hood. Mr. Lamb was married in this county in the fall of 1873 to Mrs. Mary Ann Beach, a widow, and a native of Pennsylvania. She was reared in Michigan, but later moved to this State, where her first husband died. She had three children by this marriage, all married. Mr. Lamb entered the army in November, 1864, Eighth Iowa Infantry, and served one year, being discharged at Montgomery, Ala., in November, 1865. He was in the fight at Spanish Fort, and many skirmishes. He has been a member of the board of supervisors of the county, has been township trustee, and has served as justice of the peace three or more terms. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post. He and Mrs. Lamb are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Amos A. Lande, druggist, Slater, Iowa. Mr. Lande, the subject of this sketch, is a resident of the enterprising little town of Slater, Iowa, and is owner and proprietor of an excellent drug store in the village. He is a foreigner, his birth having occurred in Norway, near the old city of Bergen, on January 10, 1866, and was the youngest of nine children—four sons and five daughters—who are named as follows: Albert (married, and engaged in farming in Story County), Mary (married a farmer, and died at the age of thirty-two years), Carrie (resides in Sioux County, Iowa, and is the wife of a farmer), Ole (married, a farmer, and died at the age of twenty-nine years), Helen (died in infancy), George (married, and engaged in farming in Story County), Helen (single, and died at about the age of twenty years), and Bertha (married a merchant and died at the age of twenty-three years). The parents of these children were both natives of Norway, and the father was an agriculturist. The latter died on June 15, 1890, and his remains are interred in the cemetery near the town of Huxley, Iowa. The mother is still living and is sixty-seven years of age. Amos A. Lande emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1866, and located in Polk County, Iowa, where he remained until 1869. His parents then removed to Story County, Iowa. He had received his early educational training in the common schools of Iowa, and afterward attended the Iowa Business College at Des Moines. When about sixteen years of age he served an apprenticeship to a pharmacist, and also attended the school of pharmacy at Des Moines. He located at Sheldahl, Iowa, in 1886, and removed from there to Slater, Iowa, in 1887, where he carries, at the present time, a large and complete stock of pure drugs, oils, paints, perfumeries and all fancy articles. He also keeps a full line of text books and school supplies. Mr. Lande was married on October 2.5, 1888, to Miss Bertha Hill, a native of Iowa, born on January 16, 1868, and who was educated in the common schools. One little daughter is the result of this union, Marie Helene, aged five months. Mr. Lande is a stanch Republican, and his first presidential vote was cast for Benjamin Harrison. He is not an ultra politician, being a practical business man who attends strictly to his business. He and wife are devout members of the Lutheran Church, and they contribute liberally to all worthy enterprises. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. He is a young man possessed of fine business qualifications, and is a practical pharmacist. He is the owner of a fine residence in Slater, and his large line of merchandise.
David L. Lang, farmer and stock-raiser, also breeder of fine stock, is a native of Ohio, born in 1852, but grew to manhood and received his education in Illinois. The parents, J. A. and Betsy A. (Williams) Lang, were natives of New Hampshire and Canada, and born, respectively, in 1827 and 1828. The father came