"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Pg. 604.

JOSEPH G. LAMBERSON
     Among the pioneers of Malheur county it is eminently fitting that a
representation be granted to the estimable gentleman whose name is at the head
of this article, both because of the excellent labors which he has accomplished
for the general welfare, and because of his own intrinsic worth and uprightness
of character.  Mr. Lamberson is the son of Lawrence and Mary (Holtz) Lamberson,
and was born on July 31, 1852, in Summit county, Ohio.  He grew up with his
parents on a farm, attended the common school, and later the college at Mount
Union, Ohio.  In 1869 he left the parental roof and went to Fremont, Nebraska,
thence to Bismark, Dakota, and in 1873 on to Helena.  Later we find him in
Virginia City, Nevada, and there he labored in the mines until 1875, then
returned to Nebraska, and in 1879 he came across the plains on horseback.  He
landed in Union county, this state, having consumed three months on the journey.
He labored on the farms at the Cove, Union county, and in 1881 he came to lower
Willow creek, and there, on May 25, 1882, he was married to Miss Rosa Kendall,
whose father crossed the plains in 1850, and her mother in 1852.  They came from
Illinois and located in the Willamette valley, and later removed to Union
county, where Mrs. Lamberson was born.  Eighteen hundred and eight-nine was the
year in which Mr. Lamberson came to bully creek, his farm of two hundred and
ninety acres being one and one-half miles from Westfall.  In 1896 the people
called Mr. Lamberson, on the Populist ticket, to act as judge of Malheur county
for four years; and to the entire satisfaction of a discriminating public he
discharged the duties there incumbent upon him, and since has retired to private
life again.  The Judge has won many friends in this county and is popular in all
parts of the country.  Politically he is identified with the Democratic party.
He has a fine farm, which is handled in a skillful manner and produces
abundantly.  Fraternally Judge Lamberson is a member of the A.O.U.W., Lodge No.
120, of Westfall.  His father died in 1900, being in his ninety-eighth year.  He
was a veteran of the Mexican war.  to Mr. and Mrs. Lamberson there have been
born five children -- Lawrence J., Bertha E., Clara L., May E., and Rosa B.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.