
considerable new machinery, ran the mill himself, was doing a fine business and was just settling down to earnest
work for himself when the mill was destroyed by fire. The mill was burned October 6th 1857. The same year
and in fact while the smoke was still rising from the charred ruins of the burned mill, he commenced the erection
of the mill which was destroyed by fire on the 14th of November 1876. This mill was put in operation in the
spring of 1860. It was a fine large structure, compactly and solidly built, and furnished with all the improved
machinery. In March, 1868, Mr. Lamb laid the foundation of the large stone mill, and he had it in operation the
September following, the two mills having always done a very large business, and they have been run on an
average of nine months each year. In the same year Mr. Lamb purchased a three-fourths interest in the
Bomgardner mill, situated in the south part of the city, formerly Chancy - the remaining fourth was owned by S.B.
Gardiner and John Byng. It was this mill that was destroyed by fire on the morning of January 4th, 1877. The
firm of Lamb, Byng & Co. purchased in 1879, the saw mill of Wheeler & Warner, which was rebuilt, and was in
every respect a first-class mill. C. Lamb & sons have for some time owned both of the mills in South Clinton,
which mills have been enlarged and the most modern machinery put in. All the Lamb & Sons' mills are supplied
with a full complement of band saws. Mr. Lamb was among the first to employ steamboats to tow logs down the
river. Seeing the necessity for a quicker method of running logs than floating them with the current, he from time
to time built what may be termed a full fleet of steamboats expressly for the towing business. In the year 1864
Mr. Artemus Lamb was taken into partnership with his father and in the year 1873 Mr. Lafayette Lamb was taken
into partnership. The incorporated name is C. Lamb & Sons and the two sons have been identified as partners,
respectively, with all the improvements, investments and business, since they became partners and before such
admission as partners, they were identified with their father as important factors in all his business undertakings.
Chancy Lamb was emphatically the architect of his own fortune. He experienced the ups and downs of life as
much as any man of his age, but amid all his adversities he never recovered from any of them by doing a
dishonorable act; and in his days of prosperity he seemed to remember that he was surrounded by people who
were struggling as he had struggled and who wanted help as he had wanted help and his hand, with open palm,
was always extended in noble and generous and practical sympathy. In business affairs he was ever prudent,
careful and conservatively cautious, but never parsimonious or niggardly. Though limited in early education he
made his head contribute the lion's share to his successes; and one can hardly see where he could have made
brains play a more important part in his business even though had he been blessed with the learning of the highest
college. He possessed an inventive turn of mind and as farmer of millwright, he was never contented unless he
had something different from everybody else; and his inventions and theories always ran in the direction of labor
saving. We understand that some of the most important features of the reaper and mower were the fruits of his
brain. He never sought the protection of the law for his brain work, and of course, there were many sharp men to
pick up his ideas and appropriate them to their own use and profit. Some of the machinery in common use in the
saw-mills throughout the country was thought out by Chancy Lamb, and in some instances donated to the lumber
manufacturing fraternity. In some instances patents had been obtained and assigned for the benefit of a needy
friend. One of the most jovial and companionable men was Chancy Lamb. He delighted in telling stories, he was
a good listener, but usually had a story to match any that he heard. He loved a good horse and a good home and
he knew how to enjoy both. He was generous and open hearted as the day was long and he never lacked for
opportunity of being constantly reminded that the poor we have with us always. No person ever appealed to him
for aid and was turned away empty handed. Though past 81 years of age, he really did not appear to be old. His
intellect was intensely keen up to the time of his last illness, as those who have had to do with the mill of C. Lamb
& Sons can attest. In later years with his two competent sons to look after the details of the business, and
surrounded by experienced and trustworthy clerks and assistants, he was in a large measure relieved of those
burdens and toils which hurry active business men into a decrepit old age, not rightfully theirs. We do not believe
a community can anywhere be found which could better appreciate the enterprise and labor of such a citizen as
Chancy Lamb, than have the people of Clinton. Besides his large interests here, Mr. Lamb was heavily interested
in mining properties in the west, and his loss will be felt in business circles and among the friends he made
everywhere he went, almost as keenly as in Clinton. To his employees, Mr. Lamb was always kind and he took a
personal interest in the welfare of every man in his employ. That they may be given the opportunity to view for
the last time the face of their beloved employer, the men will meet at the upper and lower offices of C. Lamb &
Sons, Wednesday morning at nine and proceed thence to the residence. The funeral will be held from the late
residence at two Wednesday afternoon. The life of Chancy Lamb was that of a noble man. He was such at all
times and his transition to a better sphere was calm and peaceful. The words of Bryant in "Thanatopsis" are
unusually appropriate. "So live that when thy summons come To join the innumerable caravan, That moves to
that mysterious realm where each shall seek his chamber in the silent halls of death. Thou go not like the quarry
slave at night Scourged to his dungeon; But sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust. Approach thy grave
like one who wraps the draperies of his couch about him, And lies down to pleasant dreams." Thus it was that
Chancy Lamb lived and died. His days were filled with generous deeds and kind thoughts and his life record was
such that all mankind might stand up and say: "This was a man."

1911 Wolf's History of Clinton Lamb, Chancy, 731
Honored and respected by all, there was no one in Clinton county who occupied a more enviable position in
commercial and financial circles than Chancy Lamb, not alone on account of the brilliant success he achieved, but
also on account of the honorable straightforward business policy he ever followed. Integrity, activity and energy
were the crowning points of his success and his connection with various business enterprises an industries were of
decided advantage to his section of the state, promoting its material welfare in on uncertain manner. Mr. Lamb
was born in Ticonderoga, Essex county, New York, January 4, 1816, and was a son of Alpheus and Maria
(Bailey) Lamb, natives of Connecticut and New York, respectively. On his father's farm he passed his boyhood
youth, and received his education in the schools of the neighborhood, which he attended until fourteen years of
age, when he commenced his sawmill career. He early had a desire to try his fortune in the great west, and in
June, 1844, with his wife and family, removed to Illinois and located in York, Carroll county. As they were also
desirous of identifying themselves with the west his parents accompanied him on the journey. Their children
were Merrette N., Emily, Lucy, Garrett and Chancy. On taking up his residence in Illinois, our subject's cash
capital consisted of twenty-five cents. He pre-empted a tract of land and rented an adjoining place which had
been somewhat improved, and as a farmer he began his business career. Not being entirely satisfied with results
he returned to New York at the end of seven years, and was there employed on a salary to manage a lumber
business, working by the day or year, and occasionally taking contracts to saw lumber by the thousand feet. In the
meantime Mr. Lamb has retained possession of the two hundred and eighty acres of land which he had purchased
in Illinois. Hearing glowing accounts of the state of Iowa, he resolved to give the west another trial with the hope
of bettering his financial condition and establishing a permanent location. With this end in view he came to
Clinton in 1856 and started in business with a capital of less than three thousand dollars. Purchasing an old
sawmill which stood on the bank of the Mississippi river where the railroad bridge now crosses it, he put it in
running order and had begun business with a fair prospect of success when the building was destroyed by fire in
1858. With characteristic energy, however, he at once re-built what was known as mill B, but that was also
burned October 14, 1876. In 1868 he built the stone mill which was designated as mill A, and also purchased and
remodeled a mill at Chancy, afterward known as mill D, which was also destroyed by fire January 4, 1877, but
with the same persistency as before Mr. Lamb caused its reconstruction, and also acquired what is known as mill
C, just below it on the Mississippi river. Two years later, May 22, 1879, he lost, by the ravages of the same
element, a fine brick office, a large amount of lumber and several dwelling houses and barns. Nothing daunted,
however, he continued business here uninterruptedly up to the time of his death, and his labors were at length
crowned with success. He had large interests in various mills at Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Barronett, Shell
Lake and White River, Wisconsin. It is estimated that his loss by fire alone in early years aggregated three
hundred thousand dollars. In addition to his extensive milling transactions Mr. Lamb was largely interested in
pine lands, which was a source of supply for their mills. He was also a stockholder and director of the Clinton
National Bank; was president of the Clinton Water Works Company, and interested in the gas company. He did
much toward building up the city of his adoption, and in Clinton alone gave employment to over nine hundred
men. On the 17th of November, 1839, Mr. Lamb was united in marriage with Miss Jane Bevier, who was born in
Bradford, Steuben county, New York, March 10, 1820, and was a daughter of David and Sarah (Geer) Bevier.
David Bevier was born in Ulster county, New York, and his wife, Sarah Geer, in Norwich, Connecticut. On the
removal of her parents to the Empire state, they settled at Bradford, then called Jersey Hollow, where the father,
who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1829, and the mother in 1847. Her father served seven years during the
Revolutionary war, in the Third Ulster County, New York Regiment, and also took part in the war of 1812. He
was a man of great courage and bravery, and was an honored and respected citizen of the community in which he
resided. His children were Mrs. Mary W. Gannon; Charles; Mrs. Elizabeth H. Switzer; William; George; Mrs.
Sarah A. Whitehead; Mrs. Jane Lamb; Mrs. Phoebe Reeder. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were born four children;
Artemus; Augusta, wife of Edward Ware; Lafayette; and Emma E., wife of William E. Young. The sons are both
represented elsewhere in this volume. During the civil war Mr. Lamb was a stanch supporter of the Union cause,
and was active in encouraging enlistments and in every way strengthening the arm of the government. After the
battle of Fort Donnelson, in company with Dr. A.L. Ankeny, he made a trip to Mound City on the Ohio river,
from which place they started home with thirty-one wounded soldiers, bringing many to Clinton, where they
rendered them such aid as was possible, being assited in these Christian duties by their families until the recovery
of the soldiers. At another time during the war they went to Memphis on the same humane and patriotic errand,
but much to their regret succeeded in bringing home only a few soldiers at this time, circumstances preventing the
transportation of a large number. Such acts as these can be better appreciated than described but they show the
finer qualities of a nobler nature of one who took great delight in aiding those in need. The Republican party
always found in Mr. Lamb a stanch supporter in its principles, and he took an active interest in all enterprises
which he believed calculated to advance the moral, social or material welfare of his city and county. He died July
12, 1897, and in his death the community realized that it had lost a public benefactor. His career was such as to
warrant the trust and confidence of the business world, for he conducted all transactions on the strictest principles
of honor and integrity, and his devotion to the public good was unquestioned, arising from a sincere interest in the
welfare of his fellow men. He was a man of the times, broad-minded public spirited and progressive, and it is but
just and merited praise to say of him that as a business man he ranked among the ablest; as a citizen he was
honorable, prompt and true to every engagement; and as a man he held the honor and esteem of his fellow
citizens.

1946 History of Clinton Lamb Chancy 50, 69, 88, 97, 98, 143, 169

Notes for Jane Bevier
1946 History of Clinton Lamb Mrs. Chancy 11

Obituary: Clinton Morning Age Vol. 14 No. 33 Saturday March 6, 1897 p. 4 "How is Mrs. Lamb today?"
"How is Aunt Jane Lamb?" Were daily and hourly questions heard on the streets, in stores, in homes about the
city for several weeks past, as Mrs. Chancy Lamb had been confined to her home and room, with what was feared
would be and what proved to be a finaliliness. All that love, and wealth, and medical skill could do were
unstintingly done to prolong her life, but the summons came, and a good, noble woman, after a long life of
usefulness, on one overflowing with benevolent kindly acts, is rounded to a close, and she sleeps the sleep of
peace, well earned. Who did not know Mrs. Lamb? In Clinton her vigorous physical figure was as familiar to all
as is that of the life long help mate she leaves behind - her husband, Mr. Chancy Lamb. A kindly word greeted
friends, an open purse was present to relieve need wherever found, and many handsome bouquet has cheered a
sick room, a delicacy has tempted the appetite of a convalescant, sent by her thoughtfulness. Of her it can be truly
said, she loved to do good. She will be sadly missed in the city, but in the spacious Seventh avenue home she will
be missed the most. For years it has been home because "mother" was there, and now the dismal change death
brings surrounds it. The aged husband once said to the writer, "What I am Jane made me." He has wealth, power,
social and financial distinction in the world, and her influence, he often took pride in saying, her counsel he
invariably acted upon, he would add, have brought me thousands of dollars. Then one time he told how he left
the little home back east to go into the Canadian pineries, and worked for two years to make some money for the
young wife and babe, refusing to let her go with him because there were no comforts in the woodman's camp,
where she asserted her right and duty to be with him, which resulted in his giving up the struggle in the woods of
the east to come here at her request, and then the fortune began to grow. The AGE would not rehearse these but
to show what a strong minded, noble, self-sacrificing woman she was. To the many old residents of the city this
is unnecessary. Her life was an open book and friends of years ago wree friends to the last. Jane Bevier was born
in Sutben county, New York, March 16, 1820, so her life in a few days would have reached three score years and
ten and seven. November 17, 1839, she was married to Chancy Lamb at Bradford, New York, and in 1856 they
come to Clinton to reside, where their home had been ever since. To them were born two sons and two daughters,
Artemus Lamb, Augusta Lamb, Lafayette Lamb, Emme W. Lamb Young, all of whom survive her and with their
families reside in Clinton, being with her to the last. She was of French-Huguenot ancestry, and the daughter of
an adjutant in the Revolutionary war. pages could be filed about her good deeds, columns could be written about
her influence for good on the community, and then the half would not be told. She has gone to rest, and sweet
will be the memories of her, in her family circle, among her many friends as days go-by. Her life was well lived,
she sleeps in peace. The funeral services will occur from the residence Monday at 3 p.m. with interment in
Springdale.

