Dear Linda;
I have some
Lamar information (the book called _The
Lamar Legacy_ by the late Ruth
Lamar Petracek), and a couple of files of notes from other books and sources. The name "
Osborn" was familiar. In going through my notes, and doing some research on "Ancestry.com," I soon remembered why. I had once thought the James
Lamar and Verlinda Osborne family might be somehow connected to my William
Lamar. No such luck, of course, after I did an extensive search of that line, but I learned a fair amount on that James
Lamar and his family.
Ok, here's what I have "dug up" on your line. I know that originally, there were a couple of family Bibles involved in all the family trees that repeated exact birth dates, and such that are currently so abundant on "Ancestry.com" "family trees." It takes awhile to find one that actually mentions a
Bible or county records, etc. and the most mentions of them are not in the trees but were in a couple of discussions of this family over the past few years. Also there are records of this family in county records, cemetery records, etc. in
Randolph County,
North Carolina, and
Madison County,
Delaware County and
Henry County,
Indiana. I'd try the genweb and the county list groups for help finding those, should you want more records.
Your particular family is on the 1850 and 1860 census, however, and your
Osborn Lamar was still alive and living with son Absalom on the 1870 census. This was in
Madison County,
Indiana. Osborn died in
Eaton township,
Delaware County,
Indiana, though.
Osborn
Lamar, b. 15 Feb., 1814,
Randolph Co., NC md. Susannah Strong b. NC in 1818/19. They were married August 22, 1839, in Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH. (family trees citing other trees, and ultimately a
Bible record further back in the chain of trees) However,
Osborn already had obtained a piece of land of 160 acres in
Madison Co., Indiana on Aug. 1, 1837 at the Fort Wayne Land Office of the U.S. Government. The location given in
Madison County,
Indiana for the acreage was Sect. 34, Tnsp 21-N, Range 8-E, 2nd PM (2nd meridian past prime meridian?). Accession no. IN3350__.430, document 9499 (U.S. Government Land records). It's not clear why he was in Ohio marrying Ms. Strong there, given that he'd already established a homestead in
Indiana.
Osborn
Lamar died August 4, 1876 in
Eaton township,
Delaware County,
Indiana. Since he was living with son Absolom in 1870 in
Madison County, I'd guess he had another child living in
Delaware County at that time. His wife, Susannah, died about 1865/66, since 1865 was the year of birth of their last child, and she was not on the 1870 census.
The children of
Osborn Lamar were: (1)Samuel L. b. 1842; (2)Absolom b. 1843-d. 1924; (3)Isabel b. 1844; (4)George Washington b. 1845; (5)Francis Marion b. 1847; (6) Prudence Eliza b. 1848; (7)Elisha b. 1849-died as an infant; (8)Theophilas b.1851; (9)Lydia E. b. 1853; (10)
Linzey Dennis b. 1855; (11)
Napoleon Bonaparte b. 1857 (probably named for N.B. III--not the "original"); (12)Minerva b. 1859; and (13)Martha Louisa b. 1865. I strongly suspect, given how prolific this couple was, and how close many of the births were to one another that there was one more child, "Isaac" born in 1840 who died young. Osborn's parents were: Isaac
Lamar and
Hannah Stanton.
Isaac
Lamar was born 17 Mar. 1788 in
Randolph Co., NC and married
Hannah Stanton b. 1790 NC on Sept. 20, 1809 in
Randolph Co., NC. Their known children were: Mary b. 1810,
Osborn b. Feb. 15, 1814, Samuel b. 1819 (went to
Henry County,
Indiana was on the 1850 census there), and Ruth b. 1823. There were undoubtedly other children. I'd suspect another son named James, and at least two children more besides before Ruth, and a couple of more after her birth. However,
Hannah died before 1847. There is no mention, nor record, of her having attempted the move north from
North Carolina to
Indiana, as there is a record/note for her husband. Isaac is alleged to have died July 13, 1847, "enroute from
North Carolina to
Indiana," probably with one of his younger children, as it's clear from the census records that sons
Osborn and Samuel had been in
Indiana for quite some time before 1850.
Isaac
Lamar himself was a younger son of
Osborn Lamar Sr. and Rachel
Beasley who lived and died in
Randolph County,
North Carolina.
Osborn
Lamar Sr. was born October 31, 1756 in either Rowan or
Randolph County,
North Carolina, and died Sept. 29, 1840 in
Randolph Co., NC (he was on the 1840 census there--taken just a couple of months before his death). Osborn
Lamar Sr. was a younger son of James
Lamar (1724-86--died in Wilkes Co., GA, though he lived most of his life in
North Carolina) and Verlinda
Osborn (1726-1760) who were originally from
Prince George Co., Maryland. Osborn
Lamar Sr. and Rachel
Beasley (married in
Randolph County in 1777, but no exact date in trees was cited) had the following known children: (1)
Hannah b. 1778; (2)Bethia b. 1782--d.1842; (3)Sarah b. 1784--d. 1860; (4)Isaac b. 17 Mar 1788; (6)Nathan b. 1791; (7)Zachariah b. 1798 and (8)Rachel b. 1799. I suspect there were two more children: a daughter born about 1780/1 and another child (either son or daughter) b. in 1786, both of whom died young. As
North Carolina was still a colony (disputed of course) when
Osborn and Rachel were married, and the colonial law (not changed until many years later) required a minimum marriage age of 21, Rachel
Beasley was also very likely born in 1756, or a little earlier, perhaps 1755.
James
Lamar (1724-1786) and Verlinda
Osborn (1725-1760) had the following known children (most have been well proved and the number and names of the children were the subject of quite a discussion on several list groups just last year): (1) James
Lamar Jr. b. 1746--d. 1818; (2)
Rutha b. 1747--d.1816; (3, 4)Thomas b. 1748--and twin brother John; (4)Nathan b. 1749; (5)Tabitha b. 1750-d. 1815 (a twin sister was also born at that time and died soon after birth); (6,7) Verlinda b. 1752 and twin brother (fraternal) John;(8) Keziah b. 1754-1838; (9)
Osborn b. 31 Oct. 1756--d. 29 Sept. 1840.
James
Lamar (1724-1786) was a son of Thomas
Lamar and Martha Blanford. This is a fairly well documented line, and has been the subject of much discussion.
I hope this helps you. As for Pearley
Lamar, I would need a little more information about her, like approximate dates of birth and death and a location for birth, where she lived, or death to be able to nail her down. There are several Pearl Lamars in the late 1800's and into the 1900's.
Cecilia L. Fabos-Becker
direct email:
celia.lfsbecker@sbcglobal.net (all lower case letters, no numbers)
