U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lambert, James E. (b. 1872) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Page 558 JAMES E. LAMBERT, manager of the company store of the Crozier Coal & Coke Company, at Elkhorn, McDowell County, West Virginia, was born in 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Louis and Adrianna A. (Martin) Lambert, the former of whom was born in the Isle of St. Kitts, France, and died in 1898, aged 72 years. For many years he was a successful merchant but had lived a retired life for some time before his death. His wife was born in Philadelphia, and died in 1898, aged 56 years. Both parents were consistent members of the Roman Catholic Church. They reared a family of six sons and six daughters. James E. Lambert secured an excellent education in the public schools of Philadelphia. In 1898 he became a clerk for the Norfolk & Western Railway Company at Bluefield, West Virginia, and six months later entered the employ of the Nunan & Carr Lumber Company, as manager at Vivian, remaining in that connection four years. He then went for the same firm in the same capacity to Tug River, McDowell County, and remained there about one year, accepting then his present position as manager of the company store for the Crozier Coal & Coke Company at Elkhorn. Mr. Lambert has proved his capacity in every position he has held, and enjoys the confidence of his employers. In politics he is independent. Religiously belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for McDowell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/mcdowell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------