Children of Chancy Lamb and Jane Bevier were as follows:
+ 7 i Artemus3 Lamb, born 11 Sep 1840 in Bradford, Steuben, New York; died 23 Apr 1901 in
Coronado, California; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married Henrietta Sabrina
Smith.
+ 8 ii Augusta3 Lamb, born 13 Aug 1842 in Penn Yan, New York; died 7 Mar 1914 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 10 Mar 1914 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married Edward Ware.
+ 9 iii Lafayette3 Lamb, born 26 Feb 1845 in Carroll, Illinois; died 30 May 1917 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married Olivia L. Hufman.
+ 10 iv Emma E.3 Lamb, born 30 Jun 1849 in Big Flats, New York; died 4 Jun 1926 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 7 Jun 1926 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married William E. Young.
11 v Celeste3 Lamb.
12 vi Merrette3 Lamb.

Generation 3

7. Artemus3 Lamb (Chancy2, Artemus1), born 11 Sep 1840 in Bradford, Steuben, New York; died 23 Apr 1901 in
Coronado, California; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married on 11 Oct 1865 Henrietta Sabrina Smith,
born 16 Apr 1845 in Perry, Ohio; died 2 Apr 1925 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; buried 4 Apr 1925 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa.

Notes for Artemus Lamb
U.S. Census 1870
Lamb, Anna 2 W. LYONS 310
Lamb, Artemus 2 W. CLINTON 132
Lamb, Clancey 3 W. CLINTON 151
Lamb, Layfaette 3 W. CLINTON 144
Lamb, Patrick T. 4 W. CLINTON 172
Lamb, Sarah M. 4 W. CLINTON 155

1880 US Census Clinton Iowa
Artemus LAMB Self M M W 39 NY Lumber Dealer NY NY
Henrietta LAMB Wife F M W 35 OH Keeping House OH OH
Emma LAMB Dau F S W 13 IA At School --- ---
Garrett LAMB Son M S W 10 IA At School --- ---
Dwight LAMB Son M S W 9 IA At School --- ---
Clarra LAMB Dau F S W 6 IA At School --- ---
Burt LAMB Son M S W 4 IA --- ---

US Census 7 June 1900 SD 2 ED 9 Sheet 9B Second Ward 402 5th Avenue Dwelling 180 Family 190 Lamb,
Artemus b. Sep. 1839 age 60 Married 34 years b. New York President Bank

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) ARTEMUS LAMB, of the firm
of C. Lamb & Sons; is a native of Steuben Co., N. Y.; was born Sept. 11, 1840; when 16 years of age, he came
with his parents to Clinton, Iowa ; he entered his father's mills; after reaching manhood, he became interested in
the business with his father ; their business is very extensive and has grown to great magnitude, and, to a great
extent, the management devolves upon him. He has had charge of the Fire Department of Clinton for the past five
years, and has been a member of the City Council. Mr. Lamb married Miss Henrietta S. Smith, a native of Ohio;
they have five children-Emma R., Garrett D., James D., Clara J., and Lafayette B.

The Clinton Morning News Vol IV No. 139 Wednesday October 14, 1885 A Fairy Fete The Fifth Avenue
Mansion of Mr. Artemus Lamb the Scene of a Brilliant Social Affair The handsome residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Artemus Lamb, last evening, was the scene of one of the most brilliant social gatherings in the history of Clinton.
The occasion of the affair was the anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb's marriage and also the introduction of their
daughter, Miss Emma, into society. The large house was a blaze of light from basement to roof, and the scene
presented was a most beautiful one. The attendance was large, nearly all the invitations issued being responded
to, and but few regrets being received. Flanagan & Greenhill's orchestra were in attendance and furnished
delightful music for those who desired to enjoy the pleasant waltz. At about eleven o'clock a fine collation was
served consisting of all the delicacies of the season. The costumes of the ladies present were very costly and
unusually handsome, especially that worn by the fair young debutante, upon whom was showered the
congratulations of all present. Miss Lamb will prove a valuable acquisition to the society of Clinton owing to her
personal beauty and mental attainments. Among those present from abroad were the following: Mr. and Mrs.
F.C. Weyerhauser and Miss Lizzie Weyerhauser, Miss Webber and Miss Guyer, of Rock Island; Mrs. J. Sloan,
Miss Mitchell, Miss Schrader, Miss Squires, Miss Trout, Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Squires, of Maquoketa; Miss M.
Stuart, of Detroit. It was not until a late hour that the guests departed for their homes, after wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Lamb many returns of their anniversary, and Miss Emma a life of pleasure, so auspiciously begun.
The Clinton Weekly Herald Thursday October 15, 1885 Social Scenes A Brilliant Anniversary Commeration
and Debutant Reception at Artemus Lamb's - Wedding Bells at LeRoy Bradley's - Etc. A Grand Reception An
entertainment, picturesque and charming in a high degree, was enjoyed by several hundred guests at the elegant
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Artemus Lamb on Fifth avenue Tuesday evening, Oct. 13th, the occasion being at once
a pleasant commemoration of the 20th wedding anniversary of the host and hostess and a favorable opportunity
for the social debut of Miss Emma Lamb, their accomplished daughter. Handsome lithographed invitations had
been extended to several hundred friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb residing here and elsewhere, and responses were
so numerous as to make necessary but few regrets. Lavish and suitable preparations were then entered upon by
Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and daughter and their guests as well, the consummation of which was a social event equaling
in brilliancy and éclat any similar occasion in this city. The spacious and luxuriantly furnished parlors and
apartments of the mansion were tastefully adorned and brightly illuminated throughout, superb floral collections
and ornaments from Chicago delighting the air everywhere and filling it with a delicious perfume. The guests
uniformly attired in full evening dress, were received by Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and daughter, assisted by Mrs. W.G.
Bevier, of Tipton, and Miss Mary B. Stewart, of Detroit. Miss Lamb was radiant with the smiles of happiness
incident to so important and auspicious an epoch in her young career, and the host and hostess were noticeably
cordial and solicitous for the comfort of their friends. Meritorious efforts of Greenhill & Flanagan's full orchestra
gratified the musical taste and inspired the terpsichorean proclivities of the throng, while in the commodious
dining room the guests were abundantly served with choice refreshments from Kinsley's. At the request of Mr.
and Mrs. Lamb no presents were made. Among the guest from abroad Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Weyerhaeuser, Miss L.
Weyerhaeuser, Mrs. M. Blackburn, Miss A. Webber, Miss Annette Guyer and Miss Emma Chapman of Rock
Island; Mrs. John Sloan, Miss Thekla Von Schroeder, Misses Mitchell, Squires and Trout, and Mrssrs. Squires
and Lawrence, of Maquoketa; Miss Ryder, of Dubuque; Mrs. W.B. Bevier, of Tipton; Miss Mary B. Stewart, of
Detroit.

1886 History of Clinton Lamb, Artemus 167

The Clinton Daily Herald Wednesday April 24, 1901 The news of the death of Artemus Lamb was received
here Tuesday. His many friends in Camanche regret the final result of the railroad accident that brought about his
untimely

Wolfe's 1911 History of Clinton Lamb, Artemus, p. 684 Environment is said to be the making of a man's
character for good or evil. So is reflected upon a community, be it large or small, the life of an individual. If the
man is broad-minded, progressive and ambitious, there must follow an upbuilding that will outlast the mortal
career. Artemus Lamb who died April 23, 1901, left an ineffaceable record of good upon Clinton, Iowa, a city
that owes much to the stalwart Lamb family. Artemus Lamb was the oldest son of Chancy and Jane (Bevier)
Lamb and was born September 11, 1840, in Bradford, Steuben county, New York, where his father ran a sawmill.
His eduaction was gained in the public schools, mostly at Big Flats, Chemung county, New York. When sixteen
years old he went to Clinton with his father and ever after made that city his home. From boyhood he worked
with his father and was his constant associate and helpmate. He had a mechanical bent, which he cultivated for
many years, together with practical experience in sawmilling, and he assisted largely in bringing about the high
efficiency of the mills controlled by the Lambs. Before he had reached manhood Mr. Lamb entered the service of
his father, who conducted several manufacturing enterprises in Clinton. He was taken into partnership by the
senior Mr. Lamb in 1864, when the firm of C. Lamb & Sons was formed. From that time on the operations of the
concern were broadened rapidly. In 1868 the firm built a large mill structure of stone, and sawing was begun the
same year. An interest in the Cobb mill at Riverside, near Clinton, was secured in 1868, and Mr. Lamb and his
father organized, with S.B. Gardiner, S.W. Gardiner and John Byng, the firm of Lamb, Byng & Company. This
concern in 1872 acquired the sawmill of Wheeler & Warner, which property was located near the Cobb mill.Two
years later Artemus Lamb's brother, Lafayette Lamb, was admitted to partnership and the Lamb concern became
known at C. Lamb & Sons. The firm, in the spring of 1877, obtained the shares of S.W. Gardiner, S.B. Gardiner
and John Byng in Lamb, Byng & Company, and in January, 1878, the Lamb interests were incorporated under the
title of C. Lamb & Sons. Chancy Lamb was president, Lafayette Lamb, vice-president, and Artemus Lamb,
secretary and treasurer. It was in one of the four mills operated by the Lambs at Clinton that the use of the band
saw for cutting white pine is supposed to have been first attempted. Many innovations in sawmilling were
witnessed at the Lamb mill, including an edger of an entirely new type and a trimmer, besides a friction log turner
that, now driven by steam, is today known as a "nigger." The last of the Lamb operations at Clinton ended with
the shutting down of the remaining mill October 26, 1904. It is estimated that Mr. Lamb and his sons cut and
marketed more than three billion feet of lumber. While having a practical knowledge of sawmilling, Artemus
Lamb, later in life, paid more attention to the distribution of the lumber product and to the financial end of the
various business interests of his father, brother and himself. There was much of the typical American citizen
about Mr. Lamb, for he took an active interest in any and all of the enterprises of the city where he lived. He had
charge of the volunteer fire fighting force until 1879, and it was his earnest efforts that brought about the splendid
organization in which the city prides itself. He believed that it was his duty to enter politics and he served as
councilman, the recordsof that body revealing the earnestness and fidelity which which he served his fellow men.
One of Mr. Lamb's greatest achievements was the founding of the Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, of Clinton, in
1892, and it was to his influence that the institution in less than three years had deposits of more than three
million dollars and took rank with the more important financial organizations in the middle west. He was the
moving spirit in the organization of the Iowa Packing & Provision Company, of Clinton, and was heavily
interested in other ventures that paid, and still are paying, ever-increasing dividends. Besides the People's Trust &
Savings Bank, to which he gave much of his time, he was interested in the City National Bank, of Clinton; the
Clinton National Bank, of Clinton; the Lumberman's Bank, of Shell Lake, Wisconsin; the Merchants National
Bank, of Clinton, and the Clinton Savings Bank. He was president of the Clinton Gas Light & Coke Company,
vice-president of the Mississippi River Logging Company and a director in the Shell Lake Lumber Company, of
Shell Lake, Wisconsin. He was interested in sixteen lumber mills on the upper Mississippi river. He held the
office of vice-president of the Mississippi River Lumber Company, the Chippewa Logging Company and the
Crescent railroad, of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, and was a director in the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company, of
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; the White River Lumber Company, of Mason, Wisconsin, and the Barronett Lumber
company, of Barronett, Wisconsin. In addition to these varied enterprises, Mr. Lamb had extended mining
interests at Deadwood, natable in what are known as the Bonanza mine and the Buxton, which were great
producers and divident payers. Masonry attracted much of the attention of Mr. Lamb, and he was given signal
recognition in the order, to which he was admitted in 1870. He was a member of Keystone Chapter No. 32, Royal
Arch, and of Holy Cross Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, of Clinton, Iowa. He was made a Scottish-rite
Mason and for six years was master of Kadosh and was prior for many years. he was a member of the Royal
Order of Scotland (Scottish Rite) and was admitted to the El Kahir Shrine at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a
member of Clinton Council, in York-rite Masonry and also of the Knights of Pythias. He was an exhalted ruler of
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and for many years was president of the Wapsipinicon Club, of
Clinton. Mr. Lamb married Henriette Sabina Smity, who was a native of Perry county, Ohio, at Clinton, Iowa,
October 11, 1865. To the couple were born five children, three of whom are living: Emma Rena, widow of
Marvin J. Gates; Garrett Eugene, and Clara Augusta, wife of Russell B. McCoy. Burt Lafayette died January 30,
1898, and James Dwight was drowned May 5, 1905. Feeling that his constitution was being undermined by
business cares, Mr. Lamb started in January, 1901, for California to seek rest during the winter months. The train
on which he was a passenger was wrecked near Rock Springs, Wyoming, January 16, and Mr. Lamb was so
seriously injured that he never recovered, passing away at Coronado, California, April 23, 1901. The remains
were brought to Clinton and buried in the family mausoleum at Springdale cemetery. Mr. Lamb's life was full of
effort for others, and no mean proportion of the wealth he gathered was devoted to the poor of Clinton. His genial
ways and careful observance of the rights of others made him beloved not only by those who immediately
surrounded him, but by the thousands to whom he was less familiarly known. He attended the First Presbyterian
church and was for many years one of its trustees, contributing liberally to all its causes.

