Lambert, D. W. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 921, Vermont Township
D. W. Lambert, farmer, sec. 16; P. O., Vermont; was born in Knox Co., O., in 1844, the second son of Francis L. and Mary M. Lambert. Francis L. was a soldier and musician in the Mexican war, a member of the 2d Ohio regt.; in the late war he was elected Captain of Co. I, 95th Ohio; in 1876 he came to Illinois and soon after died. D. W. came to Illinois in 1860; in 1861 he enlisted in Co. L., 7th Ill., Cav.; in 1864 re-enlisted as Sergeant; during the war he was in 27 battles. He also participated in Grierson’s raid, riding 800 miles in 12 days. In 1873 he settled in this tp., married Miss Sarah A. Barron, and they had one child, Myrtle, who was born in Feb., 1874, and died the following May. In Dec., 1877, Mr. L. was married (a second time) to Phoebe J. Beatty, and they have one child.