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Samuel Lamb was married to Hannah Beeson
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Simeon Lamb was married to Mary (Polly) Reynolds
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Isaac Lamb was married to Mary (Polly) Parrott
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Isaac Lamb, son of Samuel Lamb and Hannah Beeson, was born 19 July 1784 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married 8 February 1810 to Mary (Polly) Parrott, who was born about 1787. He was also married to Elizabeth Lamb. Isaac died after 1811.
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Henry Lamb, son of Samuel Lamb and Hannah Beeson, was born 30 December 1791, in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married about 1815 to Rebecca __ who was born 15 April 1793. (Census/1850 Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana # 51; Census/1860, Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana)
Henry was disowned at Duck Creek Monthly Meeting for a series of disturbances at meetings.
Henry died 9 May 1872, in Howard County, Indiana, buried in the New Salem North Cemetery.
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Absolom Tatum Lamb I, son of Samuel Lamb and Hannah Beeson, was born 13 July 1798, in Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married/1 before 1 July 1820, when note was made at Deep River Monthly Meeting that he was dismissed for marrying out of unity, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Frances Lamb(?), who was born 13 April 1799, and it is assumed that they were reinstated. Frances died 24 March 1852.
He was married/2 to Anna ___, who was born about 1828, in North Carolina.
Absolom died 3 April 1861. He was buried beside Frances, in the North Grave Yard, at Honey Creek Monthly Meeting, Howard County, Indiana. (New Salem Monthly Meeting, Springfield Monthly Meeting)
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Jeremiah Lamb IV, son of Simeon Lamb and Mary Reynolds, was born 1 November 1787 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married 20 June 1810, Clark County or Washington County, Indiana, to Rachel Hoggatt, who was born 28 November 1789, in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Rachel died 7 November 1852, both in Critteden County, Kentucky.
According to the �Crittenden County, Kentucky Births, Deaths, Etc.� Volume 2, page 63, Jeremiah died 15 October 1852, leaving neither widow, or child.
Circuit Court file #102
Phillip Hoggatt, born 12 July 1765, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, died 17 September 1843, in Salem, Washington County, Indiana.
He was married 15 August 1787, in Deep River Monthly Meeting, to Mary Thornbrough (Thornburg), who was born 22 January 1765, in Deep River.
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Marriage License: 20 SEP 1847 in Gallatin-Book 1 page 40 1; Nancy Elizabeth Davis (Wife) born 29 APR 1830 in Illinois, Gallatin County. M: 20 FEB 1865 in Gallatin County, Illinois;
Marriage License: 20 FEB 1865 in Yes-Book A page 381 1; Isabella Price (Wife) B: 19 OCT 1832 in Livingston County, Kentucky
John W Lamb, son of Dr. Simeon Lamb and Mary (Polly) Reynolds, was born about 1795, in North Carolina.
He was married 7 April 1824, in Crittenden, in Livingston County, Kentucky, to Mary Polly Winslow, who was born about 1805 in Livingston County, the daughter of Robert and Prescilla Winslow.
Notes for JOHN W. LAMB: MARRIAGE: 10/2/92-"Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1, Oct. 1799-Jul. 1839", page 74. "Lamb, John - Polly Wilson. Married: 7 April 1824 by Joseph N. Kilpatrick, Meth. Episcopal Ch. [MR#1:8]. Bond: 5 April 1824. Bondsman: Robert Lamb. Certificate giving consent of parents proven and filed. License: 5 April 1824. Consent: 5 April 1824. [Groom] "This may certify that I have no objection to my son John Lamb the Bearer of this, and Polly Wilson being joined together in wedlock." Signed: Simeon Lamb. Wit: Robert Lamb. [Bride] "This is to sertify that I Prissila Wilson we heirs and Exactors do serify we have no objections this couple being joined together - John Lamb and Polly Wilson." [Unsigned. Wit: John Lamb.
CEMETERY: Brenda Joyce Jerome found the John Lamb Cemetery (located off Greens Chapel Rd. past Bell's Mines on ALCOA land). She had physically gone out to the cemetery and had found John and his granddaughter Medora's stones. Cemetery is almost inaccessible even on foot. Sits on a high hill.