Obituary: The Clinton Daily Herald April 23, 1901 Lafayette Lamb received a message this morning, which
stated that his brother, Artemus Lamb, passed away at 4:40 o'clock this morning, at Coronado Beach, Cal. His
wife and four children, Garrett E. and M. Dwight, and Mrs. Emma Gates and Mrs. Clara McCoy, were all at the
bedside when the final summons came. The news of the death of Mr. Lamb will be no surprise to the residents of
this city, as it has been known for a number of days that the end was near. He practically recovered several weeks
ago from the injuries he received in the railway accident, and his permanent recovery seem certain. However,
heart trouble resulting from his long illness and general debility, and despite all that could be done by medical
skill, he gradually grew worse, and the end came at an early hour this morning. By the death of Artemus Lamb
Clinton loses one of its best known and most progressive citizens. He was at the head of the Lamb saw mills, the
most extensive along the Mississippi river; the president of the Iowa Packing and Provision company, and the
president of the People's Trust and Savings bank. He was also largely interested in numerous enterprises of this
city and in the pine regions, and had extensive mining interests. By the death of his father, the late Chancy Lamb,
being the eldest of the two sons identified with their father in the numerous business enterprises in which he was
interested, naturally assumed the responsibility as head of the C. Lamb & Sons' company. He successfully carried
on the new duties thus suddenly thrust upon him, and all of the enterprises of which he has assumed the
management have prospered to a large degree. His business career commenced in his sixteenth year, when he
entered his father's saw mill in this city. After he grew to manhood, he became a member of the firm and for
many years was his father's chief advisor in the conducting of the business of C. Lamb & Sons, which developed
rapidly and became an important factor in the lumber business in the middle west. But not only has Mr. Lamb
been successful in the lumber business, he has been equally successful in all of his business enterprises, and the
fact that Artemus Lamb was connected with a business industry was assurance of his success. He was an
indefatigable worker and gave the closest attention to every business detail. He was a large employer of labor and
was always held in the highest esteem by the hundreds of men in his employ. He believed in paying the laboring
man good wages and made the surroundings of those in his pay roll as pleasant as possible, and his death will be
mourned by hundreds of working men of this city, some of whom have been in the employ of C. Lamb & Sons
for nearly half a century. By the death of Artemus Lamb, the city of Clinton suffers what appears to be an
irreparable loss. There was no commendable enterprise, public or private, the he was not always ready to assist,
both by financial aid and helpful counsel. He was charitable and many of his kind deeds will be remembered by
the countless numbers that he has assisted, known only to those to whom a helping hand was extended. He was a
financial power in the city and will be missed, perhaps to a greater extent than any other man in Clinton. Mr.
Lamb's death was largely due to an accident which he received in a wreck on a Union Pacific train near Rock
Springs, Wyo. At the time of the accident, he was seated at a table in the dining car, which rolled down and
embankment. Mr. Lamb was more severely injured than any other person on the train. He was taken to the
hospital at Rock Springs, but in a few days was removed to the Hotel del Coronado, Cal., making the trip in the
private car of President Burt of the Union Pacific railway company. He was accompanied by the members of his
family and the head physician of the Union Pacific railway. He stood the trip well and for a few days showed
signs of improvement. However, blood poisoning set in and for several days his life was despaired of and his
relatives were summoned to his bedside. Specialists were sent for from San Francisco. After lying in a critical
condition for a number of days, he commenced to improve and at one time was apparently out of danger and was
able to be about the house. About a month ago he showed symptoms of heart trouble and it was feared from the
time that the end was near. At times he showed signs of improvement and messages of hope were wired to
anxious ones here, only to be followed by other messages less hopeful. A few days ago the attending physician
gave up all hopes of his recovery and the end came at the time stated above. Artemus Lamb was born in Steuben
county, N.Y., September 11, 1840. His early days were spent on a farm owned by his father in Carroll county,
Ill., where the family moved in 1844. In 1856, he came to Clinton with his parents, and went to work in his
father's saw mill, at that time a small concern. In 1865 he became a partner in what is now known as C. Lamb &
Sons. He was united in marriage with Henrietta S. Smith of Clinton, Oct. 11, 1865, who, with four children,
survive him. They are: Mrs. Marvin J. Gates, Garrett E., James d., and Mrs. R.B. McCoy, all of this city. Burt L.
Lamb the youngest son of the deceased, passed away a few years ago. Artemus Lamb was a descendent of
Thomas Lamb, who arrived in America from England with Winthrop in 1630, and through his mother's line, from
French Huguenots, who sought refuge in Ulster county, N.Y. before the American revolution.

1946 History of Clinton Lamb Artemus 65, 76, 85, 98, 116, 130, 137, 172

Notes for Henrietta Sabrina Smith
US Census 7 June 1900 SD 2 ED 9 Sheet 9B Second Ward 402 5th Avenue Dwelling 180 Family 190 Lamb,
Henrietta b. Apr. 1845 age 55 Married 34 years 0 children 0 living b. New York
US Census 19 April 1910 Clinton Twp. 402 Fifth Avenue Dwelling 80 Family 89 Lamb, Henrietta age 65 5
children 3 living b. Ohio

Obituary: Clinton Advertiser Saturday April 4, 1925 p. 6 Thursday night, Mrs. Artemus Lamb passed away at
her home on Fifth avenue, after a long and tedious illness. The Master called and she obeyed the loving
summons. Hers has been a useful and busy life. Charitable she was almost to a fault, and long before illness had
confined her to her home, she did her acts quietly and personally, without publicity or ostentation. Her heart and
hand were ever open to those in need, and her ready ear ever alert to the wail of suffering or distress. With all the
activities of her younger and busy days, must be added the crowning title of mother. This, the greatest mission
which can be entrusted to humanity, she fulfilled with an eye single to the wiches of the Master, and now, as we
lay her away, her children and children's children can rise up and call her blessed. Henrietta Sabrina Smith Lamb
was born in Perry, Ohio, April 16th, 1845, died April 2, 1925, making her nearly 80 years of age at the time of her
death. In 1847, her family came west, locating in Laona township, Winnebago county, Illinois. In 1854 they
moved to Maquoketa, Iowa; in October, 1860 to Clinton, this having been her home since that time. She was
married October 11th, 1865 to Artemus Lamb. To them were born five children-three sons, Garrett, Dwight and
Burt, and two daughters, Emma and Clara. Mr. Lamb and two sons, Dwight and Burt preceeded their mother in
joining the great majority. Of the surviving family there are three children, Garrett, Emma, (Mrs. M.J. Gates),
Clara (Mrs. R.B. McCoy), six grandchildren, Artemus Gates, New York City, John Gates, Bend, Oregon,
Henrietta Gates, Valeria (Mrs. Jack Thornton) New York City, Artemus Lamb in Yale, New Haven and Albert
McCoy and one sister, Mrs. J.S. Bevier. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Fifth avenue
home. Rev. J.M. Duer, pastor of the First Presbyterian church officiated. Mrs. E.L. Miller and D.E. Leslie sang
during the service. Honorary pallbearers were A.G. Smith, A.R. Olney, John D. Van Allen, C.H. Young, W.W.
Cook, E.A. Schultz, G.L. Curtis, F.B. King and G.E. Wilson Jr. The service at Springdale cemetery was private.

