This story was taken from the Biography of Hiram Plank, brother-in-law of James Lamb.
Following the Civil War, there was an irregularity of seasons in Dent County (Missouri). Coupled with poor crops and unsettled political affairs, rise was given to concern about the future and personal well being among some of the locals. John Lamb and his son, James, had attached themselves to the idea of trying their fortunes in the solitary regions of the Western Wilds. John, being confident of the approach of hard times, set about making arrangements for the expedition.
James left in the spring of 1872 to explore the area West of the Rocky Mountains to try to find a more congenial home in some fertile spot in the mountain regions of Oregon. He returned in early fall with a tolerable favorable account of the country he'd seen. This created new excitement in Dent County, and all were astir to be off the next Spring to Oregon.
John was solicitous for the welfare of his children, and was anxious that they should accompany him on his long journey to the West. His health was poor, and if there was no improvement by Spring, his desire was that they should proceed without him and he would follow should his condition improve.
The wagon train left Dent County in the Spring of 1873 without John Lamb. His son James, along with others from the families of Dent County went on to settle in Oregon in the fertile Coquille Valley of Coos County. John died on May 12th of 1873 in Dent County, Missouri, and is buried in the Lamb Cemetery in Phelps County.
James first married Nancy H. Freeman. There was at least seven children born to their union : Rebecca C., Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann, Mary C., James Milton, Sarah Candis, Martha M., and Henry A. Lamb. Nancy died before 1870. In 1874, James remarried to Elmina Priest - Freeman. They had one child together : Edward Johnson Lamb.
Following the Civil War, there was an irregularity of seasons in Dent County (Missouri). Coupled with poor crops and unsettled political affairs, rise was given to concern about the future and personal well being among some of the locals. John Lamb and his son, James, had attached themselves to the idea of trying their fortunes in the solitary regions of the Western Wilds. John, being confident of the approach of hard times, set about making arrangements for the expedition.
James left in the spring of 1872 to explore the area West of the Rocky Mountains to try to find a more congenial home in some fertile spot in the mountain regions of Oregon. He returned in early fall with a tolerable favorable account of the country he'd seen. This created new excitement in Dent County, and all were astir to be off the next Spring to Oregon.
John was solicitous for the welfare of his children, and was anxious that they should accompany him on his long journey to the West. His health was poor, and if there was no improvement by Spring, his desire was that they should proceed without him and he would follow should his condition improve.
The wagon train left Dent County in the Spring of 1873 without John Lamb. His son James, along with others from the families of Dent County went on to settle in Oregon in the fertile Coquille Valley of Coos County. John died on May 12th of 1873 in Dent County, Missouri, and is buried in the Lamb Cemetery in Phelps County.
James first married Nancy H. Freeman. There was at least seven children born to their union : Rebecca C., Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann, Mary C., James Milton, Sarah Candis, Martha M., and Henry A. Lamb. Nancy died before 1870. In 1874, James remarried to Elmina Priest - Freeman. They had one child together : Edward Johnson Lamb.
This story was taken from the Biography of Hiram Plank, brother-in-law of James Lamb.
Following the Civil War, there was an irregularity of seasons in Dent County (Missouri). Coupled with poor crops and unsettled political affairs, rise was given to concern about the future and personal well being among some of the locals. John Lamb and his son, James, had attached themselves to the idea of trying their fortunes in the solitary regions of the Western Wilds. John, being confident of the approach of hard times, set about making arrangements for the expedition.
James left in the spring of 1872 to explore the area West of the Rocky Mountains to try to find a more congenial home in some fertile spot in the mountain regions of Oregon. He returned in early fall with a tolerable favorable account of the country he'd seen. This created new excitement in Dent County, and all were astir to be off the next Spring to Oregon.
John was solicitous for the welfare of his children, and was anxious that they should accompany him on his long journey to the West. His health was poor, and if there was no improvement by Spring, his desire was that they should proceed without him and he would follow should his condition improve.
The wagon train left Dent County in the Spring of 1873 without John Lamb. His son James, along with others from the families of Dent County went on to settle in Oregon in the fertile Coquille Valley of Coos County. John died on May 12th of 1873 in Dent County, Missouri, and is buried in the Lamb Cemetery in Phelps County.
James first married Nancy H. Freeman. There was at least seven children born to their union : Rebecca C., Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann, Mary C., James Milton, Sarah Candis, Martha M., and Henry A. Lamb. Nancy died before 1870. In 1874, James remarried to Elmina Priest - Freeman. They had one child together : Edward Johnson Lamb.
Following the Civil War, there was an irregularity of seasons in Dent County (Missouri). Coupled with poor crops and unsettled political affairs, rise was given to concern about the future and personal well being among some of the locals. John Lamb and his son, James, had attached themselves to the idea of trying their fortunes in the solitary regions of the Western Wilds. John, being confident of the approach of hard times, set about making arrangements for the expedition.
James left in the spring of 1872 to explore the area West of the Rocky Mountains to try to find a more congenial home in some fertile spot in the mountain regions of Oregon. He returned in early fall with a tolerable favorable account of the country he'd seen. This created new excitement in Dent County, and all were astir to be off the next Spring to Oregon.
John was solicitous for the welfare of his children, and was anxious that they should accompany him on his long journey to the West. His health was poor, and if there was no improvement by Spring, his desire was that they should proceed without him and he would follow should his condition improve.
The wagon train left Dent County in the Spring of 1873 without John Lamb. His son James, along with others from the families of Dent County went on to settle in Oregon in the fertile Coquille Valley of Coos County. John died on May 12th of 1873 in Dent County, Missouri, and is buried in the Lamb Cemetery in Phelps County.
James first married Nancy H. Freeman. There was at least seven children born to their union : Rebecca C., Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann, Mary C., James Milton, Sarah Candis, Martha M., and Henry A. Lamb. Nancy died before 1870. In 1874, James remarried to Elmina Priest - Freeman. They had one child together : Edward Johnson Lamb.
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