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Below is a family biography included in The History of Osage County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Judge Joseph Marion Lambeth, judge from the First District of the County Court of Osage County, was born in White County, Tenn., in 1840, and is a son of Joseph and Rhoda (Louden) Lambeth, the former of whom was a native of Randolph County, N. C., and immigrated to Osage County, Mo., with his father. In 1872 Joseph Lambeth removed to Pulaski County, Mo., where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1873. He was married three times, the mother of our subject dying in 1854. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Samuel Lambeth, who was born in Randolph County, N. C., in 1828; from thence went to Bledsoe County, Tenn., and in 1843 immigrated to Osage County, Mo., locating on Pointer’s Creek, Crawford Township. He died in December, 1873, at the advanced age of one hundred years. His father was Moses Lambeth, who served as a soldier under Gen. Washington during the Revolutionary War, and died near Holly Springs, Miss., in 1840. Joseph M. Lambeth was but a child when his parents settled in Osage County, where he was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited common-school education. He served in the Home Militia during the Civil War, and in 1866 married Matilda Jane Maxwell, a native of Gasconade County, Mo., born in 1848, and a daughter of Elijah C. Maxwell, a Missionary Baptist minister. Mr. and Mrs. Lambeth have been blessed with the following children: Virginia Ellen (now the wife of M. C. Rice), James L. (deceased), William E. (deceased), Joseph Robert, Leander Allen (deceased), Eva Elizabeth, Emma Josephine, Thomas Augustus and Floyd O’Dell. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Lambeth located on the farm where he still resides, which consists of 200 acres of well improved land. He is one of the enterprising farmers and representative men of Osage County. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and in 1888 was elected as judge from the First District to the County Court. Judge and Mrs. Lambeth are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and are highly esteemed by all.

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This family biography is one of 52 biographies included in The History of Osage County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Osage County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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