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MAJ. WILLIAM S. LAMB, United States storekeeper and gauger, of Tell City, is one of the oldest native residents of Perry County, having been born near Troy, January 21, 1816. His father, Solomon Lamb, a native of New York, came to the county in 1810. He was a prominent Whig, a leader of his party in the county, and was the first clerk of the court, having been appointed in 1814. He held the office until 1838. He married Elizabeth Shepherd, a native of Kentucky, who bore him a family of six sons and four daughters. He died in 1848, and his widow, four years later. William S. remained at home until attaining his majority, when he was elected clerk of Perry County, which office he filled efficiently for eighteen years.. He afterward farmed and traded on the river for a time, meanwhile giving considerable attention to law. He was admitted to the Perry County bar in 1853. At the beginning of the war he was appointed paymaster in the United States Army, and served in that capacity until its close, ranking as major. He returned to his farm and subsequently engaged in conducting a tannery near Rome, which enterprise proved unsuccessful. In 1877 he was appointed to the position which he has since filled. He is a Republican in politics, and was the first candidate of his party for State representative in 1856. In 1837 he married Mary F. Dumont, a native of Switzerland County, Ind., who died two years later. In 1842 he wedded Julia A. Thompson, who died in February, 1880, leaving three children: William R., Henry C. and Porter H. Maj. Lamb is a Mason, and a member of the Methodist Church.