JOHN LAMB retired, Walnut township.  He was born in this township Feb. 26, 1812; the eldest son of Peter and Mary (Walters) Lamb.  Peter Lamb settled in Walnut township about 1801.  John was raised and educated in this county.  In 1834 he was married to Maria, daughter of J. McNamee.  In 1836, Mr. Lamb settled on the place now owned by T. J. Gafford, then but partially cleared.  He made many improvements, and in 1840 built a handsome residence, where he resided until 1876.  He is a successful farmer and stock raiser, and owns one hundred and ninety-five acres.  For several years he was township trustee.  To his first marriage were born seven children, four of whom are living.  Peter J., a resident of Illinois; John L., also of Illinois; Mary J., wife of T. J. Gafford, of Walnut township; Susan Virginia, wife of William Bope, of Walnut township.  Mrs. Lamb died Apr. 26, 1861.  Mr. Lamb was again married in November, 1862, to Mrs. Parthene Gafford, a daughter of Abraham and Parthene (Webster) Babcock.  Mrs. Lamb was born in New York, July 1, 1803.  She came to Ohio in 1812, settling at Newark, Ohio.  Mr. Lamb moved to Baltimore about 1876, where he lives a retired life.  Mr. Lamb was wagonmaster under General Taylor, for one year.  Mrs. Lamb has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church over forty years.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 320

HENRY F. LAMB, farmer, Walnut township.  He was born in this township, Sept. 25, 1832; the youngest son of Peter and Mary M. (Walters) Lamb.  Peter Lamb was a native of Virginia.  He was born in 1781, and came with his parents to Ohio in 1802.  They lived for a short time in Pleasant township.  Peter Lamb purchased a half section of land which is now owned by his son, Henry F.  His father, Peter Lamb, Sr., died in Walnut township in 1904; his widow, Sept. 22, 1822, aged seventy-four years.  Peter Lamb, Jr., did much to promote emigration to that township, giving assistance wherever needed.  At that time the Indians were numerous, but rarely troublesome.  As a hunter he was famous and indulged in this pleasure to a great extent.  At one time he was one of a party, who, when out on a bear hunt, mistook for a bear an Indian squaw, and she was shot in the arm by David Ewing.   An explanation by the hunters to the Indians settled the affair satisfactorily.  Mr. Lamb raised twelve children, of whom eight are living.  He died May, 1867; his widow in 1879.  Henry F. attended the Antrim University; was also a student at Westerville.  He chose farming for an occupation, and resides on the home place.  In 1867 he married Elizabeth C. Laney.  They are the parents of three children, viz.: Honora F., E. C. and Earl L.  The farm on which they live is finely cultivated, containing one hundred and sixty acres.  Mr. Lamb served nearly three years in the Eighty-eighth, O. V. I.  He was detailed as clerk in the prison office at Columbus, Ohio/ here he served until the close of the war and was mustered out a Camp Chase, July 3, 1865.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F.  He has held the office of township trustee eight years.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 321

W. M. LAMB, farmer, Walnut township.  Mr. Lamb was born in Pleasant township, May 14, 1836; the second son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Caldwell) Lamb.  Frederick was a native of Virginia; born in 1796, and came to Ohio in 1802, with his father, Peter Lamb.  He was a successful farmer and settled in Pleasant township, where he owned, at his death, thirteen hundred acres of land.  Mr. Lamb reared a family of five sons and one daughter.  Mr. Lamb was a member of the Methodist Protestant church.  He died Sept. 1, 1868, in his seventy-first year.  W. M. Lamb received a fair education, and turned his attention to farming, which he has been very successful, being the owner of three hundred and twelve acres.  Mr. Lamb is also engaged in buying and shipping live stock.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is well known as a substantial and esteemed citizen.  Mr. Lamb has never united with any church, though contributing largly for its maintenance.  Mr. Lamb was married Jan. 2, 1859, to Miss Louisa Fink, born in Pleasant township, Apr. 19, 1839.  They are the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Emma D., the wife of Jacob Schrader, a merchant of Baltimore; Charles F., Ida J., Mary C.,  Worthington, who died in 1876, in his seventh year; Blanch L., William H. and Floyd Granville.  Mrs. Lamb and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 322

WILLIAM W. LAMB, farmer, Walnut township.  He was born in this township, Aug. 29, 1834; the son of William and Catharine (Cupp) Lamb.  William Lamb was born in Virginia in 1794.  He came with his father, Peter Lamb, to Ohio in 1803 or 1804.  William Lamb was married about 1815, and settled on the farm now owned by his son, William W.  He cleared one hundred and sixty acres and built a log house in which the family resided until the present brick residence was built, about 1824 or 1825.  He was the father of eight daughters and two sons, all now living.  He was county commissioner one or more terms.  In politics he was a democrat.  He engaged in packing and shipping pork about fifteen years.  He was a member ot the Baptist church.  He died in 1876; his widow in 1878. William W., after obtaining an education, turned his attention to farming, always residing on the home place.  In 1866 he married Miss M. E.,  daughter of Richard Buffington, an early settler in Walnut township.  Mrs. Lamb was born here, Apr. 12, 1841.  They are the parents of six children, four are living.  Lineaus E., who died in infancy; Cora Bell, in 1879, in her twelfth year; Clarence R., Inez Myreth, Ernest A. and an infant.  Mr. Lamb owns a line farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 321

DAVID F. LINVILLE, druggist, New Salem, Walnut township.  He was born in Richland township, May 26, 1823, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Swazzey) Linville.  Benjamin Linville was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, Dec. 17, 1791.  He came to Ohio in 1812, returned to Virginia, and came to Ohio again in 1815, and remained in Rush Creek township.  He engaged in milling and distilling.  He and his brother owned a mill and three hundred acres of land in Rush Creek.  He was married in 1820.  In 1825 he moved to Zanesville and engaged in milling until the spring of 1838, when he came to Thorn township, Perry county.  He purchased a farm and engaged in farming, and stock raising, assisted by his younger son.  In 1862 he disposed of his farm and removed to Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, where he lived until 1866, when he moved to New Salem, where he lived until the death of his wife in April, 1872, since which time he has lived with his son Daniel F.  He raised a family of five children, three sons and one daughter are now living.  His youngest son, Francis W. M., was a member of the Seventeenth O. V. I., for three months.  He assisted in raising Company C, Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sept. 21, 1861.  He enlisted in his company as First Lieutenant, and was at the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Jackson, and Big Block, Mississippi, from disease contracted in the army, July 25, 1863.  Daniel F. Linville was educated in the common schools in Zanesville.  He was married Feb. 1, 1843, to Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ortman, who were early settlers in Walnut township.  Mrs. Linville was born in Maryland, July 22, 1821.  Mr. Linville settled in Walnut township, on the Ortman farm, conducting the same for his father-in-law until October 1849, when he purchased ninety acres of it, and lived there until 1872.  In the spring of 1873, he came to New Salem and engaged in the drug business.  In 1874 the firm name became David F. Linville & Son, drugs and general merchandise.  They are doing an extensive business.  Mr. and Mrs. Linville are the parents of ten children, three living, Mary Samantha, wife of Theodore Berry, a resident of Walnut township.  Allen H., in business with his father, and Francis C., engaged in the butcher trade in New Salem.  He was married in the fall of 1875, to Sarah E., daughter of Henry and Mary Berry.  They are the parents of two children.  David F. Linville built his present residence in 1874.  The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  David F., is Mayor of New Salem.  In politics he is a Republican.  He is a member of the Masonic Order, and Knight Templers.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page