Children of Artemus Lamb and Henrietta Sabrina Smith were as follows:
+ 13 i Emma Rena4 Lamb, born 6 Dec 1866 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 7 Feb 1945 in Phoenix,
Maricopa, Arizona; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married Marvin J. Gates.
14 ii Garrett Eugene4 Lamb, born 14 Nov 1869 in Clinton, Iowa; died 30 Apr 1943 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 1 May 1943 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married on 6 Apr 1892
Gertrude May Ellis, born 27 Jan 1867 in Lyons, Clinton, Iowa; died 4 Jun 1934 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 6 Jun 1934 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, daughter of Judge Lyman A. Ellis
and Mary Buckley. Notes: US Census 29 April 1910 Clinton Twp. 402 Fifth Avenue
Dwelling 401 Family 420 Lamb, Garrett E. age 40 Married 18 years b. Iowa Lumberman,
Banker 1911 Wolf's History of Clinton p. 676 Lamb, Garrett E., Iowa has been especially
honored in the character and career of her public and professional men. In every county there
are to be found, rising above their fellows, individuals born to leadership in the various
vocations and professions, men who dominate by natural endowment and force of character.
Such men are by no means rare and it is always profitable to study their lives and hold up
their achievements as incentives to greater activity and higher excellence on the part of others
just entering upon their first struggles with the world. These reflections are suggested by the
career of one who has forged his way to the front ranks and who by a strong inherent force
and innate ability, directed by intelligence and judgement of a high order, stands today among
the successful men of Clinton county and eastern Iowa. Garrett E. Lamb is a native son of
the Hawkeye state, having been born in Clinton county on November 14, 1869, and he is the
son of Artemus and Henrietta (Smith) Lamb. Artemus Lamb, who was the oldest son of
Chancy and Jane (Bevier) Lamb, was born September 11, 1840, in Bradford, Steuben county,
New York, and he gained his education in the public schools of his native state. At the age of
sixteen years he accompanied his father to Clinton county, Iowa, and his subsequent life was
identified with this county. He was early associated with his father in business and their
interests became very extensive, consisting of sawmilling, in which they became widely
known throught the eastern part of the state, the magnitude of their operations being
evidenced in the fact that up to the sutting down of their last mill in 1904, they had cut and
marketed over three billion feet of lumber. Artemus Lamb took a keen interest in his adopted
county and city and in 1892 he took the leading part in the organization of the People's Trust
and Savings Bank of Clinton, which was soon numbered among the leading banks of this part
of the middle West. He also had a large part in the organization of the Iowa Packing and
Provision Company, of Clinton. He was also interested in many other banks and business
enterprises, in all of which he was a leading spirit and in the direction of which his advice and
judgement were held in the highest esteem by his business associates. For a detailed acocunt
of his business career the reader is referred to his personal sketch, which appears elsewhere in
this work. Artemus Lamb died on April 23, 1901, his death resulting from injuries received
in a railroad wreck in Wyoming, while on his way to California, where he had hoped to
recuperate his health, which had become undermined by arduous business cares. To Artemus
and Henrietta Lamb were born five children, namely: Emma Rena, widow of Marvin J.
Gates; Garrett Eugene, the immediate subject of this sketch; Clara Augusta, wife of Russell
B. McCoy; Burt Lafayette and Jame Dwight are deceased. Garrett E. Lamb received his
elementary education in the public schools of Clinton, graduating from the high schools. He
then became a student in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he remained two
years. At the end of that time he returned to his home and became associated with his father
and brothers in the firm of C. Lamb & Sons, which had been incorporated and which was
widely known as one of the most extensive and influential corporations in this section of the
country. Besides the extensive milling interests with which the company has been identified
were large mining interests, which invariable proved successful and financially profitable.
Mr. Lamb has in all his business enterprises exhibited the same soundness of judgement and
progressive spirit which characterized his father and grandfather and his career has been
marked by energy, persistence and shrewdness which have enabled him to accomplish very
definite results in all the lines to which he has lent his efforts. He is personally interested in
Arizona mining properties, and is president of the Iowa & Illinois Railway Company and of
the Clinton Gas Light & Coke Company. Affable and easily approached, Mr. Lamb enjoys
the unstinted friendship of all who are associated with him in business and the respect and
esteem of all who are brought in contact with him. He is loyal in his friendships and occupies
an enviable position in the city where so many years of his life have been spent. He has taken
a deep interest in the welfare of his community and his influence and support are invariable
given to every movement tending to the advancement of the best interests of the city or
county. Politically, Mr. Lamb is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, though his
extensive business interests have precluded his giving much attention to political affairs.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has taken
all the degrees up to and including the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite. He also
belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. On the 6th day of April, 1892,
Mr. Lamb was united in marriage with Gertrude May Ellis, the daughter of Lyman A. and
Mary (Buckley) Ellis. Lyman A. Ellis, who during his lifetime occupied an exalted position
among the lawyers and statesmen of Iowa, was born in Burlington, Vermont, March 7, 1833,
of stalwart New England parentage. After completing an academic and law school education,
he was admitted to the bar, and in 1855 he came west to Iowa, with which he was ever
afterwards identified. His abilities were at once recognized and he quickly attained to an
enviable position at the bar of his state. For sixteen years he served as district attorney of the
seventh judicial district. Later he was elected state senator from Clinton county, giving such
efficient service that he was the unanimous choice of his party for re-election, but his
extensive legal practice compelled him to decline further political honors. His death occurred
on June 8, 1906. Obituary: The Clinton Herald Friday April 30, 1943 p. 10 Garrett E. Lamb,
73, lifetime Clinton resident and member of on of the prominent pioneer families with which
the development of the city is indelibly associated, died at 3 a.m. today in his home, 331 Fifth
avenue, South. Retired from active business for more than a decade, Mr. Lamb had been ill
for about three years. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the Bragonier
chapel with the Rev. Thomas Horton, D.D., rector of St. John's Episcopal church, officiating.
Interment will be in Springdale cemetery. Born Nov. 14, 1869, son of Artemus and Henrietta
Smith Lamb, Garret Eugene Lamb received his elementary education in the Clinton public
schools and later studied at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. During his business life, he
was associated with C. Lamb and Sons, one of the huge lumber companies which made
Clinton famous until decline of the sawmill industry here about the turn of the century. At
one time he served as president of the Clinton Gas Light and Coke company, now the
Interstate Power company, and he also was president of the Iowa and Illinois Railroad
company. Throughout his active career, he was identified with business and banking interests
and in the investment field. Mrs. Lamb, the former Gertrude May Ellis, died in 1934. Two
sisters, Mrs. Marvin J. Gates and Mrs. Russell B. McCoy, both of Clinton, survive, together
with nieces and nephews, Artemus L. Gates, Washington, D.C., assistant secretary of the
navy for aviation, Mrs. Lawrence Murphy and John Gates, both of Moline, Ill., Artemus D.
Lamb, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Valeria Lamb Thornton, Laramie, Wyo. Two brothers, James
Dwight and Burt Lafayette Lamb, preceded him in death.
+ 15 iii James Dwight4 Lamb, born 25 Jun 1871 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 12 May 1905 in
near Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa; buried 15 May 1905 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married
Mollie Ankeny.
+ 16 iv Clara Augusta4 Lamb, born 30 Apr 1874 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 3 Mar 1955 in
Tucson, Pima, Arizona; buried 7 Mar 1955 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married Russell
Belknap McCoy.
17 v Lafayette Burt4 Lamb, born 1876 in Iowa; died bef 1925.


8. Augusta3 Lamb (Chancy2, Artemus1), born 13 Aug 1842 in Penn Yan, New York; died 7 Mar 1914 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 10 Mar 1914 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married Edward Ware, born 13 Jun 1830 in
England; died abt 1880.

Notes for Augusta Lamb
US Census 13 June 1900 SD 2 ED 9 Sheet 19 Second Ward 318 6th Avenue Dwelling 409 Family 435 Ware,
Augusta b. Jun. 1851 age 48 married 20 years 2 children 2 living b. New York
US Census 30 April 1910 Clinton Twp. 318 Sixth Avenue Dwelling 425 Family 445 Ware, Augusta age 68 6
children 6 living b. New York

Obituary: Clinton Daily Advertiser Monday March 9, 1914 p. 3 Mrs. Augusta Lamb Ware answered the last
summons to the great beyond at her residence, 318 Sixth avenue, in this city, at ten o'clock Saturday evening, after
a serious illness of four months. Before that time she had suffered from impaired health for more than a year.
Mrs. Ware was the daughter of Chancy Lamb and Jane Lamb and has lived in Clinton nearly all her life. Her age
was seventy-one years, seven months and twenty-one days. She was born at Penn Yan, N.Y., August 13, 1842,
and came west with her father and family in 1844, and the family settled near what is now Thomson, Ill. Seven
years afterwards the family returned east and then again removed to Fulton in 1852, and finally settled at Clinton
the year following, where she has since resided. She leaves surviving her five children, Fred E. Ware and Mrs.
Frank W. Ellis of Clinton, Iowa, Mrs. Jennie Wainwright and E.M. Ware at Louisville, Ky., and A.L. Ware of Los
Angeles, Cal., and three grandchildren. She is survived also by her sister, Mrs. Emma E. Young, and her brother,
Lafayette Lamb, who live here. Mrs. Ware has many warm friends in Clinton, especially among the older
residents, and her passing will cause them deep regret and profound sorrow. She was a woman of kindly and
gentle manner, charitable, generous and warm hearted. Mrs. Ware has helped to make brighter the sunshine of
life for some and assisted in a substantial way to the happiness and contentment of others. She will be sadly
missed by her family and friends and by many who know of liberal generosity and kindness. Funeral services
will be conducted at the residence, 318 Sixth avenue, at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, March the tenth.

Burial: Springdale Cemetery

Notes for Edward Ware
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697 Biographical
Sketches of Clinton Residents EDWARD WARE, with C. Lamb & Son; is a native of England, and was born
June 13, 1830; he came to America in 1842, and was brought up in York State; he came to Fulton in 1854, and
came to Clinton Co. in 1855 ; he was engineer of the first saw-mill in Clinton; when the war broke out, he
enlisted, in June, 1861, in the 1st I. V. C., Co. M; he remained in the service until March, 1866; he was promoted
to hold commission of Second Lieutenant when the war closed; since then, he has been engaged in steamboating
and in the lumber-yard of C. Lamb & Sons. He married Miss Augusta Lamb, daughter of C. Lamb, Esq., in 1859;
they have six children-Fred, Jennie, Willie, Lettie, Eddie, and Artemus.

1880 US Census
Edwin WARE Self M M W 50 ENG Works For Saw MiENG ENG
Augusta WARE Wife F M W 37 NY Keeping House NY NY
Jennie WARE Dau F W 18 IA At School --- ---
William WARE Son M S W 13 IA At Home --- ---
Lettie WARE Dau F S W 10 IA At School --- ---
Eddie WARE Son M S W 8 IA At School --- ---
Artimus WARE Son M S W 1 IA --- ---

Children of Augusta Lamb and Edward Ware were as follows:
18 i Fred E.4 Ware, born 16 Sep 1860 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 3 Apr 1921 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 6 Apr 1921 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married in 1890 Mary Reid,
born Dec 1863 in New York; died 17 Apr 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; buried 20 Apr
1920 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, daughter of (---) Reid. Notes: US Census 7 June 1900 SD 2
ED 9 Sheet 9B Second Ward 435 5th Avenue Dwelling 184 Family 194 Ware, Fred b. Sep.
1860 age 39 Married 10 years b. Iowa Bookkeeper US Census 19 April 1910 Clinton Twp.
438 Fifth Avenue Dwelling 82 Family 91 Ware, Fred E. age 49 Married 20 years b. Iowa
Real Estate Insurance Obituary: The Clinton Herald Monday April 4, 1921 p. 15 Fred E.
Ware, 438 Fifth avenue, aged 60 years, a life time resident of Clinton, passed away at 7
o'clock yesterday morning at Jane Lamb hospital, his death following a week's illness.
Funeral services are to be held at the late home at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Rev.
F.H. Burrell officiating at the Episcopal service. Interment will be in Springdale cemetery.
The deceased was born in Clinton September 16, 1861, and had always made Clinton his
home. He was a graduate of Lake Forest, where he had received his finishing education, and
was for many years engaged in the insurance business in Clinton. In his early years he was
interested in athletics, as a participant, and in recent years had continued that interest as a
spectator. Mrs. Ware passed away a year ago in Chicago and Mr. Ware's mother, Mrs.
Aguusta Lamb Ware, preceded him in death about seven years. His father died many years
ago. Left to mourn the death of the deceased are two brothers, E.M. Ware of Los Angeles,
Calif., and A.L. Ware of San Francisco, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie M. Wainwright
and Mrs. Frank W. Ellis, both of Clinton. The deceased was a member of the Masonic bodies
of Clinton including DeMolay consistory, A.A.S.R. Masons, and was popular in a large circle
of friends and acquaintances. He had never taken an active part in politics but was regarded
as one of Clinton's foremost citizens.
19 ii Jennie M.4 Ware, born 1862 in Iowa; died 30 Apr 1939 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; buried 4
May 1939 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married John R. Wainwright, died bef 1939.
Notes: Obituary: The Clinton Herald Monday May 1, 1939 p. 5 Mrs. Jennie M. Wainwright,
a native and long time resident of Clinton, died at 5:15 a.m. Sunday in Chicago after a brief
illness resulting from a heart attack. The body will be brought to Clinton but funeral
arrangements have not been made, pending arrival of relatives from out of the city. Mrs.
Wainwright was a daughter of the late Edward and Augusta Lamb Ware and a granddaughter
of the late Chancy and Jane Bevier Lamb. She had lived in Chicago a number of years. The
Clinton Herald Tuesday May 2, 1939 p. 5 Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie M. Wainwright,
who died Sunday in Chicago, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Bragonier chapel.
Interment will be in Springdale cemetery. The body reposes in the chapel where friends may
call from 7 to 9 o'clock evenings. Mrs. Wainwright was preceded in death by her husband,
John R. Wainwright, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ware, a sister and four brothers.
Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Jane Ware Harrison, Van Nuys, Calif.; a nephew, Fred E. Ware,
Ocean Park, Calif., and two grandnephews, Fred and Edward Hiecke, Van Nuys, Calif.
20 iii Willie4 Ware, born 1867 in Iowa; died bef 1939.
+ 21 iv Celeste "Nettie"4 Ware, born Dec 1870 in Iowa; died 24 Mar 1926; buried 26 Mar 1926 in
Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married Frank Walcott Ellis.
22 v Eddie M.4 Ware, born 1872 in Iowa; died 1921/39.
23 vi Artemus L.4 Ware, born Mar 1879 in Iowa; died 1921/39. Notes: The Clinton Herald May
29, 1900 p. 5 Personal Paragraphs Artemus Ware left yesterday for a visit with friends in
Chicago. US Census 13 June 1900 SD 2 ED 9 Sheet 19 Second Ward 318 6th Avenue
Dwelling 409 Family 435 Ware, Artemus b. Mar. 1879 age 21 b. Iowa


9. Lafayette3 Lamb (Chancy2, Artemus1), born 26 Feb 1845 in Carroll, Illinois; died 30 May 1917 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married on 21 Aug 1866 Olivia L. Hufman, born 1849 in
Hufman, Schuykill, Pennsylvania; died 17 Jan 1924 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California; buried in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa, daughter of Robert Hufman and Isabella Taylor.