MISC: Article in Crittenden Press, July 22, 2004 written by Brenda Underdown: "This once busy coal-mining town of Bells Mines has many memories for many people. It is rich in history of earlier and harsher times in our county.
Although the mining camp and railroad track had been destroyed before I was old enough to appreciate what it meant, it remains a special and haunting place for me because my great-grandfather, W. C. M. Travis, grandfather E. Jeffrey Travis and father Billie M. Travis were born there. This is some history about Bells Mines and W. C. M. Travis who was born and raised there.
"In 1842 John Bell, a politician from Nashville, Tenn., purchased 31 acres of land from John Lamb and John Rourk. This land was located in Crittenden County next to the Tradewater River. This was the starting of the coal-mining town called Bells Mines.
�The name Bells Mines was derived from the Bell family who operated the coal mines. By the late 1840s and early 1850s European immigrants had learned about the mines and came there for employment. The 1850 U. S. Census in Crittenden County lists people with names of Hina and Green from Germany, Mangin and Piper from France, Church and Wheatcroft from England, just to name a few. The boarding house had miners with home places listed as Bavaria, Prussia, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, along with names from New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and Illinois.
�An October 1922 article in the Crittenden Press states, "A few months ago, the Bell Coal and Navigation Company purchased 5,000 acres of land in the vicinity of the old Bells Mines, located in the northeastern part of Crittenden County. This is one of the oldest mining cities in the county, the mines being founded by John Bell, the Tennessee statesman and politician, about a century ago. For about 70 years prior to the purchase by the Bell Coal and Navigation Company, all mining operations there have been suspended. The company is now operating one shaft, but has in contemplation, the sinking of three or four other shafts. The coal is being hauled by wagons to Sturgis and put on the market, but a branch railroad is being constructed from the mines to Sturgis to facilitate the marketing of the coal.
�The company is also building a power plant of 500-horsepower to furnish electricity to run the machinery and for lighting purposes. A washer is being constructed to wash the output of the mines and nothing but clean coal will be sent out. A grinder will also be put in and the company will furnish coke for the market. A number of residences have been built and others are under construction. A handsome clubhouse of 13 rooms, supplied with bathtubs, toilet, washbowls and all modern conveniences is under construction. The building will be heated by a large furnace in the basement; Mr. William Herbert, a Welshman by birth, is general superintendent."
�BELLS MINES SCHOOL
Bells Mines School was first located on the road close to where the church stands. In the year ending June 30, 1893, teacher W. C. M. Travis, wrote in his Annual Report to the District Trustees, that Bells Mines Schools was made of logs in 1873 and that the condition of the building is "worn out." He stated, 'The present house is very near to no house at all. It is wholly unfit to accommodate even the number of pupils that have attended the recent session. It is also very ill community situated. There ought to be a new house for the district and located differently.' There were 52 students enrolled, 28 males and 24 females. The trustees for that year were R. M. Adamson and J. L. Black.�In the early 1900s, a one-room school was built near the road and the railroad crossing. As the population increased, another room was added to the school so that the two teachers could be employed. Some of the teachers were: E. Jeffrey Travis, Lucille and Sybil Travis, Edith and Maggie Truitt, Gladys Walker, Guy and Gilbert Lamb, Ernest Hina and Anna Smith Collins.
�In the 1940s, the Bells Mines children, along with the Dempsey and Baker School children, were transported by bus to Mattoon. The school building was then used for a dwelling by several families until Alcoa bought the land and the building was torn down.
�INDUSTRY AND BELLS MINES
About 1956, the Aluminum Company of America bought all the property surrounding the church and all the families moved away, thinking they were helping out the county by selling their land. So the community of Bells Mines was no more. All that is left is the cemetery, with its history and memories hidden with it; the remains of the once-towering chimney of the town's power plant laying broken on the ground with vines growing over it; and the winding little lane where railroad cars once ran.
