History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . gliwav construction in his home district. I AMES LAMB. The late James Lamb, one of the pioneers of Clay county, who diedat Fergus Falls, and whose widow is still living on the home place, theowner of three-quarters of a section of land besides a quarter section inNorth Dakota, was a native of Scotland, born in Forfarshire in 1847, Jof John and Elizabeth Lamb, also natives of Scotland, the forme
History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . gliwav construction in his home district. I AMES LAMB. The late James Lamb, one of the pioneers of Clay county, who diedat Fergus Falls, and whose widow is still living on the home place, theowner of three-quarters of a section of land besides a quarter section inNorth Dakota, was a native of Scotland, born in Forfarshire in 1847, Jof John and Elizabeth Lamb, also natives of Scotland, the former of whomdied in his native land and the latter of whom came to Minnesota withher younger son, John, in the seventies. The son pre-empted a claim inElkton township. Clay county, and here she spent her last days on a quartersection near Dormer. In a memorial sketch relating to the late John Lamland in a biographical sketch relating to Charles Lamb, Sr., of Baker, brother:of the subject of this memorial sketch, presented elsewhere in this volume,there is set out at some length further details of the settlement of the Lambfamily in Clay county and the attention of the reader is respectfully invited. JAMES LAMP. AND FAMILY. THE NEW YORKPUB! ^ ^RARY ASTOR. LENOXTILDEN FOJf: O \TinNS CLAY AND NORMAN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. ] T,J to those narratives for further information of a genealogical and historicalcharacter relating to this well-known and influential family. Reared on the home farm in his native Forfarshire, James Lamb theregrew to manhood and in that neighborhood was married in 1868 to AnnAnderson, who also was born in Scotland, a daughter of George and Agnes(Todd) Anderson, the former t)f whom was an extensive stock dealer andhad many business interests. He was an ardent church member and heand his wife spent all their lives in Scotland. George yderson and wifewere the parents of four children, of whom Mrs. Lamb was the last-born,the others being Mary, who is still living in Sco
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