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Facts and Events
| Name |
James Lamb |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Est 1756 |
Perthshire, Scotland |
| Immigration? |
Bef 1776 |
came to America |
| Military[1] |
1776 |
Rev War - |
| Residence[1] |
1776 |
Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statessettled in Bourbon County, Kentucky |
| Marriage |
Bef 1811 |
Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesto Hannah Boone |
| Residence[1][2] |
Abt 1811 |
Wayne, Indiana, United Statescame to Wayne County and settled near the mouth of Elkhorn Creek |
| Military[2] |
1812 |
War of 1812 - [is this true? - he would have been abt 56] |
| Death[1] |
1841 |
Abington (township), Wayne, Indiana, United Statesage 85 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Family Recorded, in History of Wayne County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, history of Indiana and the Northwest Territory, embracing accounts of the prehistoric races, aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a brief review of its civil, political and military history (1884). (Chicago : Inter-state Pub., , 1884).
Vol 2, p 290 -
... James Lamb, was a native of Perthshire, Scotland, and when twenty years of age, in 1776, came to the United States, and after participating in the war of the Revolution settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Boone. In 1811 he removed to Indiana and settled near the mouth of Elkhorn Creek, in Abington Township, Wayne County. He bought 1,440 acres of land for which he paid $2 an acre. He was a member of the Christian church. He had a family of nine children---Anna, James, William, John, Thomas, Joseph B., Elizabeth, Hannah, Jane and Catherine, all deceased but Mrs. Jane Spahr, of Abington. Mr. Lamb died in 1841, aged eighty-five years, and his wife in 1839, aged seventy years. He was a strong anti-slavery, and left Kentucky on account of the evil influences of slavery. ...
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Biography, in History of Wayne County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, history of Indiana and the Northwest Territory, embracing accounts of the prehistoric races, aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a brief review of its civil, political and military history (1884). (Chicago : Inter-state Pub., , 1884).
Vol 2, p 291 -
James Lamb, deceased, one of the well-known early settlers of Wayne County, was a native of Scotland and came to this country when a young man. He first settled in Kentucky, where he married Hannah Boone, a relative of Daniel Boone. In 1812 he came to Wayne County and settled in the northeastern part of Abington Township, entering a large tract of land from the Government. He was in good circumstances when he came, and by judicious management became one of the wealthiest men of the county. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. He was a member of the New Light church and his wife was a member of the Baptist church. Their children were James, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, William, Mrs. Catherine Hunt, John, Joseph B., Mrs. Jane Spahr, Anna and Thomas, all deceased, except Mrs. Spahr, who resides at Abington, aged seventy-five years. ...
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