Son of William Morton Lampton III and Martha "Patsy" Schooler.
Sketch of the Lampton family in America, 1740-1914 — Author unknown
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
WHARTON SCHOOLER LAMPTON.
This chapter will contain what I know of Wharton Schooler Lampton, his children and grand-children. He was the seventh son and tenth child of William, the pioneer. He was born April 8, 1784, in Clark county, Kentucky. He married Diana Duncan, in Kentucky, in 1812. She was the daughter of Joseph Duncan, a Scotsman, and Nancy Stephens Duncan. They became the parents of 16 children, 9 girls and 7 boys. Ten of these children, 6 daughters and 4 sons, grew to maturity and 8 of them married and reared families.
Their children were, viz:
1. Lucretia, born in 1813.
2. Lucinda, born in 1815.
3. Martha, born in 1817
4. Ellen, born in 1819.
5. Nancy, born in 1821.
6. William J., born in 1823.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825.
8. Benjamin W., born in 1828.
9. Eugene Joshua, born Aug. 24, 1835.
10. Clemma, born in 1839.
Lucretia married Wm. Williams.
Lucinda married Jackson Embree.
Martha married Thomas Vaughn.
Ellen never married.
Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid.
Wm. Joseph married Miss Brockman.
John H. T. never married.
Benjamin W. married Angie Austin.
Eugene J. married Sarah E. Hall.
Clemma married Keelan Bradley.
Their grandchildren numbered about forty, and their descendants are citizens of various states of the union — but a majority of them live in Monroe and Randolph Counties, Missouri. Elder E. J. Lampton, of this city says: "My parents left Kentucky in November, 1835, when I was three months old, for Missouri, to join Uncle Benjamin Lampton, who then lived in Florida, Mo. Father settled on a farm in Monroe County, Mo., three miles southeast of Florida, on the old Columbia road — and lived on a farm all his life. Do you remember Thomas Jefferson's remark? 'The chosen people of God are those who till the soil.' In politics he was a Whig, voting for Henry Clay, the man who declared he would rather be right than be President! In religion he was a Presbyterian. He died in September, 1853. My mother died in 1851.
His grandchildren were, viz:
Lucretia had 12; Lucinda, 4; Martha, 5; Nancy, 3; John, 2; Benjamin, 3; Eugene, 1; and Clemma, 4. Several other children died in childhood.
1. Lucretia, who married Wm. Williams, in 1833, in Kentucky, had 12; most of whom married, and their descendants live in Kentucky.
2. Lucinda married Jackson Embree of Monroe County, Mo. Philetus, her oldest son lives in Moberly, Mo.; his brother, Eusebius, lives in Monroe County, Mo. Both have families. Mrs. Syrene Peoples, the oldest daughter lives in California. Urania, the youngest child, now Mrs. Garrett lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Each have reared a family.
3. Martha married Thomas Vaughn in Monroe County, Mo., in 1838. They had three daughters and two sons. Jane married Mr. Lang and lives in Paris, Mo. Annie married Mr. West and lives with her daughter near St. Louis. Sarah C. married Mr. Davis and died a few years ago. Newton Vaughn lives near Paris, Mo. C. F. Vaughn lives in Ingersol, Okla., and is superintendent of the Christian Sunday School in that city.
4. Ellen died in Texas in 1889, at the age of 70 years, unmarried.
5. Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid and lived in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., where they reared a family. Her husband was Quartermaster of Col. Shanklin's regiment of U. S. troops and her oldest son, Sylvanus was an officer in that regiment during the Civil War. This regiment was stationed in Chillicothe, Mo., during the winter of '63 and '64. Father and son were members of the Christian Church and both were frequently attendants at church on Sunday.
6. Wm. Joseph, died unmarried, at the age of 24 years. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846-'48, from its beginning to its close; was slightly wounded twice; returned home when peace was declared; went to California in '49, with the Hickman Company, from Florida, Mo.; became a Christian while digging gold; married Miss Brockman, and preached some. He was a member of the Christian Church, faithful until death, and at the time of his death was mayor of Sacramento City. He died about 1858 of '59. He left a wife and one son aged 2 years, Eugene T. Lampton, now living in Woodland, California, practicing law, and is a deacon in the Christian Church in that city.
