Mary Jane "Jennie" Lamb
1837 - 1920 (82 years)-
Name Mary Jane "Jennie" Lamb [1] Birth 19 Jun 1837 LaSalle County, IL 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Female Death 26 Jan 1920 Severy, Greenwood County, KS [3] Burial Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Franklin County, KS [3] Person ID I2753 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 6 Jan 2023
Father Benjamin Fulton Lamb, b. 08 Feb 1807, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA d. 12 Mar 1855, Illinois (Age 48 years) Mother Julia Ann Meyer, b. 9 Aug 1813, Pennsylvania d. 7 Aug 1863 (Age 49 years) Marriage 11 Oct 1832 [4] Family ID F661 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 John Trumbo, b. 22 Nov 1831, Rockingham County, VA d. 1859 (Age 27 years) Marriage 20 Nov 1856 LaSalle County, IL [4] Family ID F1122 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Oct 2020
Family 2 James Bruce Ewer, b. 7 Dec 1830, New York d. 14 Oct 1911, Chicago, Cook County, IL (Age 80 years) Marriage 23 Dec 1865 Peoria County, IL Family ID F1123 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2020
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Event Map 
Birth - 19 Jun 1837 - LaSalle County, IL 
Marriage - 20 Nov 1856 - LaSalle County, IL 
Marriage - 23 Dec 1865 - Peoria County, IL 
Death - 26 Jan 1920 - Severy, Greenwood County, KS 
Burial - - Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Franklin County, KS = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Note from findagrave: Death month on gravestone is incorrect. Both of her known obituaries described her as passing at 7 o'clock Monday evening on January 26, 1920.
Married John Trumbo on November 20, 1856 in LaSalle County, IL
Son: Walter Newman
Married James Bruce Ewer on December 23, 1865 in Peoria County, IL
Children: Estella Blanche, Laura May, Albertus Bruce, George Chase
Obituaries:
"The Severyite" Jan 27, 1920 page 1: birth place listed as LaSalle County.
"The Ottawa Herald" Jan 27, 1920 page 1: birth place listed as Bureau County and father as Madison Lamb. No other known sources refer to a Madison Lamb, and she is censused with Benjamin and Julia in LaSalle County.
Censuses:
1850 in Rutland, LaSalle, IL with parents Benjamin and Julia Lamb, plus siblings
1860 in Rutland, LaSalle, IL with son Walter, mother Julia Lamb, plus siblings
1870 in Rutland, LaSalle, IL with James B, Walter F, & Estella B
1875 in Franklin, Douglas, KS with James B, Estella B, Laura B
1880 in Peoria, Franklin, KS with James B, Estella B, Lotta M, Albert B, & George C
1895 in Miami, Linn, KS with Bert & George Ewer
1900 in Ottawa, Franklin, KS with George W & Lottie Riley
1910 in Ottawa, Franklin, KS with George W & Laura Riley
1920 in Twin Grove, Greenwood, KS with George W & Laura Riley.
Her 1920 census entry was enumerated on January 16 or 17, just before her death. [3]
- Note from findagrave: Death month on gravestone is incorrect. Both of her known obituaries described her as passing at 7 o'clock Monday evening on January 26, 1920.
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Sources - [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 269.
Mary Jane was born June 19, 1837; married first to John Trumbs, November 20, 1856. They lived in LaSalle county, Illinois. She was married second to James B. Ewer; members of the Baptist Church. They live in Wellsville, Kansas.
Issue (Surname Trumbs) one:
1. Walter.
Issue (Surname Ewer) four:
2. Estella is married to I. N. Staley; reside at Ottowa, Kansas.
3. Lotta is married to George Riley, Wellsville, Kansas.
4. Alburtus.
5. George. - [S50] Census.
- [S38] Find A Grave database.
- [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382).
- [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 269.