Notes for Lafayette Lamb
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) LAFAYETTE LAMB, of the
firm of C. Lamb & Sons, manufacturers of lumber; is a native of Carroll Co., Ill., and was born Feb. 26, 1845;
when 12 years of age, his parents came to Iowa and located in Clinton, where he was brought up and attended
school, and afterward entered his father's mills; in 1875, he became interested in the business with his father and
brother, the firm becoming C. Lamb & Sons, and they carry on a very extensive business; he is connected with the
Order of Masons and the Consistory of Lyons, the Order of Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. He married
Miss Olivia Hufman, a native of Schuylkill Co., Penn., Aug. 21, 1866; they have two children-Merette and
Chauncey.

U.S. Census 1880
Lafayette LAMB Self M M W 34 NY Proprietor Of SaNY NY
Olivia LAMB Wife F M W 31 PA Keeping House PA IRE
Maretta LAMB Dau F S W 12 IA At School IL PA
Chancy LAMB Son M S W 11 IA At School IL PA
Annie MOONEY Other F S W 22 IRE Domestic ServantIRE IRE
Annie MOORE Other F S W 23 OH Domestic ServantENG ENG
Kate HUFMAN SisterL F S W 17 IA At Home PA IRE
US Census 26 & 27 April 1910 337 Seventh Avenue Dwelling 264 Family 276 Lamb, Lafayette age 64 Married
44 years b. Illinois Wholesale lumberman

The Clinton Daily Herald Vol. XIL No. 301 Friday August 20, 1880 p. 3 Mr. Lafayette Lamb and family will
arrive here tomorrow.
The Clinton Daily Herald Vol. 32 No. 35 Tuesday October 11, 1898 p. 5 Local Snap Shots The Wanderer and
Idler are back from their trip south, coming in Monday evening, in command of Captain Duly. The returning
party consisted of Lafayette Lamb, Eugene Carpenter and George Pullman, Jr., and their families. They went as
far south as St. Louis and while there witnessed the festivities of the vieled prophet.
The Clinton Morning Age Vol. 18 No. 250 Tuesday October 22, 1901 p. 3 Lafe Lamb left for Minneapolis
Sunday evening.

1911 Wolf's History of Clinton Lamb, Lafayette, 681 After a man has won his laurels in the business world, it
is not easy for him to drop most of the perplexing cares and devote the balance of his days to the enjoyment of
what has been so honestly earned, as is shown by the larger number of men of rank who work on until death
overtakes them. But to enjoy life rationally, imbibing of the pleasures and comforts wealth commands, is but an
evidence of a broadness of character such as that of Lafayette Lamb, of Clinton, Iowa. Mr. Lamb is the fourth
child and second son of Chancy and Jane (Bevier) Lamb, and was born February 26, 1846, in Carroll county,
Illinois, sixteen miles from Clinton, Iowa. When he was five years old his father moved to Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, where the family remained one year, and then went to Big Flats, Chemung county, New York, the
father there superintending the milling operations of J.C. Cameron & Company. In those days traveling was a
hardship and the migration from Illinois to the Keystone state was made by going down the Mississippi river to
Cairo, from there to Pittsburg by water, and then to Harrisburg, going over the mountains by stage, traveling part
of the way by canal and a short distance by railroad. The child was a pupil in the public schools of Big Flats and
practically all of his elementary training was obtained there. When Lafayette Lamb was ten years old his father
moved the family to Fulton, Illinois, and in the following year, 1857, established a home in Clinton, Iowa, which
from that time on was the permanent residence of the Lambs. The head of the family bought a small sawmill and
lumber yard in the town and Lafayette, though only a boy, was called upon to assist in the operation of the mill.
His task was to raise the logs upon a rotary carriage as they were hauled into the mill, the work in that day being
carried on with a lever. The lad's schooling was of necessity restricted, and it was only when the river froze and
the mill ceased operations that he went to school, returning to the mill when sawing could be done. Upon the
plant being enlarged and a shingle mill being added, Mr. Lamb made shingles for his father for five years. His
first experience in the lumber yard was in 1862, when he started tallying, and after a year spent in familiarizing
himself with the grades, he became a retail salesman for his father. From 1862 to about 1864 the elder Lamb was
also engaged in the grist mill business, in which Lafayette assisted him. The money stringencies during the Civil
war compelled the lumber manufacturers to trade lumber for whatever the farmer raised that was marketable, and
the product of the Lambs' sawmill was given in exchange for grain, which was ground in the grist mill and sold at
wholesale to retailers. Shortly after his experience in the retail yard, Lafayette Lamb had charge of the grist mill
and continued in that capacity until the mill was sold and a sawmill built on its site. So varied and thorough had
been his training that Mr. Lamb when twenty-two years old was made foreman under S.B. Gardiner for C. Lamb
& son, his eldest brother, Artemus, having been admitted to the firm in 1864. In 1872 he took charge of the boats
furnishing the logs to the Lamb mills and had active charge of the logging when the first steamboat ever emplyed
on the Mississippi for towing log rafts was put into service. This vessel was the "James Means," and was the
forerunner of a valuable fleet of steamboats operated by the firm. For ten years Lafayette supervised this branch
of the business, although when his father and brother were away at times he had general charge of the firm's
affairs. He became a member of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons in 1874, and when the business was incorporated,
four years later, he was made vice-president of the company. Beginning in 1882, Mr. Lamb, though still retaining
charge of the river operations, gave more of his attention to the general details of the lumber business at Clinton,
Iowa, taking his father's place in its management as far as practicable. One by one,the four big sawmills of C.
Lamb & Sons were closed down as the supply of white pine timber diminished, the last mill going out of
commission October 26, 1904. During the forty-odd years Mr. Lamb and his sons carried on business,
approximately three billion feet of white pine lumber was sawed, besides a vast volume of pickets, shingles and
lath. The closing of the last Lamb mill at Clinton did not end the business career of this great family in the valley
of the Mississippi. Chancy Lamb, the founder of the house, died July 12, 1897, and Artemus Lamb, the elder son,
died April 23, 1901, from injuries received in a railroad wreck in Wyoming. Lafayette Lamb, the surviving
brother, is an active and virile man in many lines of business in the middle west, the Rocky mountain district and
on the Pacific coast. He is president and treasurer of C. Lamb & Sons, and also president of the following: Lamb-
Davis Lumber Company, Leavenworth, Washington; Lamb Lumber Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Tumwater Savings Bank, Leavenworth, Washington. He is vice-president of the Mississippi River Lumber
Company, Clinton, Iowa; director of the American Wire Cloth Company, Clinton, Iowa. He is a trustee of the
Weyerhouser Timber Company,Tacoma, Washington and vice-president of the Carpenter-Lamb Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota; a director of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin;
McCloud River Lumber Company, San Francisco, California; vice-president of the People's Trust & Savings
Bank, Clinton, Iowa; a director of the Clinton Gas Light & Coke Company, and the Iowa & Illinois Railway,
Clinton, Iowa. Mr. Lamb is a stockholder in the following: People's Trust & Savings Bank, Clinton National
Bank, Merchants National Bank and Cromwell Hotel Company, all of Clinton, Iowa; Northern Lumber Company,
Cloquet, Minnesota, and Tampa Hotel Company, Tampa, Florida. He has a one-third interest in one of the
biggest ranches in Colorado, known as the Studebaker-Lamb-Witwer Ranch, which is nine miles west of Gerley
and fifty miles from Denver. It contains four thousand acres and controls eleven miles of riparian rights on the
Platte river. Mr. Lamb married Olivia A. Hufman, of Clinton, August 21, 1866. To them were born two children,
Merrette, wife of Eugene J. Carpenter, of Carpenter-Lamb Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Chancy R.
Lamb of Minneapolis, whis the active factor in the Bacon --- ---- ---. Mr. Lamb became a Mason in 1870, in
Emulation Lodge No. 255. He is a member of Keystone Chapter and received the Scottish Rite degrees in 1871.
Five years later he took the balance of the York Rite degrees in Holy Cross Commandery No. 10, of Clinton. Mr.
Lamb is a member of the Shrine, Knights of Pythias and the Elks. In politics he is a Republican, but never has
taken a leading part in the deliberations of the party. His is a Presbyterian and has given liberally to the church.
Mr. Lamb recently built a beautiful home in Clinton, where he and his wife entertain most generously. He spends
much of his leisure time in company with his friends, cruising up and down the Mississippi river in his houseboat,
"Idler," which is towed by his steamer, "Wanderer." Like other members of this prominent family, Mr. Lamb is
popular with a wide circle of friends in all walks of life.

