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Benjamin Howard LAMB

Benjamin Howard LAMB

Male 1878 - 1901  (23 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Howard LAMB 
    Born 29 May 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date on headstone is May 27 1877.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as one of several tenants in a boarding house operated by Ollie Hustead.
    Occupation day laborer  [2] 
    Died 5 Dec 1901  [3] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I98304  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2019 

    Father Benjamin LAMB,   b. CA 1812, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1894, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Elvira SANDY,   b. CA 1842, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Oct 1873  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      Benjamin Lamb, 66, farmer; wife Elvira, 38; stepson William H, 17; stepdau Mary J, 15; stepdau Sarah F, 11; stepdau Gilla E, 8; son Benjamin, 2.
      (Note: Surname given for head of household, Benjamin Lamb, but not for the others. The four older children should all have been entered with the surname Sandy. Their birthplace appears to be Ohio.)

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Bertha Hustead, 23, b. Jul 1876 in WVa, occupation wash & iron, single, mother of one child (still living); dau Jan (?) M. Hustead, b. Sep 1895 in WVa; boarder Elvira Lamb, 60, b. Jun 1840 in Va, widowed, mother of 5 children (3 still living).
    Family ID F16049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    5. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 19 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12134&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Benjamin Lamb, 62, b. Augusta Co Va, res. Gilmer Co; and Elvira Sandy, 33, b. Rockingham Co Va, res. Gilmer Co. Married Oct 11 1873 in Gilmer County. (Note: Marital status not given.)