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Note: U.S. Census 1870 Lamb, Anna 2 W. LYONS 310
Lamb, Artemus 2 W. CLINTON 132
Lamb, Clancey 3 W. CLINTON 151
Lamb, Layfaette 3 W. CLINTON 144
Lamb, Patrick T. 4 W. CLINTON 172
Lamb, Sarah M. 4 W. CLINTON 155
1880 US Census Clinton Iowa
Artemus LAMB Self M M W 39 NY Lumber Dealer NY NY
Henrietta LAMB Wife F M W 35 OH Keeping House OH OH
Emma LAMB Dau F S W 13 IA At School --- ---
Garrett LAMB Son M S W 10 IA At School --- ---
Dwight LAMB Son M S W 9 IA At School --- ---
Clarra LAMB Dau F S W 6 IA At School --- ---
Burt LAMB Son M S W 4 IA --- ---
Iowa Census December 1887 402 5th Ave age 49
US Census 7 June 1900 SD 2 ED 9 Sheet 9B Second Ward 402 5th Avenue Dwelling 180 Family 190 Lamb, Artemus b. Sep. 1839 age 60 Married 34 years b. New York President Bank
Artemus Lamb purchased from Samuel G. Magill & wife Lots #1&2 in Block 29 on February 10, 1881 Book 17 page 499.
Artemus Lamb purchased from Philo J. Farnsworth & wife Lot 3 in Block 29 on June 25, 1881 Book 19 page 162
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) p. 683-4 ARTEMUS LAMB, of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons; is a native of Steuben Co., N. Y.; was born Sept. 11, 1840; when 16 years of age, he came with his parents to Clinton, Iowa ; he entered his father's mills; after reaching manhood, he became interested in the business with his father ; their business is very extensive and has grown to great magnitude, and, to a great extent, the management devolves upon him. He has had charge of the Fire Department of Clinton for the past five years, and has been a member of the City Council. Mr. Lamb married Miss Henrietta S. Smith, a native of Ohio; they have five children-Emma R., Garrett D., James D., Clara J., and Lafayette B.
The Clinton Daily Herald Tuesday June 12, 1877 p. 4 Messrs. W.J. Young and Artemus Lamb, of Clinton, and F. Weyerhauser, of Rock Island, left for the logging regions today, to attend a special meeting of the Mississippi River Logging Company at Beef Slough tomorrow. It is expected to complete an incorporation for the purpose of construction dams to hold the water in check for flooding purposes, thus facilitating the procurement of the log supplies in times of low water.
The Clinton Morning News Vol IV No. 139 Wednesday October 14, 1885 A Fairy Fete The Fifth Avenue Mansion of Mr. Artemus Lamb the Scene of a Brilliant Social Affair The handsome residence of Mr. and Mrs. Artemus Lamb, last evening, was the scene of one of the most brilliant social gatherings in the history of Clinton. The occasion of the affair was the anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb's marriage and also the introduction of their daughter, Miss Emma, into society. The large house was a blaze of light from basement to roof, and the scene presented was a most beautiful one. The attendance was large, nearly all the invitations issued being responded to, and but few regrets being received. Flanagan & Greenhill's orchestra were in attendance and furnished delightful music for those who desired to enjoy the pleasant waltz. At about eleven o'clock a fine collation was served consisting of all the delicacies of the season. The costumes of the ladies present were very costly and unusually handsome, especially that worn by the fair young debutante, upon whom was showered the congratulations of all present. Miss Lamb will prove a valuable acquisition to the society of Clinton owing to her personal beauty and mental attainments. Among those present from abroad were the following: Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Weyerhauser and Miss Lizzie Weyerhauser, Miss Webber and Miss Guyer, of Rock Island; Mrs. J. Sloan, Miss Mitchell, Miss Schrader, Miss Squires, Miss Trout, Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Squires, of Maquoketa; Miss M. Stuart, of Detroit. It was not until a late hour that the guests departed for their homes, after wishing Mr. and Mrs. Lamb many returns of their anniversary, and Miss Emma a life of pleasure, so auspiciously begun.
