BIOS: Jonathan LAMBERT, Stony Creek, Somerset County, PA

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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, Vol. XXXII, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of 
Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania. Boston, Biographical Review 
Publishing Company: 1899, pp 167-168.

  Jonathan Lambert, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the leading lumbermen 
and farmers of Stony Creek, Pa., was born in this town, February 6, 1845, a son 
of Abraham and Louise (Mostoller) Lambert.  He is of the fourth generation in 
descent from John Lambert, a native of Switzerland, who emigrated in early 
manhood to Pennsylvania, and after living for a while in York County came to the 
town of Stony Creek, took up a tract of wild land, and cleared a small farm.
  John Lambert subsequently bought other land that was heavily timbered, and 
from the unbroken wilderness improved the homestead on which his grandson 
Abraham was born, and which is still owned and occupied by one of his direct 
descendants.  A man of good habits, industrious and economical, he accumulated a 
good property, and at his death, when eighty-two years old, was known and 
respected as one of the most influential men of the place.  His wife, Mary 
Statler, attained the age of fourscore and four years.  They reared nine 
children, Samuel being the eldest son.
  Samuel Lambert was born in Stony Creek township, and here spent his eighty 
years of earthly life, being engaged the larger part of the time as a hewer of 
wood and tiller of the soil.  A Whig in politics, he was a valued member of the 
party whose principles he supported, and for several years he served his fellow-
townsmen as Tax Collector.  He was an active member of the Reformed church, to 
which his good wife also belonged.  Her maiden name was Sarah Good.  Of their 
ten children two survive - George and Mary.  The daughter is the wife of Cyrus 
Berkebile, and has five children - Mahlon, Doman, John O., Doyle, and Carrie.
  Abraham Lambert was born at the old homestead in Stony Creek in 1818.  
Following in the footsteps of his immediate ancestors, he became one of the most 
successful farmers of this locality and one of the most respected citizens of 
the town in which he spent his entire life of seventy-two years.  He took an 
intelligent interest in all matters regarding the advancement and welfare of 
Stony Creek, and was an earnest Republican in politics.  He was at one time 
Supervisor of Elections in this township.  He was one of the most active members 
of the Lutheran church, which he served a number of years as Deacon and Elder, 
and to which his wife belonged.  He married Louise Mostoller, daughter of Joseph 
and Sarah (Mowrey) Mostoller.  She is still living, making her home in Stony 
Creek.
  Of the fourteen children born of their union, eleven are living - Jonathan, 
James, David A., Susan, George M., Ellen, Sadie, Joseph A., Albert, Emma, and 
Milton.  James, born January 16, 1847, married Mary E., daughter of Samuel and 
Sarah (Frye) Fleegle.  They have five children - Martha L., Mary L., Howard E., 
Carrie Z., and Bonner W.  David A. married Annie M. Blackburn, and they have 
seven children - Minnie, Herbert, Nora, Maud, Lucinda, Abraham, and Pearl.  
Susan, wife of Joseph Ream, has no children.  George M., whose first wife, 
Hattie Hayes, died leaving one child, Verna B., afterward married a second wife, 
by whom he has one child, Earl.  Ellen, wife of Ezariah D. Gohn, has six 
children - Joseph A., James P., Cora N., Annie M., Albert L., and Wilson E.  
Sadie, wife of George Wagner, has eight children - Olive, Orlor, Lester, 
Clarence, Lydia, Alice, Hastings, and Jonathan.  Joseph A., whose first wife, 
Lizzie Mostoller, died, leaving two children - Arthur and Leroy - subsequently 
married Elizabeth Gohn, by whom he has had six children - Daniel, Chalmer, 
Russell, Frederick, Ivan and Silas.  Albert, of Lambertsville, a self-educated 
man, very capable and highly respected, and for the past seventeen years a 
teacher in the district schools of Somerset County, married Minnie Cook, by whom 
he has two children - Hazel and Ruth.  Emma, wife of Emery C. Woodward, has four 
children - Alvah, Ira, Edgar, and Clyde.  Milton, who married Lizzie Fleegle, 
has one child, Zoe.
  Jonathan Lambert attended the district schools in his boyhood and youth, and 
remained on the parental homestead until after the breaking out of the late 
Civil War.  Before attaining his majority he bade farewell to home and friends, 
and enlisting in Company K, Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, he served as a 
private until the close of the war.  He was with his comrades in the battles of 
Rectortown and Salem, Va., and in various skirmishes; and, though he fortunately 
escaped harm from the enemy's bullets, he suffered the hardships of camp and 
army life.  On returning home Mr. Lambert resumed his former occupation as an 
agriculturist.  He is influential in local affairs, working ever for the best 
interests of the town and county, and is a stanch supporter of the Republican 
party.  Although not an aspirant for public office, he has served as School 
Director.  Fraternally, he is a member and a Past Commander of the Reuben Ferner 
Post, No 318, G.A.R., of Stoyestown.
  On March 12, 1872, Mr. Lambert married Adeline Sorber, daughter of Adam and 
Adeline (Wells) Sorber.  They have three children, namely:  Myrtle G., who is 
the wife of Daniel W. Williamson, and has one child, Bessie B.; Wilson S., a 
school teacher; and Emma A.  Mr. and Mrs. Lambert are active members of the 
Lutheran church, and he is a superintendent of the Sunday-school.