Obituary: The Clinton Herald Thursday May 31, 1917 p. 1 & 3 Lafayette Lamb, aged 71 years, a resident of
Clinton for 60 years, one of Clinton's pioneer lumber manufacturers and for more than half a century actively
identified with the development of Clinton industrially and financially, passed away at his home, 317 Seventh
avenue, at 5:45 o'clock last night. His death followed an illness of three years' duration, recognized by his family
for many months as fatal. Funeral services are to be held the late home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon and all
friends are asked to come to the services at the home. The committal services at the family mausoleum in
Springdale cemetery, however, will be private. Friends are asked not to send flowers. C.R. Lamb, a son and wife
will arrive from New York tomorrow. Mrs. E.J. Carpenter, a daughter, and husband, of Minneapolis, have been
here since Tuesday. During recent years, on account of the condition of his health, Mr. Lamb had spent a large
part of his time in other climates. He had returned only two weeks ago from California, where he had spent the
winter. The death of Mr. Lamb has brought grief today into hundreds of Clinton homes, the home of former
business associates and of former employees of C. Lamb & Sons, lumber manufacturers and of other concerns
with which Mr. Lamb was identified. His many years of residence in Clinton had brought him an
acquaintanceship equaled by few, if any, other Clinton residents. Friendships were cemented by Mr. Lamb
through thoughtfulness. He never lost an opportunity to recognize by word or deed, and acquaintance of the years
past. If any of his old friends were ever apparently ignored, it was due to the frailties of the human senses and not
to the heart, for he carefully guarded and endeavored to preserve the friendships of the past with those of the
present. Not only relatives and intimate friends and acquaintances are mourning his death today, however. They
are joined by the city as a whole for Mr. Lamb's interests were so interwoven with those of the community that he
was recognized as one of the city's builders - one of those whose keen foresight and business acumen laid the
foundations in the early days, for the city of the present and that of the future. Preceded in death by his father, the
late Chancy Lamb, founder of C. Lamb & Sons, and his brother, the late Artemus Lamb, who was also associated
in the business, the death of Mr. Lamb marks the passing of the last of the pioneer members of that family of
lumber manufacturers and also the last of all of the pioneer saw mill operators, who established themselves in
Clinton and made of the little community a growing city. Mr. Lamb was identified with and watched the start, the
development and the decline of the lumber business in Clinton. With the end of Clinton's "saw mill" days
approaching, Mr. Lamb sought other fields for the exercise of his business and executive acumen. Not only did
he become closely associated in the management of other lumber manufacturing plants at various places in the
middle west, the Rocky mountain district and on the Pacific coast, but he also became identified with other
Clinton industrial and financial institutions. He was elected to various offices in the management of these
concerns, but retired from active participation in the conduct of the affairs of these firms since his illness became
so acute as to demand all of his strength. Mr. Lamb was the fourth child and second son of Chancy and Jane
(Bevier) Lamb. He was born February 26, 1846, in Carroll county, Illinois, but when he was five years old, his
father moved to Williamsport, Pa., where the family remained a year, moving then to Big Flats, Chemung county,
New York, where the father superintended the milling operations of J.C. Cameron & Co. When Mr. Lamb was
10 years old, his father returned to the middle west, settling in Fulton, Ill., but in the following year, 1857,
established a home in Clinton, which thereafter remained the permanent home of the family. Mr. Lamb's father
purchased a small sawmill and lumber yard in Clinton and Mr. Lamb, although only a boy, was called upon to
assist in its operation. Mr. Lamb's task was to raise the logs upon a rotary carriage as they were hauled into the
mill, thus beginning at the bottom of the ladder in the saw mill industry. His schooling was naturally restricted,
being limited to the winter months when the mill was forced to close on account of ice in the river. Later the
plant was enlarged and a shingle mill added, Mr. Lamb making shingles for his father for five years. In 1862, Mr.
Lamb went into the lumber yard as a tally clerk and a year later became a retail salesman for his father. During
the Civil war period, Mr. Lamb's father also operated a grist mill, with the assistance of his son. The family
weathered the financial stringency of the period by trading lumber to the farmers in exchange for grain and
grinding the latter in the grist mill. LaFayette Lamb finally was given management of the grist mill and operated
it until it was discontinued and a saw mill built on its site. When 22 years of age, Mr. Lamb was made foreman
under S.B. Gardiner of C. Lamb & Son, his elder brother, Artemus having been admitted to the firm in 1864. In
1872 he took charge of the boats furnishing the logs to the Lamb mills and had active charge of the logging when
the first steamboat ever employed on the Mississippi rover for towing log rafts was put into service. This vessel
was the James Mean, and was the forerunner of a valuable fleet of steamboats operated by the firm. For ten years
Mr. Lamb supervised this branch of the business, although when his father and brother were away at times he had
general charge of the firm's affairs. He became a member of C. Lamb & Sons, in 1874, and when the business
was incorporated, four years later, he was made vice president of the company. Beginning with 1882, Mr. Lamb,
though still retaining charge of the river operations, gave more of his attention to the general details of the lumber
business in Clinton, taking his father's place in its management as far as practicable. One by one, the four big
sawmills of C. Lamb & Sons were closed down as the supply of white pine timber diminished, the last mill going
out of commission October 26, 1904. During the forty-odd years the firm carried on the business, approximately
3,000,000,000 feet of white pine lumber was sawed, besides a vast volume of pickets, shingles and lath. The
closing of the last Lamb mill here did not end the business career of this family. Chancy Lamb, the founder of the
house, died July 12, 1897 and Artemus Lamb in 1901. Lafayette, the surviving brother, was an active and virile
man in many line of business in the middle west, the Rocky mountain district and the Pacific coast. Following are
some of the offices and business interests held by Mr. Lamb before failing health made it necessary for him to
relinquish his business activities: He was president and treasurer of C. Lamb & Sons, and also president of the
following: Lamb-Davis Lumber company, Leavenworth, Wash.; Lamb Lumber company, Minneapolis;
Tumwater Savings bank, Leavenworth, Wash. He was vice president of the Mississippi River Lumber company,
Clinton: director of the American Wire Fabrics company, Clinton; vice president of the Mississippi River
Logging company, Clinton. He was a trustee of the Weyerhauser Timber company, Tacoma, Wash., and vice
president of the Carpenter-Lamb company, Minneapolis; a director of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom company,
Chippewa Lumber Falls, Wis., McCloud River Lumber company, San Francisco; vice president of the People's
Trust & Savings bank, Clinton; a director of the Clinton Gas Light & Coke company, and the Iowa and Illinois
railway, Clinton which later became part of the C.D. & M. line. Mr. Lamb was a stockholder in the People's Trust
and Savings bank, the Clinton National bank, Merchants National bank and Lafayette Hotel, Clinton; Northern
Lumber company, Cloquet, Minn., and the Tampa Hotel company, Tampa, Fla. He held a one-third interest in
one of the biggest ranches in Colorado, known as the Studebaker-Lamb-Witwer ranch, which is nine miles east of
Greeley, and 50 miles of riparian rights on the Platte river. Mr. Lamb married Olivia A. Hufman, of Clinton,
August 21, 1866. To them were born two children, Merrette, wife of Eugene J. Carpenter, of Carpenter-Lamb
company of Minneapolis, and Chancy R. Lamb, of New York city. Mr. Lamb became a Mason in 1870, in
Emulation lodge, 255. He was a member of Keystone chapter and received the Scottish Rite degrees in 1871.
Five years later he took the balance of the York Rite degrees in Holy Cross Commandery, 10, of Clinton. Mr.
Lamb was a member of the Shrine, Knights of Pythias and the Elks. In politics he was a republican, but had never
taken part in the deliberations of his party. He was a Presbyterian and gave liberally to the support of the church.
As a mark of respect to an associate for many years, five banks in Clinton will close Saturday afternoon and
remain closed during the funeral of the late Lafayette Lamb. Those closing are the Clinton National, Clinton
Savings, Merchants' National, City National, and People's Trust & Savings bank.
Clinton people mourn today the passing of a man who because of his personal characteristics was termed friend
by hundreds of men and women, some of whom had been friends of his youth, others acquaintances of later years,
yet all pause to pay tribute to the memory of LaFayette Lamb. Words are many, sentiments of appreciation are
voiced in every group of friends with none more earnest nor more sincere than the comment made by A.G. Smith,
president of the City National bank. Mr. Smith said: "The death of LaFayette Lamb is a distinct loss to the
community. During his life-long residence in Clinton he gained countless friends who held him in the highest
esteem. He was known for his liberality and benevolence, and never neglected an opportunity to befriend the
needy. He was one of our most loyal citizens, always being ready to assist in the promotion of local enterprises
and charitable institutions. C.F. Alden, the last surviving member of the first board of directors of the Peoples
Trust & Savings bank, said this morning, "There is nothing too good to be said of Mr. Lamb. We had been close
friends for years. I came to Clinton in the early '70s and have counted Mr. Lamb one of my friends for nearly
fifty years. No words can express my appreciation of him either as a friend or business associate." He then
commented upon the fact that since the founding of the Peoples Trust & Savings bank, January 25, 1893, there
had been many changes in the directorate until he and Mr. Lamb had been the only ones left. The first directors
were Chancy Lamb, Artemus Lamb, LaFayette Lamb, C.F. Alden, E.P. Welles, Daniel Langan, George B. Young,
P.S. Towle and August M. Ingwersen. George M. Curtis, a friend of more than fifty years, today feels most
keenly the passing of a friend with whom he visited Tuesday. His appreciation of his friend comes from a heart
full of emotion, for he says, "It was my privilege to have intimate business and social relations with Mr. Lafayette
Lamb for more than fifty years. I recognized and admired his splendid character and straightforward business
integrity, together with the kind and gentlemanly qualities, all of which he possessed in an unusual degree and
endeared him to the hearts of all who knew him." He added that no one in Clinton knew Mr. Lamb so far back as
he did and his passing would be mourned not only in Clinton, but in other communities where he had been
identified with business activities. "There are thoughts in our hearts never uttered at all - There are words that
cannot find voice." "Again the Death Angel has called one hence whose identification with the early history of
our city and its prosperity makes it a blow that reaches beyond the fireside; that deepens the cloud of sorrow until
its shadows are fallen over our city. "Mr. Lafayette Lamb has been with us, practically, all his active life. His
friends are legion. Unassuming, generous even to a fault, he had gathered a multitude of friends who mourn his
departure with more real heartache than comes to the most of men. "The words of appreciation that have fallen on
my ear since the sad news rapidly spread through our city have seldom lacked some instance of thoughtful
kindness from his hand, some kindly remembrance extended to the speaker and which had made him a friend
forever. These expressions were from all - no conventionalities had limited his kindnesses. He had been favored
with wealth, but a greater and better fortune was a great, sympathetic and manly heart. "If he could have left to us
a parting word, we believe the following lines would have expressed his thought" 'Don't say that if riches you had
You'd make many happy today Right now you can make people glad If only you'll see it that way Be kind t the
ones that you meet, Be gentle considerate and true, Do the most in the home or the street With what has been
given to you.' "And to these feeble words of appreciation we feel that many hearts will respond and share in our
sorrow at his departure." - L.P. Allen.

1946 History of Clinton Lamb Lafayette 98, 155 - 156

Notes for Olivia L. Hufman
Obituary: Clinton Advertiser Friday January 18, 1924 p. 2 Mrs. Lafayette Lamb passed away yesterday
morning in Pasadena, California, after a serious illness of several weeks. Mrs. Lamb's daughter, Mrs. Eugene J.
Carpenter and her son, Chancy R. Lamb, both of Minneapolis, were with her at the time of her death. Olivia A.
Hufman was married to Lafayette Lamb in Clinton, Iowa, August 21, 1866. Two children were born of this
marriage, Merrette and Chancy R. Mr. Lamb preceded Mrs. Lamb in death, passing away in Clinton May 30,
1917. Besides her son and daughter, Mrs. Lamb leaves two grandchildren, Mrs. Folwell Coan, nee Olivia
Carpenter of Minneapolis. Mrs. Louis Lamb Brooks of Lake Forest, Illinois, and three great grandchildren. For
the past few years Mrs. Lamb has spent the summers with her daughter in Minneapolis and the winters in
California. Mrs. Lamb as the companion of the late Lafayette Lamb, one of Clinton's prominent builders, had a
part in the upbuilding of society in Clinton a half-century, and was a prominent leader in women's activities. She
enjoyed the honor of being a member of a family of Colonial and Indian war soldiers and shared the fraternity of
Mr. Lamb's membership in the Masonic order. The body will be brought to Clinton, but the funeral plans have
not been announced.

Burial: Springdale Cemetery

US Census 26 & 27 April 1910 337 Seventh Avenue Dwelling 264 Family 276 Lamb, Olivia age 61 Married
44 years 2 children 2 living b. Pennsylvania

Children of Lafayette Lamb and Olivia L. Hufman were as follows:
+ 24 i Merrette4 Lamb, born 4 Jun 1867 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 2 Dec 1946 in Hennepin,
Minnesota. She married Eugene Joseph Carpenter.
+ 25 ii Chancy Robert4 Lamb, born 9 Nov 1868 in Iowa. He married Florence Bingham.


10. Emma E.3 Lamb (Chancy2, Artemus1), born 30 Jun 1849 in Big Flats, New York; died 4 Jun 1926 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa; buried 7 Jun 1926 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married on 25 Dec 1869 in Clinton, Clinton,
Iowa William E. Young, born 16 Nov 1844 in Syracuse, Onandaga, New York; died 16 Dec 1905; buried in
Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, son of Joseph Crassett Young.

