My Genealogy Hound

Henry M. Lamb, a successful tiller of the soil now residing in Jasper County, Mo., and whose post-office is Sarcoxie, is the son of Watson Lamb, who was born on a farm in Kentucky, and there married Miss Sallie Snow, who bore him twelve children: James, John, Green, Alonzo, Isaac, Doctor E., Henry M., Sarah, Adelia, Nancy, Lucy, and Levi, who died when a young man. The father of these children moved to Illinois and remained there one year, when he came to Benton County, Mo., about 1839 or 1840, and from there to Lawrence County, Mo., where he now lives. His first wife died in 1849, and in 1852 he married Miss Polly Willbanks, who bore him three children: Perry, Mary and Martha. Politically Mr. Lamb is a Republican, and in his religious views is a Missionary Baptist. He held the office of justice of the peace in Lawrence County, and is highly respected for his judgment and integrity. He is now enjoying good health at the age of eighty years. Henry M. Lamb was born January 2, 1849, and his mother died at the time of his birth. He was reared on a farm but did not have the advantage of an education. At the age of fifteen he enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and served during the war, being in many skirmishes. He was mustered out July 15, and was honorably discharged. In 1868 he married Miss Columbia J. Bell, daughter of John and Martha (Burton) Bell, and to this union were born six children: Almira, Robert E., William Bloomfield, Charlie, Lizzie, and Florence, who died in infancy. After marriage Mr. Lamb settled on a farm, and in 1879 he purchased one. A year later he went to California, where he remained two years, and was quite prosperous. He then returned and purchased a farm in Lawrence County, Mo., where he lived three years, but sold out and moved to Kansas. After living in the last named State eighteen months, he purchased a farm in Mead County, which he still owns. In February, 1887, he purchased his present farm in Newton County, Mo., and there he now resides. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is a man of integrity and honesty.