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         WELLINGTON BIRD LAMBERSON, who is a popular druggist and registered pharmacist of Columbus Junction, was born in Northumberland County, Pa., Aug. 29, 1835, and is a son of Nicholas and Frances (Kimball) Lamberson, who were also natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject was educated at the common schools of his native State, and in December, 1858, came to Iowa, settling near Mr. Pleasant, where he was engaged in farming for a period of five years, after which he . . .

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. . . went into mercantile business at Mt. Pleasant, keeping a grocery and wholesale notion house, which he carried on for three years. Wayland, Iowa, was his next place of residence, he there engaging in general merchandising for three years, then subsequently removed to Washington, Iowa, following the vocation of a druggist for two years, and was then in the grocery business until the month of May, 1881, when he came to Columbus Junction and opened his present store.

In the spring of 1885, in Northumberland County, Pa., the marriage of Mr. Lamberson and Miss Caroline Datesman was celebrated. She was a native of Northampton County, Pa., and a daughter of Jacob Datesman, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Eight children were born of their union, two sons and six daughters: Ida, the eldest, is the wife of Scott Thompson, a hardware merchant of Columbus Junction, Iowa; Fannie, wife of Charles Gardner, of Emmetsburg, Iowa; Willie died in infancy; Justin, the only surviving son, resides at Columbus Junction; Lulu died in the spring of 1886, at the age of twenty-one years; the three younger members of the family—Kate, May and Carrie—are with their parents. Mr. Lamberson is a member of Columbus City Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for President for Gen. John C. Fremont.