Published in Pilot-Tribune, 4/3/1947
MRS. LAMB IS BURIED TUESDAY
WIDOW OF J. W. LAMB DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, MRS. HARVEY POUNDS
Mrs. J.W. Lamb, 80, widow of an early Washington county settler, died in Blair Saturday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pounds, 66 West Grant St.
Her father, William Banks, a native of England, was the man who gave the name Rose Hill to the rural community near Herman, where he moved from Chicago with his family in the early days. He gave the name to the neighborhood's church and cemetery in remembrance of a church and cemetery of the same name in Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lamb, in charge of the Campbell Mortuary, were held at the Pounds; home here Tuesday afternoon, followed by services at the Rose Hill Methodist church. The Rev. A.W. Clarke of Arlington officiated, and burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery.
NATIVE OF CHICAGO
Mrs. Lamb, as Annice Emma Banks, was born Aug. 17, 1866, in Chicago, and came to Washington county with her parents as a young girl. On Mar. 22, 1883, she and John William Lamb were married in Blair by Judge Alonzo Perkins.
Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb began farming at Rose Hill, later moving to a homestead in Holt county. After ten years they returned to Washington county, and thereafter lived in Washington and Dodge counties. Mr. Lamb died at Fremont Oct. 10, 1934, and for several years Mrs. Lamb had resided with Mr. and Mrs. Pounds.
Mrs. Lamb was long a member of the Rose Hill Methodist Church. She belonged also to the Rebekah lodge and the Degree of Honor.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Pounds (Edna) of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Wulff of Seattle, Wash., Belle of Seattle and Edna of California; a granddaughter, Mrs. Woodrow Biffar (Virginia Pound) of Santa Monica, Calif.; and four great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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MRS. LAMB IS BURIED TUESDAY
WIDOW OF J. W. LAMB DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, MRS. HARVEY POUNDS
Mrs. J.W. Lamb, 80, widow of an early Washington county settler, died in Blair Saturday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pounds, 66 West Grant St.
Her father, William Banks, a native of England, was the man who gave the name Rose Hill to the rural community near Herman, where he moved from Chicago with his family in the early days. He gave the name to the neighborhood's church and cemetery in remembrance of a church and cemetery of the same name in Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lamb, in charge of the Campbell Mortuary, were held at the Pounds; home here Tuesday afternoon, followed by services at the Rose Hill Methodist church. The Rev. A.W. Clarke of Arlington officiated, and burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery.
NATIVE OF CHICAGO
Mrs. Lamb, as Annice Emma Banks, was born Aug. 17, 1866, in Chicago, and came to Washington county with her parents as a young girl. On Mar. 22, 1883, she and John William Lamb were married in Blair by Judge Alonzo Perkins.
Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb began farming at Rose Hill, later moving to a homestead in Holt county. After ten years they returned to Washington county, and thereafter lived in Washington and Dodge counties. Mr. Lamb died at Fremont Oct. 10, 1934, and for several years Mrs. Lamb had resided with Mr. and Mrs. Pounds.
Mrs. Lamb was long a member of the Rose Hill Methodist Church. She belonged also to the Rebekah lodge and the Degree of Honor.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Pounds (Edna) of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Wulff of Seattle, Wash., Belle of Seattle and Edna of California; a granddaughter, Mrs. Woodrow Biffar (Virginia Pound) of Santa Monica, Calif.; and four great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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Published in Pilot-Tribune, 4/3/1947
MRS. LAMB IS BURIED TUESDAY
WIDOW OF J. W. LAMB DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, MRS. HARVEY POUNDS
Mrs. J.W. Lamb, 80, widow of an early Washington county settler, died in Blair Saturday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pounds, 66 West Grant St.
Her father, William Banks, a native of England, was the man who gave the name Rose Hill to the rural community near Herman, where he moved from Chicago with his family in the early days. He gave the name to the neighborhood's church and cemetery in remembrance of a church and cemetery of the same name in Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lamb, in charge of the Campbell Mortuary, were held at the Pounds; home here Tuesday afternoon, followed by services at the Rose Hill Methodist church. The Rev. A.W. Clarke of Arlington officiated, and burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery.
NATIVE OF CHICAGO
Mrs. Lamb, as Annice Emma Banks, was born Aug. 17, 1866, in Chicago, and came to Washington county with her parents as a young girl. On Mar. 22, 1883, she and John William Lamb were married in Blair by Judge Alonzo Perkins.
Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb began farming at Rose Hill, later moving to a homestead in Holt county. After ten years they returned to Washington county, and thereafter lived in Washington and Dodge counties. Mr. Lamb died at Fremont Oct. 10, 1934, and for several years Mrs. Lamb had resided with Mr. and Mrs. Pounds.
Mrs. Lamb was long a member of the Rose Hill Methodist Church. She belonged also to the Rebekah lodge and the Degree of Honor.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Pounds (Edna) of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Wulff of Seattle, Wash., Belle of Seattle and Edna of California; a granddaughter, Mrs. Woodrow Biffar (Virginia Pound) of Santa Monica, Calif.; and four great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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MRS. LAMB IS BURIED TUESDAY
WIDOW OF J. W. LAMB DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, MRS. HARVEY POUNDS
Mrs. J.W. Lamb, 80, widow of an early Washington county settler, died in Blair Saturday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pounds, 66 West Grant St.
Her father, William Banks, a native of England, was the man who gave the name Rose Hill to the rural community near Herman, where he moved from Chicago with his family in the early days. He gave the name to the neighborhood's church and cemetery in remembrance of a church and cemetery of the same name in Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lamb, in charge of the Campbell Mortuary, were held at the Pounds; home here Tuesday afternoon, followed by services at the Rose Hill Methodist church. The Rev. A.W. Clarke of Arlington officiated, and burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery.
NATIVE OF CHICAGO
Mrs. Lamb, as Annice Emma Banks, was born Aug. 17, 1866, in Chicago, and came to Washington county with her parents as a young girl. On Mar. 22, 1883, she and John William Lamb were married in Blair by Judge Alonzo Perkins.
Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb began farming at Rose Hill, later moving to a homestead in Holt county. After ten years they returned to Washington county, and thereafter lived in Washington and Dodge counties. Mr. Lamb died at Fremont Oct. 10, 1934, and for several years Mrs. Lamb had resided with Mr. and Mrs. Pounds.
Mrs. Lamb was long a member of the Rose Hill Methodist Church. She belonged also to the Rebekah lodge and the Degree of Honor.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Pounds (Edna) of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Wulff of Seattle, Wash., Belle of Seattle and Edna of California; a granddaughter, Mrs. Woodrow Biffar (Virginia Pound) of Santa Monica, Calif.; and four great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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