�EARLY PIONEERS
One of the early pioneer families of Crittenden County was that of William Cebron Monroe Travis, who was born Nov. 5, 1842, in the community of Bells Mines. He was the son of James Harvey and Mary Brantley Travis. He was educated in the public schools of the county and began teaching before he reached his majority. He read law under the preceptorship of Hon. John W. Blue, and in 1871 was granted license to practice. In 1883, he entered the ministry and was minister at the Bells Mines Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was county attorney in 1895 when he passed away. He is buried in the Bells Mines Cemetery." (Brenda Underdown writes a column entitled "Area History & Genealogy: Forgotten Passages" in the Crittenden Press.)
John W died 24 March 1848, Crittenden County, Kentucky; Mary died after 1860
Children: Birth order uncertain
William Reynolds Lamb, son of Simeon Sr, and Mary Reynolds, was born 4 January 1797, in Guilford County, North Carolina
He was married 10 May 1827, in Livingston County, Kentucky, to Susannah Archer, who was born about 1808, in Tennessee, the daughter of Moses Archer.
They moved from Kentucky to Illinois between 1847 and 1850
William died 13 October 1870; Susanna died 3 May 1881, both in Hardin, County, Illinois.
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Joel Lamb, son of Simeon Lamb Sr. and Mary (Polly) Reynolds, was born 30 May 1799, probably in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married/1 to a Miss Yeager (born Ohio), and married/2 on 3 January 1823 in Livingston County, Kentucky, to Mary (Polly) Hogard, who was born 12 January 1797 in Virginia, the daughter of William Hogard and Mary Wheeler. On the 1850 Slave Schedule, they had 1 slave, a 14 year old girl.
Mary died 15 March 1860 in Crittenden County, Kentucky; Joel died 8 September 1863 in Crittendon County, Kentucky, both buried in Pickens Cemetery, located at the home of Wayne Keeling, north of Tribune on Flynn's Ferry Rd., in Crittenden County.
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David Reynolds Lamb, son of Dr. Simeon Lamb and Mary Reynolds, was born in 1801, probably in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married/1 on 29 July, in Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky, to Mary Ann Price, who was born about 1810, in Kentucky, daughter of James Price and Sarah Witherspoon. Mary died 6 July 1841.
He was married/2 on 9 September 1841, in Livingston County, to Eleanor (Ellen) Hillhouse, who was born about 1798, in South Carolina
Eleanor died after 1870, in Illinois; David died 1887, in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
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William Heath White, son of Elizabeth Lamb and Thomas White, was born 8 January 1779, New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina.
He was married in North Carolina, to Carolyn (or Nancy) Williams, born in 1787, in Duplin County, North Carolina, died after 1860, daughter of Joseph Williams and Carolyn E ___.
He died 10 May 1832.
Children: Not in Birth Order
Robert H White, son of Elizabeth Lamb and Thomas N White, was born 1 May 1891, in Guilford County, North Carolina
He was married/1 in North Carolina, to Ann King; married/2 on 5 November 1803, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Rebecca Coffman, who was born 27 February 1786, North Carolina, daughter of Bethuel Coffman and Hannah Dicks.
Rebecca died 9 April 1834, Indiana; Robert died 24 October 1847, in Indiana.
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John C Lamb (Jehu), (J Hugh), son of Isaac Lamb and Mary (Polly) Parrot, was born in 1811, in North Carolina, and died in 1873.
He was married 22 March 1834, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Luzena Garner, who was born in 1812, in North Carolina.
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Benjamin Lamb, Sr., son of Absolom T Lamb and Frances Lamb, was born 18 January 1824, and was received by request at Springfield Monthly Meeting, Indiana.
He was married/1 on 15 June 1845, in Henry County, Indiana, to Keziah Allen (born 21 February 1827-died about 1848), daughter of Zachariah Allen (born 1796-died 1865) & Susannah Reynolds.
He was married/2 on 27 July 1848 to Rebecca Healton, born 3 September 1826, daughter of John (born 1805) and Sarah Healton.
He died 12 February 1878, buried North Grave Yard. She died 12 August 1900.
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Absolom Harrison Lamb, son of Absolom Tatum Lamb and Frances Lamb (?), was born 2 November 1840, Deep River Monthly Meeting in Henry County, Indiana, and died died 27 June 1900, in New Haven Monthly Meeting, Howard County Indiana.