The Clinton Weekly Herald Thursday October 15, 1885 Social Scenes A Brilliant Anniversary Commeration and Debutant Reception at Artemus Lamb's - Wedding Bells at LeRoy Bradley's - Etc. A Grand Reception An entertainment, picturesque and charming in a high degree, was enjoyed by several hundred guests at the elegant residence of Mr. and Mrs. Artemus Lamb on Fifth avenue Tuesday evening, Oct. 13th, the occasion being at once a pleasant commemoration of the 20th wedding anniversary of the host and hostess and a favorable opportunity for the social debut of Miss Emma Lamb, their accomplished daughter. Handsome lithographed invitations had been extended to several hundred friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb residing here and elsewhere, and responses were so numerous as to make necessary but few regrets. Lavish and suitable preparations were then entered upon by Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and daughter and their guests as well, the consummation of which was a social event equaling in brilliancy and éclat any similar occasion in this city. The spacious and luxuriantly furnished parlors and apartments of the mansion were tastefully adorned and brightly illuminated throughout, superb floral collections and ornaments from Chicago delighting the air everywhere and filling it with a delicious perfume. The guests uniformly attired in full evening dress, were received by Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and daughter, assisted by Mrs. W.G. Bevier, of Tipton, and Miss Mary B. Stewart, of Detroit. Miss Lamb was radiant with the smiles of happiness incident to so important and auspicious an epoch in her young career, and the host and hostess were noticeably cordial and solicitous for the comfort of their friends. Meritorious efforts of Greenhill & Flanagan's full orchestra gratified the musical taste and inspired the terpsichorean proclivities of the throng, while in the commodious dining room the guests were abundantly served with choice refreshments from Kinsley's. At the request of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb no presents were made. Among the guests from abroad Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Weyerhaeuser, Miss L. Weyerhaeuser, Mrs. M. Blackburn, Miss A. Webber, Miss Annette Guyer and Miss Emma Chapman of Rock Island; Mrs. John Sloan, Miss Thekla Von Schroeder, Misses Mitchell, Squires and Trout, and Mrssrs. Squires and Lawrence, of Maquoketa; Miss Ryder, of Dubuque; Mrs. W.B. Bevier, of Tipton; Miss Mary B. Stewart, of Detroit.
1886 History of Clinton Lamb, Artemus 167
The Clinton Daily Herald Monday January 4, 1885 Gentlemen parties are becoming one of the social habits of Clinton and Lyons, a number of the delightful entertainments having been given of late. Mr. Artemus Lamb again on Saturday evening last invited his gentlemen friends to an elegant and sumptuous dinner at 6 o'clock. Covers were laid for eighteen, and the party of congenial friends discussed for three hours an exquisite and tempting menu, served in a faultless manner.
The Clinton Morning News Friday April 18, 1890 p. 4 A. Lamb is still home ill, having been under the doctor's care for a week.
Clinton Daily Herald Thursday April 7, 1892 p. 3 Real Estate Transfers Society of Presbyterian church of Clinton to Artemus Lamb, for $6,500, pt lot 17, blk 22, Clinton.
The Clinton Daily Herald Thursday July 7, 1898 p. 8 Mr. and Mrs. A. Lamb, and daughter, Clara, who have spent several months in Europe, are expected home Saturday.
Iowa Its History and Its Foremost Citizens The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1916 p. 1531
The Clinton Daily Herald Wednesday April 24, 1901 The news of the death of Artemus Lamb was received here Tuesday. His many friends in Camanche regret the final result of the railroad accident that brought about his untimely death. He was a man, highly respected for his uprightness and integrity, by the people of our city. We, together with citizens o fhis home city, regret that one, possesses of such sterling qualities should be so suddenly removed from the social and business world, where he will be greatly missed. All sympathisers with his family and other relatives who will fell his loss more than us all.
History of the Lumber and Forest Industry of the Northwest by George W. Hotchkiss Illustrated Chicago 1898 p. 482 In 1866 the Eau Claire Lumber Co. was incorporated with a paid-up capital of $160,000, Joseph G. Thorp becoming its president. In 1886 its capital had increased to $3,000,000, and with its mills at Meridian and Alma, controlled a cutting capacity of 100,000,000 feet per year. Its officers at the present time are: president and treasurer, Frederick Weyerhaeuser; vice president, Artemus Lamb; secretary, Thomas Irvine.
