1906 Miner's History of Richland County
JAY G. LAMBERSON is now living in a measure retired from business at his beautiful home in Richland Center, but his numerous and extensive interests demand a good share of his attention, so that it is eminently proper to class him among the active men of affairs of the county of Richland. He was born in Elkhorn, Walworth county, in the then territory of Wisconsin, on Aug. 27, 1846, and while a boy came to Richland county with his parents. He is the son of Nicolas and Sarah (Fitch) Lamberson, the former of whom was a native of New York and the latter of Connecticut. They came to Wisconsin while it was yet a territory. Nicholas Lamberson was a son of Lawrence Lamberson, a wealthy man in the Empire State who reared a large family of boys. The Lamberson family is of Holland extraction, the early American ancestors being among the first settlers in New York, at about the time of the planting of the Dutch colony there. Nicolas Lamberson, the father of the subject of this review, was a farmer by occupation, and he lived in Walworth county, Wis., a number of years, removing to the village of Sextonville, in Richland county, in 1856. Later he went to Pike's Peak, at the time of the excitement over the discovery of gold at that place. J. G. Lamerson spent his younger days in acquiring an education and also doing a boy's work at home. On Dec. 29, 1863, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Wisconsin Battery and drove the lead team of the fourth gun throughout the term of his enlistment, which extended until the close of the war, and he was mustered out at Madison on July 3, 1865. He saw service during this time in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Upon being mustered out he returned to Sextonville, entered the high school there and graduated, after which he engaged in teaching in the town of Sylvan, and later at Richland City and Sextonville. In 1868 he engaged in mercantile trade in the latter place, carrying a general stock and doing a thriving business until 1878, when he retired to devote his time exclusively to his farming and live stock interests. In 1890 he removed to Richland Center, which place has been his residence since that year, with the exception of the time he was in the state legislature, when he maintained a residence in Madison. He was elected in 1890 to represent Richland county in the Assembly, and being reelected in 1892 and again in 1894, he served three terms in that capacity, and he is the only member from Richland county that ever served three terms in the Assembly in succession. While a member of the legislature, during his last term, he was chairman of the committee on State affairs. Mr. Lamberson was married in December, 1872, to Miss Jennie Ward, a native of DeKalb county, Ill., and to this union there have been born four children: Mabel married Dr. B. W. Sippy, who is a lecturer in the Rush Medical college and a prominent physician in the city of Chicago; Elbert Ward is a hardware dealer in Richland Center; Lelia Maud and Laura Blanche were twins, the former of whom died on Jan. 10, 1903, and the latter earned a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago in 1904. All of the children attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mr. Lamberson is what may be called a self-made man. Starting in life with good mind and sound body as capital, he has, by perseverance and industry, accumulated considerable property, now owning over 1,500 acres of land in the county, (According to the 1895 platt maps of Richland and Ithaca Townships, Richland County, Wisconsin J. G. Lamberson owned the 250 acre "Lamberson's Dairy Farm" and the 280 acre "Maple Lane Dairy Farm" both near the town of Ithaca, the 320 acre "Englewood Stock Farm" north east of Sextonville and the 445 acre "Willow Valley Green Farm" north west of Sextonville and spilling over into Richland Township.) mostly worked by tenants, and he is among the best class of business men. He early appreciated the advantage to be derived from a good education, and devoted his best efforts to the obtaining of the same, which, having been secured, he put into practical use, and his indomitable energy combined with good judgment, has mad him a successful man in all his undertakings. Courteous and affable in his manner, he is deservedly popular among his fellow-men.
