Bio of Lamb, Agustus H. (b.1862) Wabasha Co., MN
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Lamb, Agustus H. (page 708), an active and prosperous farmer of Gillford
Township, was born in this township July 6, 1862, son of Ezra G. and Laura
J. (Wilson) Lamb. The parents were pioneers of the township, arriving in
1860 and subsequently developing a farm. August H. was reared on his
parents' farm, on which he has always resided, and is now the owner. The
farm is now one of the best in the township, and has been improved
considerably by the subject of this sketch, who has built a good bar, tool
sheds, granary and other buildings. He carries on diversified farming,
raising high grade Shorthorn cattle, Shropshire sheep and Duroc-Jersey
hogs. His operating equipment is modern and complete and includes two good
auto cars. Among his herd are 16 milch cows, and he has installed on his
farm two double-unit milking machines. Mr. Lamb served for a number of
years as a member of the school board of district No. 70. In politics he
is a Republican with independent tendencies. Mr. Lamb was married December
4, 1884, to Marcia Boss, daughter of Andrew and Jeanette Boss of Gillford
Township. She was born at La Prairie, Wis., June 17, 1863, and accompanied
her parents to Lake City, Wabasha county, when she was six months old,
they subsequently settling on a farm in Gillford Township. To Mr. and Mrs.
Lamb were born five children: Eva, April 6, 1887; Harvey, April 6, 1890;
John, November 18, 1892; Chester, July 12, 1895; and Gertrude, February
17, 1900. Eva, who is a graduate of the normal course in the Lake City
high school and also of the Minnesota Agricultural school, has been a
teacher for the past seven years. Harvey is a farmer in Gillford Township.
John, a graduate of the Lake City high school, is assistant cashier of the
Lake City Bank of Minnesota. Chester, who is now with his father on the
home farm, was a pupil for one year in the Lake City high school, and also
for a year in the Minnesota Agricultural School. On September 19, 1918, he
volunteered to serve in the World War, and was sent to Minneapolis, where
he trained as auto mechanic in the Dunwoody Institute. He finished the
course two days before the signing of the armistice and was discharged at
Minneapolis, December 12, 1918. Gertrude is a graduate of the Lake City
high school; she studied for one year in the Winona Normal school and is
now a teacher. Mr. Lamb and his family attend and help to support the
Methodist Episcopal church. In addition to his direct farming interests
Mr. Lamb is a stockholder in the Oak Center Creamery, of which he was a
director for one year; also in the Farmers' Elevator at Zumbro Falls, and
in the Zumbro Falls Telephone Company, being a director in the latter. He
and his family are among the most respected residents of Gillford
Township.