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DAVID A. LAMB. One of the most note-worthy establishments in Altay, Schuyler County, is the manufactory of which Mr. Lamb is the proprietor. Here is manufactured a large variety of baskets, which he can guarantee to his customers for superiority of material, style and durability. He is well known for his enterprise, energy and push, and richly deserves the large measure of popularity and prosperity which he now enjoys. He was born in Wayne, Steuben County, this state, January 7, 1831, and is the son of John R. and Eunice C. (Stone) Lamb, both natives of this state. The father is deceased, passing from this life when in his sixty-fifth year. Mrs. Lamb still survives and is now advanced in years.

Our subject was three years of age when his parents removed to the town of Pulteney, Steuben County, where he lived until in his seventeenth year. He then returned to Wayne and made his home there until 1861, when we find him en route for Yates County, where he worked out for some twenty months. At the expiration of that time, however, he again returned to Wayne and invested his earnings in a tract of seventy-five acres of land, and was there industriously engaged in farming until the spring of 1877. That year he sold out his farming interests and came to Altay, where he built a shingle-mill, operating the same for the following six years. As he was then offered a good price for his plant, he sold out and erected a factory, which he superintended until the spring of 1891. That year he engaged in the manufacture of baskets, in which business he is now quite extensively engaged. He possesses the confidence and patronage of a discriminating public, and his unremitting industry and energy, as well as his upright dealing, have made his house a thoroughly reliable one.

Mr. Lamb was married in Wayne, on Christmas Day, 1853, to Miss Sylvia Jacobus, who was born in that place December 23, 1833. The latter’s parents, John and Sarah (Bennett) Jacobus, were born, respectively, in New Jersey and New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were granted two children. Henry, born August 4, 1856, was foreman of the switch-yards of Winona, Minn., and was accidentally killed July 3, 1895. He left a wife, Eva (Shattuick) Lamb, and two children, Leon and Lena. Sarah Lamb, the other member of the household, was born in Milo, Yates County, N. Y., July 1, 1861. She became the wife of Frank E. Gregory, and died November 26, 1885, leaving two children, Cleda L. and Sarah, the latter of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Lamb is a valued member of the Altay Baptist Church and takes an active part in its various meetings.

As a citizen, our subject is public-spirited and has done much for the best interests of the community. He is a Republican in politics, and on this ticket was elected Assessor and Excise Commissioner.