JAY G. LAMBERSON is now living in a measure retired from business at his beautiful home in Richland Center, but his numerous and extensive interests demand a good share of his attention, so that it is eminently proper to class him among the active men of affairs of the county of Richland. He was born in Elkhorn, Walworth county, in the then territory of Wisconsin, on Aug. 27, 1846, and while a boy came to Richland county with his parents. He is the son of Nicolas and Sarah (Fitch) Lamberson, the former of whom was a native of New York and the latter of Connecticut. They came to Wisconsin while it was yet a territory. Nicholas Lamberson was a son of Lawrence Lamberson, a wealthy man in the Empire State who reared a large family of boys. The Lamberson family is of Holland extraction, the early American ancestors being among the first settlers in New York, at about the time of the planting of the Dutch colony there. Nicolas Lamberson, the father of the subject of this review, was a farmer by occupation, and he lived in Walworth county, Wis., a number of years, removing to the village of Sextonville, in Richland county, in 1856. Later he went to Pike's Peak, at the time of the excitement over the discovery of gold at that place. J. G. Lamerson spent his younger days in acquiring an education and also doing a boy's work at home. On Dec. 29, 1863, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Wisconsin Battery and drove the lead team of the fourth gun throughout the term of his enlistment, which extended until the close of the war, and he was mustered out at Madison on July 3, 1865. He saw service during this time in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Upon being mustered out he returned to Sextonville, entered the high school there and graduated, after which he engaged in teaching in the town of Sylvan, and later at Richland City and Sextonville. In 1868 he engaged in mercantile trade in the latter place, carrying a general stock and doing a thriving business until 1878, when he retired to devote his time exclusively to his farming and live stock interests. In 1890 he removed to Richland Center, which place has been his residence since that year, with the exception of the time he was in the state legislature, when he maintained a residence in Madison. He was elected in 1890 to represent Richland county in the Assembly, and being reelected in 1892 and again in 1894, he served three terms in that capacity, and he is the only member from Richland county that ever served three terms in the Assembly in succession. While a member of the legislature, during his last term, he was chairman of the committee on State affairs. Mr. Lamberson was married in December, 1872, to Miss Jennie Ward, a native of DeKalb county, Ill., and to this union there have been born four children: Mabel married Dr. B. W. Sippy, who is a lecturer in the Rush Medical college and a prominent physician in the city of Chicago; Elbert Ward is a hardware dealer in Richland Center; Lelia Maud and Laura Blanche were twins, the former of whom died on Jan. 10, 1903, and the latter earned a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago in 1904. All of the children attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mr. Lamberson is what may be called a self-made man. Starting in life with good mind and sound body as capital, he has, by perseverance and industry, accumulated considerable property, now owning over 1,500 acres of land in the county, (According to the 1895 platt maps of Richland and Ithaca Townships, Richland County, Wisconsin J. G. Lamberson owned the 250 acre "Lamberson's Dairy Farm" and the 280 acre "Maple Lane Dairy Farm" both near the town of Ithaca, the 320 acre "Englewood Stock Farm" north east of Sextonville and the 445 acre "Willow Valley Green Farm" north west of Sextonville and spilling over into Richland Township.) mostly worked by tenants, and he is among the best class of business men. He early appreciated the advantage to be derived from a good education, and devoted his best efforts to the obtaining of the same, which, having been secured, he put into practical use, and his indomitable energy combined with good judgment, has mad him a successful man in all his undertakings. Courteous and affable in his manner, he is deservedly popular among his fellow-men.
1906 Miner's History of Richland County
JAY G. LAMBERSON is now living in a measure retired from business at his beautiful home in Richland Center, but his numerous and extensive interests demand a good share of his attention, so that it is eminently proper to class him among the active men of affairs of the county of Richland. He was born in Elkhorn, Walworth county, in the then territory of Wisconsin, on Aug. 27, 1846, and while a boy came to Richland county with his parents. He is the son of Nicolas and Sarah (Fitch) Lamberson, the former of whom was a native of New York and the latter of Connecticut. They came to Wisconsin while it was yet a territory. Nicholas Lamberson was a son of Lawrence Lamberson, a wealthy man in the Empire State who reared a large family of boys. The Lamberson family is of Holland extraction, the early American ancestors being among the first settlers in New York, at about the time of the planting of the Dutch colony there. Nicolas Lamberson, the father of the subject of this review, was a farmer by occupation, and he lived in Walworth county, Wis., a number of years, removing to the village of Sextonville, in Richland county, in 1856. Later he went to Pike's Peak, at the time of the excitement over the discovery of gold at that place. J. G. Lamerson spent his younger days in acquiring an education and also doing a boy's work at home. On Dec. 29, 1863, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Wisconsin Battery and drove the lead team of the fourth gun throughout the term of his enlistment, which extended until the close of the war, and he was mustered out at Madison on July 3, 1865. He saw service during this time in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Upon being mustered out he returned to Sextonville, entered the high school there and graduated, after which he engaged in teaching in the town of Sylvan, and later at Richland City and Sextonville. In 1868 he engaged in mercantile trade in the latter place, carrying a general stock and doing a thriving business until 1878, when he retired to devote his time exclusively to his farming and live stock interests. In 1890 he removed to Richland Center, which place has been his residence since that year, with the exception of the time he was in the state legislature, when he maintained a residence in Madison. He was elected in 1890 to represent Richland county in the Assembly, and being reelected in 1892 and again in 1894, he served three terms in that capacity, and he is the only member from Richland county that ever served three terms in the Assembly in succession. While a member of the legislature, during his last term, he was chairman of the committee on State affairs. Mr. Lamberson was married in December, 1872, to Miss Jennie Ward, a native of DeKalb county, Ill., and to this union there have been born four children: Mabel married Dr. B. W. Sippy, who is a lecturer in the Rush Medical college and a prominent physician in the city of Chicago; Elbert Ward is a hardware dealer in Richland Center; Lelia Maud and Laura Blanche were twins, the former of whom died on Jan. 10, 1903, and the latter earned a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago in 1904. All of the children attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mr. Lamberson is what may be called a self-made man. Starting in life with good mind and sound body as capital, he has, by perseverance and industry, accumulated considerable property, now owning over 1,500 acres of land in the county, (According to the 1895 platt maps of Richland and Ithaca Townships, Richland County, Wisconsin J. G. Lamberson owned the 250 acre "Lamberson's Dairy Farm" and the 280 acre "Maple Lane Dairy Farm" both near the town of Ithaca, the 320 acre "Englewood Stock Farm" north east of Sextonville and the 445 acre "Willow Valley Green Farm" north west of Sextonville and spilling over into Richland Township.) mostly worked by tenants, and he is among the best class of business men. He early appreciated the advantage to be derived from a good education, and devoted his best efforts to the obtaining of the same, which, having been secured, he put into practical use, and his indomitable energy combined with good judgment, has mad him a successful man in all his undertakings. Courteous and affable in his manner, he is deservedly popular among his fellow-men.