8. Benjamin W. born in 1828; married Angie Austin in Randolph County, Mo. They had two sons and one daughter. In the fall on 1864, while trying to reach the Confederate Army in Arkansas, he lost his life. He left a widow and three small children on a farm near Cairo, Mo. One of his sons, Wm. Walter Lampton, of Fort Scott, Kansas, is a R. R. engineer; with two sons and one daughter.
Benjamin W's. daughter, now Mrs. Laura Lampton Evans, lives in Washington and has two daughters, both are married.
9. Eugene J. Lampton is the only living member of his father's family, and has just turned into his eightieth year. I was born in Livingston County, Kentucky, August 24, 1835. As a babe three month old, I came with my parents to Monroe County, Mo., in November, 1835; grew up on the farm; attended school in the winter; and taught a school. At the age of 24 I was ordained to preach. I spent 20 years in Illinois, the last two as State Evangelist. I spent 5 years in Texas, and was State Evangelist in Missouri for more than a year. My life has been taken up by evangelistic and pastoral labor. In the 54 years of my ministry I have failed to occupy a pulpit on only 25 Sundays; and 8 of these were spent in a Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
My ministry has resulted in the gathering of over 6000 souls into the fold. I have also directed the building of 17 church houses and remodeled 7 or 8 others. I have made failures, but my motto is: "Try, try again!" I have spent 18 years of my life here in Louisiana, Mo.
"I was married May 3, 1864, in Randolph County, Mo., to Miss Sarah E. Hall, who was born in Lexington, Ky., on August 9, 1839. Her father was Alexander Hall and her mother was Fannie Patton Hall." Mrs. Lampton served as president of the CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS of Missouri for four years. Her husband speaks of her as his "best half." She has greatly aided him in his ministry. "In politics I am non-partisan. In religion simply Chrisitan. I have lived in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Texas. I have also held meetings in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. I am fairly well acquainted in seven states.
"Mrs. Lampton and I have been blessed with three children, two sons and one daughter. Both of our little boys, Alexander Wharton and Charles Edwin were taken in childhood, as flowers that only budded here, but now bloom in the City of God. Our daughter, Fannie M., graduated at Eureka College, Illinois, and married J. E. Carver, who is now Superintendent of the Western Division of the Northern Pacific R. R., one of the leading Trans-Continental railroads in this country with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. They have two daughters, Sallie Mac, and Eugenia M. The family lives in Seattle, Wash., close by the everchanging, restless sea. Sallie Mac is a graduate of Wm. Woods College, Fulton, Mo. Eugenia M. is in the High School in Seattle, Wash., preparatory to entering the University next year."
Eugene J. Lampton who furnished the above in reference to himself and family is still living, but that fact shall not prevent me from saying what I am about to say. It is fitting while he is yet with us that we note a few of the lessons of his life, for the encouragement and inspiration of others who may follow. There are three departments of Christian activity in which his example is eminently worthy of limitation.
First, He has been a faithful minister of the gospel. For more than half a century he has stood for its defense. His faith in the inspiration and authority of the Bible is simply childlike. And this means much; especially in these days when men who claim to be called to preach the Word — claim also the right to sit in judgement on the teachings of that Word.
Second, His knowledge of God's Word, enriched by his own heart — experience has qualified him to minister consolation to those who pass through the deep waters of affliction and sorrow. He presents the consoling truths of the gospel in his funeral addresses in a way that has been exceedingly helpful to hundreds and thousands bowed down by grief.
Third, He is widely known in Missouri and Illinois as a genuine reformer. He feels that there is a close connection between the gospel for the individual and the gospel for the community in which Christians must live and act. He holds that there are many practical reforms needed on the part of this nation today: e. g. reform in the observance of the Lord's Day — the great Rest Day of the laboring man; reform in our marriage and divorce laws; as well as reform in the liquor traffic. By tongue and pen he has from boyhood been an ardent advocate of all these and other reforms. In this department of his work he has made a record that should stimulate the next generation of men in all the churches, to like energy and efficiency. His strength lies in his unwavering faith, his devotion to duty, and his daily trust in God. No one familiar with his life and work can doubt where his strength lies.
