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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Desha County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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W. E. Lambe, Arkansas City, Ark. Mr. Lambe, an esteemed and respected business man of Arkansas City, was born in Chicot County, Ark., and is the youngest of seven children born to the marriage of Neesom and Louisa (Davis) Lambe, natives, respectively, of England and Louisiana. Neesom Lambe, who was a physician and chemist, came to America when about twenty-five or thirty years of age, and was here married about 1836. Later he was engaged in the practice of his profession at Grand Lake, Ark., where he received his final summons in 1854. He was moderately wealthy at the time of his death, and engaged in the mercantile business, also owning some real estate. Of the seven children born to his union, only three are now living: F. J. (resides in Sunflower County, Miss.), Mary M. (wife of Samuel Frederick, of Louisville, Ky.), and W. E. After the death of her husband Mrs. Lambe married Dr. John Thompson, of Ohio. Previous to her marriage to Dr. Lambe she had married a Mr. Brasher. She died in 1860. W. E. Lambe became acquainted with the details of farm life at an early age, and during the time while occupied with the duties of the farm attended also the common schools of Chicot County. At the age of eighteen years he started out to fight life’s battles for himself, and first began farming on rented land, which occupation he continued for four years. After this he engaged in the carpenter’s trade, which he followed for about five years, and for one year he was also in the photographer’s business. In 1876 he moved to Arkansas, engaged in the liquor business for about six months, and later sold out and moved to Washington County, Miss., where for some time he was in the saloon business. In 1878 he was again at work at the carpenter’s trade, which he continued until 1881, when he again embarked in the liquor business at Bolivar County, Miss. After remaining there until 1886, he came to Arkansas City, where he has since been engaged in the traffic of liquor, and has been unusually successful, his annual sales amounting to about $7,000. Mr. Lambe is the owner of considerable city property, consisting of houses and lots, all the result of careful management and good business ability. He is a member of the K. of P., Valley Lodge No. 21, and is also a member of the Uniform Rank of that order. In 1889 he was elected alderman of the city.

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This family biography is one of 80 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Desha County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Desha County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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