BIOS: John M. LAMBERT, Lambertsville, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa.; Bedford County by E. Howard 
Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pp. 204-206.

John M. Lambert, of Lambertsville, is descended from ancestors who were among 
the pioneers of Stony Creek township.  About 1789 three brothers, John, George 
and Jacob Lambert, came from York county and took up lands in Stony Creek and 
Shade townships.  John, who settled in Stony Creek, married Mary Statler, who 
bore him the following children: Samuel, of whom later; Jacob, John, Moses, 
Mary, Samuel and Catharine, wife of Solomon Kimmel.
Samuel Lambert, son of John and Mary (Statler) Lambert, was born in Stony 
Creek township and was the owner of a large estate, including about six 
hundred acres of fine timber land.  He was a Whig and a member of the Reformed 
church.  He married Sarah Good, by whom he was the father of the following 
children: Josiah, Aaron, Rebecca, Sarah; Abraham, in honor of whom 
Lambertsville received its name; John; Samuel, of whom later; Moses, George 
and Mary, wife of Cyrus Berkebile. Mr. Lambert died in 1869, aged seventy-
five years.
Samuel Lambert, Jr., son of Samuel and Sarah (Good) Lambert, was born 
November 7, 1826, where Lambertsville now stands, and attended the public 
schools of the township.  His trade, which was that of a wagonmaker, he 
followed all his life in his native town.  He was also the proprietor of a 
sash factory.  He held the office of tax collector.  He was originally a Whig, 
but later became a Republican.  His religious belief was that of the German 
Reformed church, in which he served as deacon.  Samuel Lambert, Jr., married 
Nancy E. Mostoller, born November 7, 1836, and received her education in the 
public schools.  She was a daughter of Joseph Mostoller, born May 5, 1800, and 
married Sarah Mowry.  Mr. Mostoller died December, 1889.
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert were the parents of the following children: Edward M., 
lumberman of Berlin, married Annie Fritz; Calvin; Francis Orange, died in 
childhood; Cyrenius A., died at the age of sixteen; Azariah, died at the age 
of thirty-four; Lorenzo, farmer in Wisconsin, Republican, married Mary Hayes 
and has two children, Hayes and Ray; Jarius, lumberman of Kimmelton, 
Republican, married Annie Woods and after her death Clara Wright; children of 
first marriage, Homer and Percy, and those of second, Arlington and Mildred; 
Ellsworth J., farmer of Stony Creek township, Republican, married Maggie 
Gohn, and after her death Bertha Cook; children of first marriage, Bertie 
Orange, Ida and Guy; Irvin L., miner of Downey, Republican, married Kate 
Landis and has three children, George, Blanche and Lee; Sidney, professional 
nurse, graduate of Memorial Hospital, Johnstown; John M., of whom later. Mr. 
Lambert, the father of the family, died October 7, 1897, and his widow 
resides with her youngest son.
John M. Lambert, son of Samuel and Nancy E. (Mostoller) Lambert, was born 
June 11, 1870, in Lambertsville, and obtained his education in the common and 
normal schools, where he qualified as an instructor.  At the age of seventeen 
he completed his education, and for five years thereafter was engaged in 
teaching.  When twenty-two years old he entered the railway postal service, 
having the year before passed the civil service examination in Pittsburg.  He 
was first employed in the Pittsburg & Fair Chance railway postoffice, 
where he remained sixteen months.  At the end of that time he was transferred 
to the New York and Pittsburg railway postoffice.  On this exceedingly 
important and difficult run he remained six years and then secured a transfer 
to the Johnstown and Rockwood railway postoffice, where he was employed six 
years.  Mr. Lambert is extensively interested in lumbering, his associate in 
the business being his brother Jarius.  The firm has a tract of sixty acres of 
timber land, and a sawmill at Mostoller Station, where they saw and ship the 
manufactured timber, pine, hemlock, oak and other hardwoods forming the 
principal output of their mill.  Mr. Lambert resides on a tract of twenty 
acres, which he purchased of his father, the farm producing an abundance of 
fruit of all kinds.  He is a life member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 175, 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.  In politics he has always affiliated 
with the Republicans, having cast his first presidential vote in 1892 for 
Benjamin Harrison.
Mr. Lambert married, July 2, 1895, Ora Goodrich, and their children are: 
Quay, born December 30, 1896, and Evelyn, born November 17, 1902.  Mrs. 
Lambert is a daughter of Augustus and Matilda Goodrich, the former a 
lumberman of Indiana county, Pennsylvania.  She was born December 11, 1874, 
was educated in the public schools and is a member of the Presbyterian 
church.