The exact death date was not recorded. That date was learned through Rose Hill Cemetery records.

MRS. WM. LAMB DEAD

PASSED AWAY MONDAY NOON, JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND’S DEATH

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Wm Lamb did not have to wait long on the other side for the companionship of his beloved wife, only two months to the day, both dying on Monday. Mr. Lamb passed out of this life on Monday, Aug. 21st and Mrs. Lamb joined him on Monday, Oct. 23rd.

Mrs. Lamb was living with her son, William, over in Dexterville, and was sick only about fifteen days. Rev. J.G. Shick will conduct the funeral service at 1 o’clock this afternoon at the Methodist Church.

Miss Martha Adkinson was born in Breckenridge County, Ky., May 8th, 1832, and was therefore 73 years, 5 months and 15 days old, Mr. Lamb being 79 years of age at the time of his death. They were married Oct. 4th, 1848 and had lived together for almost 57 years.

In 1869 Mr. and Mrs. Lamb came to this county and settled on a farm out in the Rose Hill neighborhood, where they lived for twenty-three years, moving to this city in 1892.

The seven children now living are: Henry, Wm., Charley, Mrs. James Ryan, Mrs. Andrew Allen, Mrs. W. T. Meador and Mrs. G.W. McCoy.

Mrs. Lamb was a live-long member of the Methodist Church, and lived a faithful and consistent Christian life. Mrs. Lamb was as kind and good a mother as Mr. Lamb was a father, and few children can boast of more worthy parentage.

(In the above obituary, note the different spelling of her maiden name in paragraph 3.)

# 2 - - from The Pilot, October 25, 1925

Mrs. Martha Adkinson Lamb died at the home of her son, William, Monday noon and will be buried today from the M.E. church at the Rose Hill cemetery. Mrs. Lamb was born in Breckenridge county, Kentucky, where she lived till 1869, when she moved to Nebraska with her husband, Mr. Wm. Lamb, to whom she was married in October, 1848. They settled on a farm in Washington county near Rose Hill where they remained till 1892, when they moved to Blair. She was the mother of seven children, six of them now living in Washington county, namely: Henry, William, Mrs. James Ryan, Mrs. Andrew Allen, Mrs. W. T. Meador and G.W. McCoy. Charles, the youngest son, now lives in Gage, Oklahoma. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.G. Shick. In their bereavement, The Pilot joins with the many friends of the family in extending sympathy.

#3-26 Oct., 1905 - The Blair Democrat - Martha (Adkinson) Lamb On Monday Grandma Lamb passed away after several weeks of suffering, and the funeral was held yesterday at the Methodist church, Rev. Shick officiating. Miss Martha Adkinson was born in Breckenridge county, Kentucky May 8th, 1832, and was married to William Lamb in 1848, and to this union eleven children were born, seven of whom survive and are as follows: Mrs. James Ryan, Mrs. A. T. Allen, Mrs. W. T. Meador, Mrs. G. W. McCoy, H. P. Lamb and J. W. Lamb, all of whom live in Washington county, and C. A Lamb of Oklahoma. The family came to this county in 1871 and settled on a farm northwest of Blair where they lived until 1892 when they moved to town. Deceased’s husband died last August and since that time she has been failing, never fully recovering from the shock of losing the companion of so many years. She was a good wife, a kind mother and all who knew her mourn with the bereaved children over their loss.

(Typed as printed in the newspapers. Some variations in spellings and facts occur.)

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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