He was married 9 September 1866, in New Haven Monthly Meeting, Howard County, Indiana, to Martha M Carter, who was born 22 November 1849, daughter of James and Sarah Carter.
On 24 February 1877, Absolom Harrison, wife Martha M, and children, Sarah Frances and Olie W were received by request at Springfield Monthly Meeting, Indiana.
Absolom died 27 June 1900 Howard County, Indiana; Martha died 29 June 1923.
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Sara Minerva Lamb, daughter of William Reynolds Lamb and Susanna Archer, was born 13 June 1828, in Kentucky.
She was married/1 about 1851 in either Illinois or Kentucky, to C L Keller, who was born about 1819, in Germany, and died about 1862, in Hardin County, Illinois.
She was married/2 about 1851
Sarah died 25 January 1909, in Lambtown, Illinois.
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Martitia Ann Lamb, daughter of Jehu/John Lamb and Luzena Garner, was born 5 February 1837, probably in Guilford County, North Carolina, and died before 1910, and was buried in Lambsburg, Virginia.
She was married 22 December 1860, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Orval Shubel Ward, who was born in 1835, in Guilford County, and died 12 December 1864. He was the son of Hugh Ward (born about 1797, Orange County, North Carolina) and Elizabeth Whiteheart (born about 1801 Orange County, North Carolina)
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Aum Lamb, son of Benjaman F Lamb, Sr and Rebecca Healton, was born 11 November 1853.
He was married 12 July 1879, in Howard County, Indiana, to Marcelia Woody, who was born 15 June 1860, died 10 May 1913, daughter of Joshua Woody and Malinda Chamness. (See: Chamness Family 1)
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Marquis D Lamb, son of Benjamin F Lamb Sr. and Rebecca Healton, was born 3 May 1858, and died September 1937.
He was married 17 September 1876, to Hatty Hunt, who died 27 July 1904, daughter of Mary Hunt.
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Benjamin F Lamb II, son of Benjamin F Lamb I and Rebecca Healton, was born 6 December 1864.
He was married 12 December 1892, to Mary J Stephens, daughter of Lewis and Nancy Stephens.
Benjamin died 16 October 1946; Mary died August 1952.
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Olie W Lamb, son of Absolom Harrison Lamb and Martha M Carter, was born 20 June 1874, New Salem Monthly Meeting, Howard County, Indiana.
He was married 29 December 1894, to Martha A Cox, who was born 7 December 1875, daughter of Milton and Sarah Cox. He died 29 June 1923, recorded New Salem Monthly Meeting
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Louella V Ward, daughter of Martitia Ann Lamb and Orval Shubel Ward, was born in 1855, in Guilford County, North Carolina, and died in 1940.
She was married 3 September 1872, to Osborne Spencer Lyons, who was born in May 1852, in Carroll County, Virginia, died in 1923, the son of Ransome H Lyons (born 1828 Virginia) and Elizabeth H Felts, (born about 1832).
All of the children were born in Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia
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Austin Spencer Lyons, son of Osborne Spencer Lyons and Louella V Ward, was born in May 1882, and died in 1960, and buried in Blue Ridge Chapel Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia.
He was married 22 February 1900, in Carroll County, Virginia, to India Louvenia Combs (born 12 March 1879, died 22 March 1964, Kernersville Forsyth County, North Carolina, buried Blue Ridge Chapel Cemetery, daughter of John Cannady Combs (born 6 May 1839) and Christianna Matilda Davis (born 9 May 1844)
Children: Not in birth order
Leroy C Lyons, son of Osborne Spencer Lyons and Louella V Ward, was born 10 January 1887 and, died 19 July 1961.
He was married 24 December 1910, in Carroll County, Virginia, to Lottie Alma Easter, who was born December 1891.
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Garnett Preston Lyons, son of Osborne Spencer Lyons and Louella V Ward, was born 6 December 1900, in Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia, and died 25 March 1991, in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina.
He was married to Stacy Lee Daniel, who was born 1 August 1910, in Virginia, and died 15 November 2005, in Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Ruben Halle Faniel and Margaret Jane Holderfield
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