Notes for Emma E. Lamb
Obituary: The Clinton Herald Friday June 4, 1926 Mrs. Emma Lamb Young, widow of William E. Young,
passed away at 6 o'clock this morning at her home, 305 Seventh avenue, her death culminating an illness of two
weeks' duration. Funeral services will be held at -- o'clock Monday afternoon at the late residence, with the Rev.
J.M. Duer, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Springdale cemetery. Mrs.
Young, who was aged 76 years, 11 months and four days, was a member of the Clinton chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution, and of the Clinton Woman's club. She was especially revered in Clinton because of her
charitable contributions, her local philanthropies for public institutions, especially her gifts to the new Jane Lamb
Memorial hospital, having been extremenly generous. Emma E. Lamb was born June 30, 1849, the daughter of
Chancy and Jane Bevier Lamb, the former a pioneer lumber man of Clinton and owner and operator of the C.
Lamb lumber yard and saw mills, later known as the C. Lamb & Sons mills upon the entry of two sons, Artemus
and Lafayette Lamb, into the business. Born in Big Flats, N.Y., she came west and to Clinton with her parents in
1856. For a time before settling here, her father was engaged in farming near Argo-Fa in Illinois. She was
married December 25, 1869, at the age of 20 years, to William E. Young, who was at that time a member of the
firm of Young-Ewing, a grocery concern. He later became associated with Mrs. Young's father and brothers in
the mills, entering their offices in 1879 in a responsible position, which he held until his death in 1907. She was
the mother of one child, Grace, who was married to M.B. Poole of Chicago. She also preceded her mother in
death, some few years ago. Mrs. Young is the last of a family of six children, Artemus, Lafayette, Augusta
(Ware), Celeste and Merrette. She leaves no immediate relatives with the exception of a granddaughter, Miss
Dorothy Poole, formerly of Chicago, now of Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Young is known throughout Clinton as a
donor to all worthy causes and has given, perhaps more than any one other person, donations for the benefit of
local institutions and personal aid to many worthy young people of the city for furtherance of education. She
gave the ground upon which the Carnegie library stands, built the nurses' home at Jane Lamb hospital and also
presented a large sum of money to the hospital board at the time of the recent remodeling and extension of the
building. These are only a few of the charitable acts of her life. Her benefactions to Jane Lamb hosptial alone are
estimated at more than a quarter of a million dollars in the last ten years, while the total of her benevolences to
other institutions and individuals has not been estimated. She was ever ready and gave liberally to worthy causes
and to deserving and needy persons. Mrs. Young was associated with the First Presbyterian church and
interested in its activities. She was a member of the Women's club and the Clinton chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, being herself a daughter of a daughter of the revolution, her grandfather on her mother's
side of the family having been an American soldier in the Revolution. She was favored through life with a host of
warm friends and acquaintances owing to her many commendable attributes and her passing will be mourned by
the community at large. During the period of her critical illness and when word of her death was circulated about
the city, numerous tributes to her memory as a woman of extraordinary charity were voiced. Mrs. H.W. Seaman,
president of Jane Lamb hospital board of directors, speaking not only for herself but for the board as a whole,
hearing of Mrs. Young's death said: "We shall certainly miss our friend and benefactor and greatly mourn her
passing. She has always been a most dear friend and truly a good angel at Jane Lamb hospital where she not only
built our nurses' home but also furnished funds at various times for additions to the building besides donating so
much to the recent new addition. Of her we can truthfully say, she was always generously sweet and unassuming
and truly interested in doing good for the benefit of others". "It was a most pleasing characteristic of Mrs. Young,
that whenever she was thanked for some kind act or a donation of cash value, she took the attitude of belittling her
own part in enterprises and showed only a joy in being able to give and do for others, rather than to take the stand
that since she had helped financially, she should be considered first. It was for others always that she thought",
Mrs. Seaman concluded. "As I think back thirty years of more in my connection with the hospital and other
institutions", said E.M. Howes, who as chairman of the board of trustees of Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital
association directed the improvements made possible by Mrs. Young's gift, "the sweet and lovely things that Mrs.
Young has been continually doing for them come to my mind and I remember how many things it has been
possible to do that could not have been done had it not been fo her assistance. "The include practically a new Jane
Lamb hospital, then the nurses' home and constant improvements, year after year that have enabled the hospital to
care for patients in a way it would not have been possible to do without her aid. And as I look back over my life I
can reall many nice things the members of the Lamb family have been doing for Clinton." From Attorney F.W.
Ellis, who has been closely associated with Mrs. Young in her legal and business affairs, The Herald is privileged
to print the tribute that appears in an adjoining column. It is a voicing in one of all of the many tributes given
utterance today in many quarters.
In Memoriam Emma Lamb Young (By F.W. Ellis) Death comes to every home in the land, cold, stern and
inexorable. Neither the might of empires nor the power of wealth can stop its final triumph. It is, however, just
as natural as birth and life. Some one has written, "Death knocks alike at the door of the palace and the cottage
gate." This time His summons came to a quiet home where lived a dear old lady, whose name is a synonym for
charity and kindness. Emma Lamb Young in the beautiful springtime, but in the autumn of life, has gone to her
reward. "Her passing seemed but the fitting close to a harmonious and benignant life. As the inevitable
feebleness of advancing years crept over her the ties binding her to earth were slowly and tenderly loosened and
she drifted peacefully down the stream secure in the certaintly of reaching a safe harbor in the end." "But through
the sun of her youth had long since set, the lovely afterglow with its own soft radiance kept an atmosphere of
warmth and brightness always around her." Mrs. Young was blest with an unusual kind and sympathetic nature
which drew friends about her, whose affection she retained. The trials of humanity, even the humble, had a strong
apeal, and her beneficences poured forth in a stream of love and kindness. Her greatest happiness in life was
helping others of whom she always thought first and of herself last. It is the noblest and most laudable distinction
of the human family, frequently exercised but generally not known until such a rare character has gone into the
great unknown. Her greatest wealth was in her care and thoughtfulness of others. Riches beyond measure she
possessed in the memory of those who knew her, which neither mother rust can corrupt or destroy. "Many
occasions come to all of us, in the ordinary paths of our life, in our home and by our firesides, wherein we may
act as nably as if, all our life long, we led armies, sat in senates or visited beds of sickness and pain. Varying and
almost every hour the occasions will come in which we can subdue our hearts to gentleness and patience, resign
our own interests for another's advantage, speak words of kindness and of wisdom, raise the fallen, cheer the
fainting and sick in spirit and soften and assuage the weariness and bitterness of their mortal lot. Theres is
opportunity enough for these. They cannot be written on the tomb; but they will be written deep in the hearts of
men, of friends, of children, of kindred, in the book of great account, and in their eternal influences on the great
page of the Universe." Time passes and changes the envelope of humanity, but the thought of her we knew is not
changed. Her open mind, warm heart and free hand multiplying her beneficences and goodness, live and blossom
in the

Notes for William E. Young
1911 Wolf's History of Clinton p. 662-663 Among the highly honored and well remembered residents of
Clinton, Iowa, of a past generation, was William E. Young, whose successful and praiseworthy career has been
brought to a close, but whose influence still pervades the lives of those who knew him best, for he was a man who
delighted in doing good to others and assisting his neighbors and friends to succeed while laboring for his own
advancement. He became well and most favorably known throughout the county and is eminently deserving of
conspicuous mention in the history of this locality. William E. Young was a native of the old Empire state, from
whence came so many of the sterling citizens to the new commonwealth of the West. His birth occurred in
Syracuse, New York, November 16, 1844, and when he was eleven years of age he was brought to the West by
his father, Joseph Crassett Young, now deceased, long one of Clinton county's prominent citizens, a full sketch of
whom appears on another page of this work. The Young family has figured conspicuously in the affairs of
Clinton from the year they first settled here, 1835, to the present time, always ready to do their full duty as
citizens and they justly earned the rewards that always come to the diligent and worthy. William E. Young
received such education as he could in the schools of his time and in 1855 he located in Clinton, Iowa, with his
father, whose grocery store he entered as a clerk upon reaching manhood, and soon became familiar with the
business, his courtesy and energy doing much to build up a large trade with the town and surrounding country.
Later he became associated with the late Amos G. Ewing and they successfully conducted a grocery store on
Second street. In the year 1879, Mr. Young entered the employ of C. Lamb & Sons, and was identified with the
firm in a responsible capacity until his death. He was a man of large business interests and was a supporter of his
home city, though his disposition was quiet and reserved and he did not take a prominent part in political or
municipal affairs. He was one of those stanch and sterling citizens who was of inestimable value to the
community. He made friends easily, and thus in his long residence in Clinton came to be known as one of her
most infulential citizens. He had been in failing health for some time prior to his death, but he bore his sufferings
manfully and was never heard to complain. Mr. Young was a member of the Masonic order, blue lodge, chapter
and commandery, and of the Clinton lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of
Pythias. He was a member of the Wapsipinicon club. In all these he was active and prominent. On December
25, 1869, William E. Young was married to Emma E. Lamb, daughter of C. Lamb, who is mentioned elsewhere
in this work. Mrs. Young survives, and she is a favorite with a host of warm friends and acquaintances owning to
her many commendable attributes. She is the mother of one child, a daughter, Grace, born December 29, 1872,
who received a good education and has long been popular in the best social circles. She married M.B. Poole, a
well known citizen here, whose death occurred in April 1907.

Obituary: The Clinton Herald Saturday December 16, 1905 p. 1 William E. Young of 305 Seventh avenue,
one of Clinton's best known residents, died shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. The intelligence of his death was
heard with sorrow and surprise by his many friends, who, though knowing that Mr. Young had been ailing for
years, and had been seriously ill during the past two weeks, were not prepared to learn of his death, which was
very sudden, the members of his family having had no intimation of the approaching end until was close at hand.
Mrs. M.B. Poole of Chicago, daughter of the deceased, was at once notified of her father's death, and arrived in
Clinton today. William E. Young was born in Syracuse, New York, November 16th, 1844, and when he was
eleven years of age was brought to the west by his father, J.C. Young, who survives him and is numbered among
Clinton's old and respected residents today. In the year 1855 the latter settled in Clinton and the decedent had
since been a resident of this city. He attended the local schools as a boy, and upon reaching early manhood
entered his father's grocery store as a clerk. Later he became associated with the late Amos G. Ewing, they
conducing a grocery store on Second street. In the year 1879 Mr. Young entered the employ of C. Lamb & Sons,
and was identified with that firm in a responsible capacity until the time of his death. Mr. Young was afflicted for
years and a great sufferer from rheumatism, but he bore his sufferings manfully and was never heard to complain.
His nature was genial and kind, and he made friends easily; and thus in his long residence in Clinton came to be
one of her best known residents. He was a man of large business interests and was an enthusiastic supporter of
his home city, though his disposition was quiet and reserved, and he did not take a prominent part in political or
municipal affairs; he was one of those staunch and sterling citizens whom Clinton or any city can ill afford to
lose. Mr. Young was a member of the Masonic orders, Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandery, and of the Clinton
lodge of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He also was a member of the Wapsipinicon club. Surviving him are his
wife and daughter, and his father. The funeral, which friends are invited to attend, will be held from the residence
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment will be private. Friends will please refrain from sending flowers.

Burial: Springdale Cemetery

Children of Emma E. Lamb and William E. Young were as follows:
+ 26 i Grace4 Young, born 1873 in Iowa; died 11 Mar 1907; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She
married Marvin B. Pool.

Generation 4

13. Emma Rena4 Lamb (Artemus3, Chancy2, Artemus1), born 6 Dec 1866 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 7 Feb
1945 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona; buried in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. She married in Oct 1893 Marvin J.
Gates, born 19 May 1863 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa; died 6 Feb 1905 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; buried 8 Feb
1905 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa.

Notes for Emma Rena Lamb
Clinton Co. Wills Gates Emma Lamb Book 12 Page 341

Obituary: The Clinton Herald Wednesday February 7, 1945 p. 8 Mrs. Emma Lamb Gates, 549 Fifth Avenue
South, widow of the late Marvin J. Gates, died at 7:45 o'clock this morning in Phoenix, Ariz., following a
prolonged illness. The body will be brought to Clinton for burial in Springdale cemetery, but funeral
arrangements have not yet been completed. Mrs. Gates was the mother of Artemus Gates, assistant U.S. secretary
of the navy for air, and also of Mrs. Laurence A. Murphy, nee Miss Henrietta Gates, and of John N. Gates, both
now of Moline, Ill. During her life time residence in this city, Mrs. Gates always took an active interest in civic
and social affairs of the city, and was the first woman to serve as a member of the board of education of the
Clinton independent school district. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and held membership in
the Clinton Country club auxiliary, and also was interested in young people and their activities. Mrs. Gates,
daughter of Artemus Lamb and Hanrietta Smith Lamb, was born in Clinton Dec. 6, 1866. Her marriage to Marvin
J. Gates took place in 1892. He preceded her in death in 1905, and a son, Garrett Gates, died some years ago.
Among survivors are four grandchildren, Miss Diane and Miss Cynthia Gates, New York City, and Garrett and
Sheila Murphy, Moline; a sister, Mrs. Clare McCoy, Clinton, and a cousin, Mrs. Fred H. Van Allen, Clinton. Her
daughter, Mrs. Murphy, and her sister, Mrs. McCoy, were at her bedside.

