Ninth Generation

91. Alexander Hannibal LAMB was born on 10 August 1806 in Columbus, Chenango County, NY.^5,7,17,18,19 (He is listed as "Hannibal A." on his gravestone marker.)

When Hannibal was young he lived with Capt. David Smith. Later he learned the shoemaker's trade from Joseph Greenleaf at Truxton, NY. He then went to Columbus PA, and bought land with another man, but ultimately lost it and all he had. He and his father-in-law Israel Greenleaf went to Ohio but soon returned and went to Columbus Co., Wisconsin. He worked land upon shares; later he purchased a "Soldier's Right" which was 160 acres. He settled on this land, owned it, and by 1861 was in a comfortable position.
In 1867 his residence was Lincoln WI.
He lived in Elba, Dodge County, WI about 1850.²⁰

CENSUS1850: Page 210 Dwelling 839, Family 862 Town of Elba, Dodge Co., WI birth place: NY Age:44, Wife Malinda birth place NY Age 44 In household with 8 children and 2 others (names cannot be read).
He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ Alexander appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ He lived in Monroe County, WI about 1880.²¹

CENSUS1880: Page 8, Supervisor District 2, Enumeration District 24 Lincoln Twp., Monroe Co. , WI taken 1 Jun 1880
Dweeling # 37 Family # 38
Galen L. Age 37 Born PA Farmer
Anna Age 28 Wife Born NY Keeping house
Corrie Age 11 Daughter Born WI In School
Rozina Age 8 Daughter Born WI In School
Anna Age 5 Daughter Born WI At Home
Bell Age 3 Daughter Born WI At Home
Robert Age 1 Son Born WI At Home
Hannibal Age 73 Father Born NY At Home Father born Conn Mother born NY
Abigale Age 64 Wife/Mother Born NY At Home Father born NY Mother born NY He appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ Alexander died on 16 September 1882 at the age of 76 in Monroe County, WI.²² He was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^23,24 in the Lincoln Township Cemetery.

Alexander Hannibal LAMB and Malinda E. ENCHES were married on 3 July 1831.⁷ Malinda E. ENCHES, daughter of Ishmael ENCHES and Sally HENDERSON, was born on 9 September 1815 in New York.^5,18 (Some sources list her birth place as Pennsylvania, but it is listed as New York in the 1860 Census and in the 1920 Census for her son Daniel.) She appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ She died on 10 December 1862 at the age of 47 in Monroe County, WI.⁷ Malinda was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^23,24 in the Lincoln Township Cemetery. Gravestone at Lincoln Twp. Cemetery states 1816 - 1864

BIOGRAPHY: Per Pat Lamb e-mail 9/26/00: [The mother of Melinda Inches was sister to William H Henderson, who married
Chloe Fitts. Chloe Fitts was the sister of Sally Fitts who married Abijah
Lamb, son of Reuben & Rebeckah (Nichols) Lamb.]

Alexander Hannibal LAMB and Malinda E. ENCHES had the following children:

Alexander Hannibal LAMB and Abigal UNKNOWN (WOODBRIDGE) were married on 3 January 1866 in Monroe County, WI.^26,27 Abigal UNKNOWN (WOODBRIDGE) was born in 1815 in New York.^21,28 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ Abigal died on 12 March 1881 at the age of 66 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^28,29 She was buried in Kirby, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^23,24 in the Lincoln-Patterson-Kirby Cemetery.