Wolfe's 1911 History of Clinton Lamb, Artemus, p. 684 Environment is said to be the making of a man's character for good or evil. So is reflected upon a community, be it large or small, the life of an individual. If the man is broad-minded, progressive and ambitious, there must follow an upbuilding that will outlast the mortal career. Artemus Lamb who died April 23, 1901, left an ineffaceable record of good upon Clinton, Iowa, a city that owes much to the stalwart Lamb family. Artemus Lamb was the oldest son of Chancy and Jane (Bevier) Lamb and was born September 11, 1840, in Bradford, Steuben county, New York, where his father ran a sawmill. His eduaction was gained in the public schools, mostly at Big Flats, Chemung county, New York. When sixteen years old he went to Clinton with his father and ever after made that city his home. From boyhood he worked with his father and was his constant associate and helpmate. He had a mechanical bent, which he cultivated for many years, together with practical experience in sawmilling, and he assisted largely in bringing about the high efficiency of the mills controlled by the Lambs. Before he had reached manhood Mr. Lamb entered the service of his father, who conducted several manufacturing enterprises in Clinton. He was taken into partnership by the senior Mr. Lamb in 1864, when the firm of C. Lamb & Sons was formed. From that time on the operations of the concern were broadened rapidly. In 1868 the firm built a large mill structure of stone, and sawing was begun the same year. An interest in the Cobb mill at Riverside, near Clinton, was secured in 1868, and Mr. Lamb and his father organized, with S.B. Gardiner, S.W. Gardiner and John Byng, the firm of Lamb, Byng & Company. This concern in 1872 acquired the sawmill of Wheeler & Warner, which property was located near the Cobb mill.Two years later Artemus Lamb's brother, Lafayette Lamb, was admitted to partnership and the Lamb concern became known at C. Lamb & Sons. The firm, in the spring of 1877, obtained the shares of S.W. Gardiner, S.B. Gardiner and John Byng in Lamb, Byng & Company, and in January, 1878, the Lamb interests were incorporated under the title of C. Lamb & Sons. Chancy Lamb was president, Lafayette Lamb, vice-president, and Artemus Lamb, secretary and treasurer. It was in one of the four mills operated by the Lambs at Clinton that the use of the band saw for cutting white pine is supposed to have been first attempted. Many innovations in sawmilling were witnessed at the Lamb mill, including an edger of an entirely new type and a trimmer, besides a friction log turner that, now driven by steam, is today known as a "nigger." The last of the Lamb operations at Clinton ended with the shutting down of the remaining mill October 26, 1904. It is estimated that Mr. Lamb and his sons cut and marketed more than three billion feet of lumber. While having a practical knowledge of sawmilling, Artemus Lamb, later in life, paid more attention to the distribution of the lumber product and to the financial end of the various business interests of his father, brother and himself. There was much of the typical American citizen about Mr. Lamb, for he took an active interest in any and all of the enterprises of the city where he lived. He had charge of the volunteer fire fighting force until 1879, and it was his earnest efforts that brought about the splendid organization in which the city prides itself. He believed that it was his duty to enter politics and he served as councilman, the recordsof that body revealing the earnestness and fidelity which which he served his fellow men. One of Mr. Lamb's greatest achievements was the founding of the Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, of Clinton, in 1892, and it was to his influence that the institution in less than three years had deposits of more than three million dollars and took rank with the more important financial organizations in the middle west. He was the moving spirit in the organization of the Iowa Packing & Provision Company, of Clinton, and was heavily interested in other ventures that paid, and still are paying, ever-increasing dividends. Besides the People's Trust & Savings Bank, to which he gave much of his time, he was interested in the City National Bank, of Clinton; the Clinton National Bank, of Clinton; the Lumberman's Bank, of Shell Lake, Wisconsin; the Merchants National Bank, of Clinton, and the Clinton Savings Bank. He was president of the Clinton Gas Light & Coke Company, vice-president of the Mississippi River Logging Company and a director in the Shell Lake Lumber Company, of Shell Lake, Wisconsin. He was interested in sixteen lumber mills on the upper Mississippi river. He held the office of vice-president of the Mississippi River Lumber Company, the Chippewa Logging Company and the Crescent railroad, of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, and was a director in the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company, of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; the White River Lumber Company, of Mason, Wisconsin, and the Barronett Lumber company, of Barronett, Wisconsin. In addition to these varied enterprises, Mr. Lamb had extended mining interests at Deadwood, natable in what are known as the Bonanza mine and the Buxton, which were great producers and divident payers. Masonry attracted much of the attention of Mr. Lamb, and he was given signal recognition in the order, to which he was admitted in 1870. He was a member of Keystone Chapter No. 32, Royal Arch, and of Holy Cross Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, of Clinton, Iowa. He was made a Scottish-rite Mason and for six years was master of Kadosh and was prior for many years. he was a member of the Royal Order of Scotland (Scottish Rite) and was admitted to the El Kahir Shrine at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a member of Clinton Council, in York-rite Masonry and also of the Knights of Pythias. He was an exhalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and for many years was president of the Wapsipinicon Club, of Clinton. Mr. Lamb married Henriette Sabina Smity, who was a native of Perry county, Ohio, at Clinton, Iowa, October 11, 1865. To the couple were born five children, three of whom are living: Emma Rena, widow of Marvin J. Gates; Garrett Eugene, and Clara Augusta, wife of Russell B. McCoy. Burt Lafayette died January 30, 1898, and James Dwight was drowned May 5, 1905. Feeling that his constitution was being undermined by business cares, Mr. Lamb started in January, 1901, for California to seek rest during the winter months. The train on which he was a passenger was wrecked near Rock Springs, Wyoming, January 16, and Mr. Lamb was so seriously injured that he never recovered, passing away at Coronado, California, April 23, 1901. The remains were brought to Clinton and buried in the family mausoleum at Springdale cemetery. Mr. Lamb's life was full of effort for others, and no mean proportion of the wealth he gathered was devoted to the poor of Clinton. His genial ways and careful observance of the rights of others made him beloved not only by those who immediately surrounded him, but by the thousands to whom he was less familiarly known. He attended the First Presbyterian church and was for many years one of its trustees, contributing liberally to all its causes.
