NameNathaniel J. Lambert
Birth26 Jul 1866, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Death3 Sep 1942
FatherJames Henry Lambert (1828-1912)
MotherAmerica Ann Bonner (1834-~1907)
Spouses
Notes for Nathaniel J. Lambert
214"In 1900 he married Dora Rice of Kane, Pa. They had no children.She resided in Elkins,West Virginia, til her death, May 3, 1957."HISTORY OF THE LAMBERT FAMILY By Oscar Doane Lambert, Page 167

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Page 167,"Nathaniel J. Lambert spent most of his life in Randolph County. Professionally he was a merchant, having a business established at Dry Fork during the boom days of the lumber industry in that region, at Kenton, Ohio and in Elkins, W.Va. He was a man of sound intellect and wide knowledge."

1683Newspaper clipping,"N. J. LAMBERT DEATH TODAY AT HIS HOME Prominent Randolph Citizen Dies This Morning Nathaniel J. Lambert, 76, prominent citizen of Randolph County, died at his home, 50 Locust Avenue, this morning at 7 o'clock. He had been ill for several weeks but had not been confined to his bed until recently.

Mr. Lambert was born July 26, 1866, in Dry Fork district of this county, a son of the late James and America (Yokum) Lambert. For several years he was interested in the mechantile business at Job, and at Dry Fork. His business at those places was conducted during the development of the timber industry on the upper reaches of the Cheat River. In 1916 Mr. Lambert came to Elkins where he continued in the mechantile business for several years.
After disposing of his business here, Mr. Lambert moved to Kenton, Ohio, where he becme the owner of a general pupose store, but in 1926 he returned to Elkins where he spent the rest of his life.
Mr. Lambert married Dora Rice, of Kane, Pennsylvania, who with two sisters and one brother survive. They are Mrs. Provy Swearingen, of Parsons, Mrs. Floda Wyatt, of Dry Fork, and L.D. Lambert, of Cumberland, Maryland. There were no children.
He was widely known in Elkins and this viscinity, and enjoyed many friends. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and Elkins Lodge No.108, A.F. and A.M. He was appreciated by those who knew him as a citizen of rare merits.
In keeping with his ideas of frugality and simplicity, it is requested that his friends refrain from sending floral offerings. Funeral services will be conducted from the family residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Alfred E. Bennett, of the First Methodist Church.
Rites at Maplewood Cemetery willbe in charge of Elkins Lodge No. 1081 A.F. and A.M., with interment by F.E. Runner."
Notes for Dora H. (Spouse 1)
214"In 1900 he married Dora Rice of Kane, Pa. They had no children.She resided in Elkins,West Virginia, til her death, May 3, 1957."HISTORY OF THE LAMBERT FAMILY By Oscar Doane Lambert, Page 167

214Note:
Page 167,"Nathaniel J. Lambert spent most of his life in Randolph County. Professionally he was a merchant, having a business established at Dry Fork during the boom days of the lumber industry in that region, at Kenton, Ohio and in Elkins, W.Va. He was a man of sound intellect and wide knowledge."
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