The following was printed in a Yoncalla newspaper a few days after Abraham Lamb's burial in June, 1896:
"Died at his home at Yoncalla, Douglas county, Oregon, of la grippe, on Wednesday morning, June 24, 1896, Mr. Abraham Lamb, aged 70 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Thus passes to his final reward another pioneer of this coast; thus closes a life fraught with good deeds, charitable dealings, and humane actions. Mr. Lamb was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on the 2nd of December, 1825. About 1849, filled with the venturesome spirit characteristic of the times, to seek his fortune in the gold fields of the golden west, he braved the dangers, and suffered the hardships of a voyage across the plains, coming to California, but remained only a short time, when he returned to the east, and on April 18, 1855, in Lee county, Iowa he was married to Anna L. Staley, who survives him to mourn his loss.
In 1864, when our nation was in the midst of the civil war, he again sought a home and peace in the far west, and came to Oregon, settling in Washington county, where he lived until 1869, when he removed to the beautiful and fertile Yoncalla valley, where he has ever since lived.
His family consisted of seven children, five daughters, three of whom are living, and the two sons, both living. Mrs. N.A. Ambrose is a resident of Portland. Mrs. W.T Woodson, Yoncalla; Mrs. L.H. Siege, Jefferson; George Lamb, Riverton; and William Lamb, of Jefferson, are his surviving children.
Thus closes an eventful, charitable, quiet, humane, and charitable life. He was beloved by all, with not an enemy living. His life was one of uprightness, his character was unsullied, his name was untarnished. Truly his name indicated the simplicity and innocence of his life. Abraham A. Lamb is emblematical of all that is pure, simple, just, honorable, and charitable. He lived and died a believer in the noble principles of Odd Fellowship, of which he was an old member. He was buried Friday, June 26th, by Mountain Lodge No. 103, I.O.O.F., of Drain, of which he was an honored member. All that was mortal was laid to rest, but his spirit had gone before to the Grand Lodge above."
The following was printed in a Yoncalla newspaper a few days after Abraham Lamb's burial in June, 1896:
"Died at his home at Yoncalla, Douglas county, Oregon, of la grippe, on Wednesday morning, June 24, 1896, Mr. Abraham Lamb, aged 70 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Thus passes to his final reward another pioneer of this coast; thus closes a life fraught with good deeds, charitable dealings, and humane actions. Mr. Lamb was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on the 2nd of December, 1825. About 1849, filled with the venturesome spirit characteristic of the times, to seek his fortune in the gold fields of the golden west, he braved the dangers, and suffered the hardships of a voyage across the plains, coming to California, but remained only a short time, when he returned to the east, and on April 18, 1855, in Lee county, Iowa he was married to Anna L. Staley, who survives him to mourn his loss.
In 1864, when our nation was in the midst of the civil war, he again sought a home and peace in the far west, and came to Oregon, settling in Washington county, where he lived until 1869, when he removed to the beautiful and fertile Yoncalla valley, where he has ever since lived.
His family consisted of seven children, five daughters, three of whom are living, and the two sons, both living. Mrs. N.A. Ambrose is a resident of Portland. Mrs. W.T Woodson, Yoncalla; Mrs. L.H. Siege, Jefferson; George Lamb, Riverton; and William Lamb, of Jefferson, are his surviving children.
Thus closes an eventful, charitable, quiet, humane, and charitable life. He was beloved by all, with not an enemy living. His life was one of uprightness, his character was unsullied, his name was untarnished. Truly his name indicated the simplicity and innocence of his life. Abraham A. Lamb is emblematical of all that is pure, simple, just, honorable, and charitable. He lived and died a believer in the noble principles of Odd Fellowship, of which he was an old member. He was buried Friday, June 26th, by Mountain Lodge No. 103, I.O.O.F., of Drain, of which he was an honored member. All that was mortal was laid to rest, but his spirit had gone before to the Grand Lodge above."
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