David Lambert

Served in War of 1812. Decades later, received land in Iowa as a reward, was an original settler of Benton Co., IA.

- DAVID LAMBERT

    (alternate date of birth = January 17,1790)

David was a veteran of the War of 1812.

(added by GGGG Grandson, Andy Nolan Weaver, 5-14-2009)

 Pioneer Ancestors of Larry Lambert, larry.r.lambert@comcast.net  Larry Lambert is the 4th Great Grandson of David Lambert.  His line comes through David’s son, Samuel B Lambert, who remained in Clay Township, Howard County, Indiana in 1853.

David LAMBERT, at age 64, began his third and final frontier pioneering adventure in late 1853 by moving to Benton County, Iowa. David moved to Iowa from Clay Township, Howard County, Indiana to claim a land warrant granted to him by the United States for his military service in the War of 1812. David LAMBERT’s move to Iowa was with at least five families, which included:

David Lambert and wife, Permilia Barnard-Lambert, with their son Abner John B. Lambert and Abigail Clark-Lambert, and three children (adult son of David Lambert) Sherebiah Lambert and Louisa Smith-Lambert and two children (adult son of David Lambert) Abiram Stacy Lambert and Louisa Leech-Lambert and one child (adult son of David Lambert) Uel Mather and Laura Ann Lambert-Mather and three children (adult daughter of David Lambert) George and Nancy Smith and children (Parents of Louisa Smith-Lambert)

Born in 1789 at Canaan Maine, David Lambert served his country in the war of 1812 and then proceeded to Western New York, Southern Indiana, Central Indiana, and then finally to Iowa. David was one of ten children, five of whom moved westward becoming a part of the Americas pioneering adventure. David acquired his Iowa land for his war service though only holding it for a couple of years before selling it. David Lambert spent his life living on the edge of civilization, and worked as a farmer, preacher, and teacher to make his community a better place to live. David’s sons, John B. and Abiram Lambert, served along with Uel Mather in the Iowa units of the Union Army. Uel Mather died while serving in the Union Army in 1862 and is buried at Jefferson Barracks, St Louis, MO. David saw much hardship while living in Iowa, in Oct 1857 his son Sherebiah lost a leg in a threshing machine accident, his daughter-in-law (same son) died suddenly in 1860, at least three grandchildren preceded him in death, and his daughter Sophronia Lambert-Pore-Wilcox died shortly before David himself. David’s wife Permelia died in Dec 1865 and David died in late 1866 or 1867. (note: David Lambert’s tombstone indicates he died on 15 Dec 1865 however we have found evidence in his estate papers that indicates he lived until at least late 1866 and possible as late as 1867.) It is to pioneers like David and his family that we owe a large debt of gratitude because without people like them our country would not have expanded and grown to become what it is today. As a side note David’s children continued their westward movement; John B. Lambert is buried at Fort Bidwell, CA – John‘s wife Abigail is buried in Lakeview Oregon, Sherebiah Lambert is buried in Nebraska, and Abiram Lambert is buried in Twin Falls, Idaho.

David Lambert and wife, Permilia Barnard-Lambert, with their son Abner

 – Are listed or Identified in the 1854, 1856 Iowa Census & 1860 Federal

John B. Lambert and Abigail Clark-Lambert, and three children (adult son of David Lambert)

 – Are listed or Identified in the 1854 & 1860 Census Sherebiah Lambert and Louisa Smith-Lambert and two children (adult son of David Lambert)

 – Are listed or Identified in the 1854, 1856 Iowa Census Abiram Stacy Lambert and Louisa Leech-Lambert and one child (adult son of David Lambert) 

– Are listed or Identified in the 1854, 1856 Iowa Census Uel Mather and Laura Ann Lambert-Mather and three children (adult daughter of David Lambert) 

– Are listed or Identified in 1854 & 1856 Census George and Nancy Smith and children (Parents of Louisa Smith-Lambert)

– Are listed or Identified in the 1856 Iowa Census

David and Permelia are both buried in McBroom Cemetery in Benton County, Iowa

Sherebiah’s wife Louisa is burried in Parker Grove Cemetery Benton County, Iowa

Uel Mather is buried in St. Louis, MO and Wife Laura Lambert-Mather-Stevens is burried in Urbana, Iowa

Source Information: (1854 Iowa Census) Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest. The Census data can also be found at: iagenweb.org/benton/census_state/1854.htm

Note that in the 1854 Canton Township, Benton County, Iowa Census :

 John D. Lambert should read John B. Lambert 

 Therebiah Lambert should read Sherebiah Lambert 

 Abinanse Lambert should read Abiram Lambert       

Source Information: 1856 Iowa Census Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses 1856, Roll: IA_69, obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest. The Census data can also be found at: iagenweb.org/benton/1856_census/1856idxl.htm