JAY G. LAMBERSON is now living in a measure retired from business at his beautiful home in Richland Center, but his numerous and extensive interests demand a good share of his attention, so that it is eminently proper to class him among the active men of affairs of the county of Richland. He was born in Elkhorn, Walworth county, in the then territory of Wisconsin, on Aug. 27, 1846, and while a boy came to Richland county with his parents. He is the son of Nicolas and Sarah (Fitch) Lamberson, the former of whom was a native of New York and the latter of Connecticut. They came to Wisconsin while it was yet a territory. Nicholas Lamberson was a son of Lawrence Lamberson, a wealthy man in the Empire State who reared a large family of boys. The Lamberson family is of Holland extraction, the early American ancestors being among the first settlers in New York, at about the time of the planting of the Dutch colony there. Nicolas Lamberson, the father of the subject of this review, was a farmer by occupation, and he lived in Walworth county, Wis., a number of years, removing to the village of Sextonville, in Richland county, in 1856. Later he went to Pike's Peak, at the time of the excitement over the discovery of gold at that place. J. G. Lamerson spent his younger days in acquiring an education and also doing a boy's work at home. On Dec. 29, 1863, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Wisconsin Battery and drove the lead team of the fourth gun throughout the term of his enlistment, which extended until the close of the war, and he was mustered out at Madison on July 3, 1865. He saw service during this time in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Upon being mustered out he returned to Sextonville, entered the high school there and graduated, after which he engaged in teaching in the town of Sylvan, and later at Richland City and Sextonville. In 1868 he engaged in mercantile trade in the latter place, carrying a general stock and doing a thriving business until 1878, when he retired to devote his time exclusively to his farming and live stock interests. In 1890 he removed to Richland Center, which place has been his residence since that year, with the exception of the time he was in the state legislature, when he maintained a residence in Madison. He was elected in 1890 to represent Richland county in the Assembly, and being reelected in 1892 and again in 1894, he served three terms in that capacity, and he is the only member from Richland county that ever served three terms in the Assembly in succession. While a member of the legislature, during his last term, he was chairman of the committee on State affairs. Mr. Lamberson was married in December, 1872, to Miss Jennie Ward, a native of DeKalb county, Ill., and to this union there have been born four children: Mabel married Dr. B. W. Sippy, who is a lecturer in the Rush Medical college and a prominent physician in the city of Chicago; Elbert Ward is a hardware dealer in Richland Center; Lelia Maud and Laura Blanche were twins, the former of whom died on Jan. 10, 1903, and the latter earned a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago in 1904. All of the children attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mr. Lamberson is what may be called a self-made man. Starting in life with good mind and sound body as capital, he has, by perseverance and industry, accumulated considerable property, now owning over 1,500 acres of land in the county, (According to the 1895 platt maps of Richland and Ithaca Townships, Richland County, Wisconsin J. G. Lamberson owned the 250 acre "Lamberson's Dairy Farm" and the 280 acre "Maple Lane Dairy Farm" both near the town of Ithaca, the 320 acre "Englewood Stock Farm" north east of Sextonville and the 445 acre "Willow Valley Green Farm" north west of Sextonville and spilling over into Richland Township.) mostly worked by tenants, and he is among the best class of business men. He early appreciated the advantage to be derived from a good education, and devoted his best efforts to the obtaining of the same, which, having been secured, he put into practical use, and his indomitable energy combined with good judgment, has mad him a successful man in all his undertakings. Courteous and affable in his manner, he is deservedly popular among his fellow-men.
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