Jay George Lamberson (August 27, 1846 – February 22, 1927) was an American politician and member of the

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Biography

Lamberson was born on August 27, 1846, in what is now Elkhorn, Wisconsin. He moved with his parents in 1858 to Sextonville, Wisconsin. During the

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, he served with the

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of the

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. Jobs Lamberson held after returning home include schoolteacher before owning four near-by farms, including two dairy farms. He died on February 22, 1927, in

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. On December 24, 1872, in Sextonville, Wisconsin, he married Jane Elizabeth Ward, a native of Paw Paw Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, and the daughter of Nathaniel Ward Jr., originally of

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, and Mary Came Bartlett, originally of

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."Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRK2-VMH : 11 January 2022), Jay George Leimberson, 1873. His first surviving daughter, Mabel Z., married American physician Bertram Welton Sippy.

Political career

Lamberson was elected to the Assembly in 1890, 1892 and 1894. In addition, he was a member of the city council of Richland Center. He was a Republican.

Legacy

After his death, a resolution in his honor was unanimously adopted by the Wisconsin State Assembly. It reads as follows:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamberson, Jay People from Elkhorn, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin city council members People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War Union Army soldiers Schoolteachers from Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Dairy farmers 1846 births 1927 deaths Burials in Wisconsin People from Richland County, Wisconsin