Obituary: The Clinton Daily Herald April 23, 1901 Lafayette Lamb received a message this morning, which stated that his brother, Artemus Lamb, passed away at 4:40 o'clock this morning, at Coronado Beach, Cal. His wife and four children, Garrett E. and M. Dwight, and Mrs. Emma Gates and Mrs. Clara McCoy, were all at the bedside when the final summons came. The news of the death of Mr. Lamb will be no surprise to the residents of this city, as it has been known for a number of days that the end was near. He practically recovered several weeks ago from the injuries he received in the railway accident, and his permanent recovery seem certain. However, heart trouble resulting from his long illness and general debility, and despite all that could be done by medical skill, he gradually grew worse, and the end came at an early hour this morning. By the death of Artemus Lamb Clinton loses one of its best known and most progressive citizens. He was at the head of the Lamb saw mills, the most extensive along the Mississippi river; the president of the Iowa Packing and Provision company, and the president of the People's Trust and Savings bank. He was also largely interested in numerous enterprises of this city and in the pine regions, and had extensive mining interests. By the death of his father, the late Chancy Lamb, being the eldest of the two sons identified with their father in the numerous business enterprises in which he was interested, naturally assumed the responsibility as head of the C. Lamb & Sons' company. He successfully carried on the new duties thus suddenly thrust upon him, and all of the enterprises of which he has assumed the management have prospered to a large degree. His business career commenced in his sixteenth year, when he entered his father's saw mill in this city. After he grew to manhood, he became a member of the firm and for many years was his father's chief advisor in the conducting of the business of C. Lamb & Sons, which developed rapidly and became an important factor in the lumber business in the middle west. But not only has Mr. Lamb been successful in the lumber business, he has been equally successful in all of his business enterprises, and the fact that Artemus Lamb was connected with a business industry was assurance of his success. He was an indefatigable worker and gave the closest attention to every business detail. He was a large employer of labor and was always held in the highest esteem by the hundreds of men in his employ. He believed in paying the laboring man good wages and made the surroundings of those in his pay roll as pleasant as possible, and his death will be mourned by hundreds of working men of this city, some of whom have been in the employ of C. Lamb & Sons for nearly half a century. By the death of Artemus Lamb, the city of Clinton suffers what appears to be an irreparable loss. There was no commendable enterprise, public or private, the he was not always ready to assist, both by financial aid and helpful counsel. He was charitable and many of his kind deeds will be remembered by the countless numbers that he has assisted, known only to those to whom a helping hand was extended. He was a financial power in the city and will be missed, perhaps to a greater extent than any other man in Clinton. Mr. Lamb's death was largely due to an accident which he received in a wreck on a Union Pacific train near Rock Springs, Wyo. At the time of the accident, he was seated at a table in the dining car, which rolled down and embankment. Mr. Lamb was more severely injured than any other person on the train. He was taken to the hospital at Rock Springs, but in a few days was removed to the Hotel del Coronado, Cal., making the trip in the private car of President Burt of the Union Pacific railway company. He was accompanied by the members of his family and the head physician of the Union Pacific railway. He stood the trip well and for a few days showed signs of improvement. However, blood poisoning set in and for several days his life was despaired of and his relatives were summoned to his bedside. Specialists were sent for from San Francisco. After lying in a critical condition for a number of days, he commenced to improve and at one time was apparently out of danger and was able to be about the house. About a month ago he showed symptoms of heart trouble and it was feared from the time that the end was near. At times he showed signs of improvement and messages of hope were wired to anxious ones here, only to be followed by other messages less hopeful. A few days ago the attending physician gave up all hopes of his recovery and the end came at the time stated above. Artemus Lamb was born in Steuben county, N.Y., September 11, 1840. His early days were spent on a farm owned by his father in Carroll county, Ill., where the family moved in 1844. In 1856, he came to Clinton with his parents, and went to work in his father's saw mill, at that time a small concern. In 1865 he became a partner in what is now known as C. Lamb & Sons. He was united in marriage with Henrietta S. Smith of Clinton, Oct. 11, 1865, who, with four children, survive him. They are: Mrs. Marvin J. Gates, Garrett E., James d., and Mrs. R.B. McCoy, all of this city. Burt L. Lamb the youngest son of the deceased, passed away a few years ago. Artemus Lamb was a descendent of Thomas Lamb, who arrived in America from England with Winthrop in 1630, and through his mother's line, from French Huguenots, who sought refuge in Ulster county, N.Y. before the American revolution.
1946 History of Clinton Lamb Artemus 65, 76, 85, 98, 116, 130, 137, 172
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