Notes for Marvin J. Gates
Clinton Age 07 Feb 1905 The Passing of Marvin J. GATES Succumbs at His Home Yesterday Afternoon
After Short Illness. Has Been Prominent Business Man of This City for the Past Five Years.
Eleven o'clock yesterday marked the hour of the passing of Marvin J. GATES one of Clinton's prominent business
men. Although Mr. GATES had been ailing for some months it was not thought to be of a serious nature and his
death yesterday came as a sudden shock to the entire city and especially to those who met him on the street
Saturday and conversed with him. A man of sterling business qualities who has for the past five years been
deeply interested in the business welfare of this city and was a prominent figure in the social world, his death is
felt keenly and the entire city extend sympathy to the bereaved members of his family. He was connected with
the American Wire Cloth factory as treasurer of the company; was secretary of the Iowa Granite Brick company;
a director of the Iowa and Illinois Interurban; a member of the Cromwell Hotel company, a director of the
National Papier Mache factory and one of the owners of the Clinton theatre. In other than monetary ways was
Mr. GATES interested in Clinton's welfare. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Clinton public
library, and also a most active member of the Y. M. C. A. building committee, working zealously and untiringly
in the interests of the new building. Unfortunately nearly all of the members of the Lamb family were out of the
city yesterday at the time of his death and are making all haste to return. J. D. LAMB and Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
MCCOY are in Chicago, from which city they will return this evening. G. E. LAMB and F. W. ELLIS are in
Davenport, Mrs. Artemus LAMB and Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette LAMB are in southern California.
Obituary.
Marvin J. GATES was born in the city of Cedar Rapids in the month of May, 1864, and resided in that city the
greater part of his life. He was married in October, 1893, to Miss Emma LAMB, daughter of the late Artemus
LAMB. The young couple made their home in Cedar Rapids until five years ago, when they moved to Clinton.
To this marriage have been born four children, three sons, Artemus, John and Garrett, and a daughter, little
Henrietta. Funeral services will be held at the home at Oakhurst, Wednesday morning at ten o'clock and will be
private. Friends outside of the family are requested not to send flowers.
09 Feb 1905
Yesterday the last sad rites were observed in memory of the late Marvin J. GATES. The funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. Hiram FOULKES after which the remains were laid to rest in the Springdale cemetery.

Children of Emma Rena Lamb and Marvin J. Gates were as follows:
+ 27 i Artemus Lamb5 Gates, born 3 Nov 1895 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa; died 14 Jun 1976 in
Long Island, New York. He married Alice T. Davison.
28 ii John N.5 Gates, born 1898 in Iowa.
29 iii Garrett D.5 Gates, born 4 Jan 1899; died 9 Sep 1921; buried 13 Sep 1921 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa. Notes: Obituary: The Advertiser, Tuesday, September 13, 1921 Funeral
services for Garrett Gates were held at the family home, Oakhurst, this morning at 10:30
o'clock, with Rev. H.J. Rendall, Presbyterian, officiation. Mrs. E.L. Miller and Mrs. H.H.
Hobart were the soloists. Interment was in Springdale cemetery with short services, when the
young man was laid beside the body of his father, the late M.J. Gates. Those attending the
casket were Robert Smith, Marvin Jacobsen, Jack Jewett, F.H. Atkins, C.I. McKone, and
Albert McCoy, assisted by F.H. Van Allen and C.A. Armstrong. Colonel J.W. Dows and
Mrs. E.H. Smith of Cedar Rapids, and Mr. C.B. Mills of Minneapolis were in attendence at
the services. Artemus Gates, brother of the deceased, and his fiance, Miss Alice Davidson, of
New York City, are in the city. John Gates, brother, who is in Oregon, was unable to be
present.
+ 30 iv Henrietta5 Gates, born 1903 in Iowa. She married Laurence A. Murphy.


15. James Dwight4 Lamb (Artemus3, Chancy2, Artemus1), born 25 Jun 1871 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; died 12
May 1905 in near Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa; buried 15 May 1905 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married on 5 Oct
1892 Mollie Ankeny, born 1870 in Iowa; died aft 1924, daughter of Dr. Augustus L. Ankeny and Valerie M.
Perrin.

Notes for James Dwight Lamb
1911 Wolfe's History of Clinton Lamb, James D., 1030 No man has ever lived in Clinton county who left a
more indelible imprint of his sterling characteristics upon the hearts of friends and acquaintances than the late
James Dwight Lamb, who was summoned to close his earthly accounts and take up his abode "in the windowless
palaces of rest" while in the full flush and zenith of his young manhood. His career was one of which any family
should be proud, for it showed what right principles, properly directed, could accomplish and how excellent a
thing it is to live up to hight ideals. Mr. Lamb was born in Clinton, Iowa, June 25, 1871, and was the second son
of the late Artemus Lamb, deceased, who was the founder of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons, one of the largest
lumber milling firms in the Mississippi valley and which made the name of Clinton widely known. This family
has been prominent in all the relations of life in this locality since the pioneer days. Dwight Lamb, as he was
familiary known, enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, having attended school at Exeter, New
Hampshire, and later at Orchard Lake, Michigan. His tastes were for an active business career and while still a
young man his father gave him a position in the office of mill D, the Chancy mill of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons.
Mr. Lamb learned the business thoroughly and in a few years became manager of this branch of the business,
retaining the active control until the close of the mill. Meanwhile he had become interested in machinery.
Mechanism was not only his hobby, but became his absorbing passion. Beginning with an interest in the Clinton
Separator Works, he developed the business until it grew into the Lamb Boat & Engine Company, of which he
was president and promoter. The business of this firm has traveled far and wide; branch offices have been
established in Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee and New York City and through them the Lamb engines and his
latest model, the torpedo stern launch and cruisers, have been sold in many states of the Union. With the advent
of automobiles he took up this branch of mechanism, establishing the first and only garage, for some time,
conducted in the city and in this portion of the state. The winter before his death saw the incorporation of the
Lamb Automobile Company, with J.D. Lamb as president, and the building of a handsome permanent building for
a garage and repair shop. There were other interests in Clinton with which he was more or less actively
identified. These interests in Clinton with which he was more or less actively identified. These interests included
a directorship in the Peoples Trust and Savings Bank, a directorship in the City National Bank, also in the Iowa &
Illinois Railroad Company, of which he was treasurer, and an interest in the Clinton theater. He had a genius for
organization and promoting concerns and he was very successful in whatever he turned his attention to, being a
man of keen observation, a clear, analytical mind and able, with remarkable accuracy, to forecast the outcome of a
present transaction. In social and lodge circles, Mr. Lamb was a prominent figure, being a member of the
Wapsipinicon Club, and he was a thirty-second-degree Mason, belonging to the blue lodge, the Royal Arch
chapter, the Knights Templar, the DeMolay Consistory and also a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine; he was, in addition, a charter member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On
October 5, 1892, James D. Lamb was married to Mollie Ankeny, daughter of Mrs. Valeria M. Ankeny and a
descendent of two of the first families of the state. To them were born three children, Celeste, Valeria and
Artemus, the latter being the only male minor of the name of Lamb. The home life of this paractical millionaire
was one of great happiness. He had an ideal home, a beautiful and magnificent residence which he built at
Woodlands, attractive, well kept, elegantly furnished and often the scene of hospitality and a favorite mecca for a
large circle of admiriing friends and acquaintances. The death of this distinguished citizen was a tragic one, he
having been drowned on May 12, 1905, having accidentally fallen off the cruiser "Margaret," a boat which had
just been turned out by the Lamb Boat & Engine Works, the accident occuring on her trial trip on the Mississippi
rover near Bellevue. His death came as a great shock to the people of Clinton, for he was a man whose
personality made itself felt. He was a rich man, but not one of the idle rich, his wealth being turned to good
account. He was an extensive manufacturer, and interested citizen in everything that redounded to the welfare of
Clinton, and he was never too busy to listen to or assist in promoting some public measure benefit. His place in
the industrial world of Clinton and eastern Iowa will be a very hard one to fill. He can be seen by mortal eyes no
longer, but - thanks for the assurance of hope - upon the great ocean of eternity, his life, not in the embrace of
sleep or in the apparent selfishness of rest, will be in activity of service in a higher and nobler sphere. And so
another active, earnest, intellect is stilled; another toiling life ended. Helpless, we pause at its close, and then
attempt to tell the story of the years of labor, ambition and success which marked an eventful career. Those left
behind can only cherish his memory and emulate his virtues.

Obituary: The Clinton Daily Herald May 13, 1905 A wave of suppressed horror swept over the entire city
last evening when the first news reached here of the drowning off the cruiser Margaret of James Dwight Lamb.
Although the details of the disaster did not reach Clinton until some hours after the casualty, the news traveled
from one end of the city to the other with incredible swiftness. Mr. Lamb had joined the party taken out by John
H. Bradley of Dubuque in his new boat which had just been turned out from the docks of the Lamb Boat and
Engine Works, a finished product. A detailed description of the craft, of which the makers were pardonable proud
appeared in the Herald of Friday's issue. J.F. Pethybridge, who was on the board and one of the witnesses to the
tragedy, says that the accident occurred while the boat was running northward about five and one half miles south
of Bellevue. The particular spot is nearly a mile north of the mouth of the Maquoketa river and at the second
signal light north of Sun Prairie. Mr. Lamb had been piloting the boat all the afternoon, the Margaret having left
Clinton at 9 o'clock in the morning and stopping at Sabula for dinner. It was about half past four o'clock. He had
given the wheel on the upper deck over to his pilot, Clyde Welch, the regular man who goes with him on his trial
cruises. Mr. Lamb descended to the lower deck for just a minute or two, returned to the upper pilot house and
asked the pilot which point he steered for at that place. The pilot showed him, and he responded that he steered
for the same place. He then picked up an armed camp chair which was placed near the wheel and walked to one
side evidently intending to sit near the railing. The chair must have tipped when he attempted to sit in it, for the
pilot thought he heard him say "Clyde, I am going," he turned and Mr. Lamb was out of sight. The boat was
immediately reversed, put about and Mr. Lamb was seen to rise for a second only at the surface of the water, lying
on one side and partly out of the water. The chair floated not far away form him, but he was fully 100 feet away
from the boat which had been going up stream at a rapid rate, while the force of the rapid current had carried him
down stream. For some little time the watchers looked about and then started for Bellevue where every boat and
clamdigger available were sent back to continue the search. The men dragged the river at this point and below
until two o'clock this morning, when darkness put a stop to their operations. At daybreak work was resumed. The
rivermen at Bellevue are confident that they will find the body which was lost in a depth of about twenty-five feet
of water, and about a mile below there is a pocket over forty feet deep, which they will search. The Artemus
Gates left Clinton at 8 o'clock last evening and reached the scene of the disaster about midnight. Then the
Chaperon and Summer Girl appeared on the scene and their crew was added to the searching force. This morning
the Gates returned to Clinton at an early hour, bringing the Summer Girl, leaving the Chaperon below Bellevue.
Garrett Lamb, who had started for the northwest, was recalled and came down on a special from north of
Minneapolis, returning via the river to the other boats of the fleet. Lafayette Lamb, who had started with him,
also returned to the city. James Dwight Lamb was born in the city of Clinton June 25, 1871, and was the second
son of the late Artemus Lamb and a grandson of Chancy Lamb, deceased, who was the founder of the firm of C.
Lamb & Sons, one of the largest lumber milling firms in the Mississippi valley and which made the name of
Clinton widely known. As he was familiarly known, Dwight Lamb attended school at Exeter, N.H., and later at
Orchard Lake, Mich. His tastes were for an active business career and while still a young man his father gave him
a position in the office of Mill D, the Chancy Mill of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons. Mr. Lamb learned the business
thoroughly and in a few years became manager of this branch of the business retaining this active control until the
close of the mill. Meanwhile he had become interested in machinery. Mechanism was not only his hobby but
became his absorbing passion. Beginning with an interest in the Clinton Separator Works, he developed the
business until it grew into the Lamb Boat and Engine company of which he was president and promoter. The
business of this firm has traveled far and wide; branc