His task on earth is not yet done, and we trust will not close for many years to come, but, where are the young men in the churches today, who will take up his work as a reformer, and follow in his footsteps? Where?
Recently I asked a bosom friend of his — a minister and for 40 years editor-in-chief of the Christian-Evangelist, of St. Louis, for a word of appreciation that it might appear in this Lampton sketch. And here it is.
"I first met E. J. Lampton soon after my graduation from Abington College, in 1868, on a railway train. I was at once deeply impressed with his earnestness and enthusiasm. In our conversation he asked me if I had met Alexander Proctor of Missouri. I told him I had not. He said "He is a great preacher, and I think he can clothe the gospel of Christ with more grandeur and sublimity than any man I ever heard preach." I soon availed myself of the opportunity of hearing Brother Proctor, at a ministers' meeting held at Louisiana, Mo., the present home of Brother Lampton, and my expectations were fully realized. A man's own intellectual measure is often indicated by the men whom he admires. I have known Brother Lampton rather intimately for more than two score years, and have known him only to love him. Denied as he has been, the privilege's of Collegiate or University training, it is marvelous how he has kept in touch with the best thought of his time and in sympathy with the great body of his brethren in their advance along all the lines that make for efficiency and wider usefulness. He and his faithful wife hold an enviable place in the affections and esteem of brotherhood. Few men of this age retain the use of their mental powers to the same degree as Brother Lampton. May he be spared to us yet many years to go in and out among his brethren, and to preach the gospel which he loves so well."
J. H. GARRISON.
Dr. Garrison adds: "It is a kind thing for you to give this write up of Brother Lampton while he is living," And I believe that it will be approved by the whole Lampton Family. My own conscience approved it, and I thank Bro. Garrison for his approval, although Bro. Lampton, when he read it, may censure me for writing it. I shall not wait to place a flower upon his tomb, but give him now the aroma of kind words and of appreciation, that they may give him strength as he descends the western slopes of life — with his face, like many others of us, toward the setting sun. — K.
(Contributed by Shelby County Historical Society & Museum)
Sketch of the Lampton family in America, 1740-1914 — Author unknown
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
WHARTON SCHOOLER LAMPTON.
This chapter will contain what I know of Wharton Schooler Lampton, his children and grand-children. He was the seventh son and tenth child of William, the pioneer. He was born April 8, 1784, in Clark county, Kentucky. He married Diana Duncan, in Kentucky, in 1812. She was the daughter of Joseph Duncan, a Scotsman, and Nancy Stephens Duncan. They became the parents of 16 children, 9 girls and 7 boys. Ten of these children, 6 daughters and 4 sons, grew to maturity and 8 of them married and reared families.
Their children were, viz:
1. Lucretia, born in 1813.
2. Lucinda, born in 1815.
3. Martha, born in 1817
4. Ellen, born in 1819.
5. Nancy, born in 1821.
6. William J., born in 1823.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825.
8. Benjamin W., born in 1828.
9. Eugene Joshua, born Aug. 24, 1835.
10. Clemma, born in 1839.
Lucretia married Wm. Williams.
Lucinda married Jackson Embree.
Martha married Thomas Vaughn.
Ellen never married.
Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid.
Wm. Joseph married Miss Brockman.
John H. T. never married.
Benjamin W. married Angie Austin.
Eugene J. married Sarah E. Hall.
Clemma married Keelan Bradley.
Their grandchildren numbered about forty, and their descendants are citizens of various states of the union — but a majority of them live in Monroe and Randolph Counties, Missouri. Elder E. J. Lampton, of this city says: "My parents left Kentucky in November, 1835, when I was three months old, for Missouri, to join Uncle Benjamin Lampton, who then lived in Florida, Mo. Father settled on a farm in Monroe County, Mo., three miles southeast of Florida, on the old Columbia road — and lived on a farm all his life. Do you remember Thomas Jefferson's remark? 'The chosen people of God are those who till the soil.' In politics he was a Whig, voting for Henry Clay, the man who declared he would rather be right than be President! In religion he was a Presbyterian. He died in September, 1853. My mother died in 1851.
His grandchildren were, viz:
Lucretia had 12; Lucinda, 4; Martha, 5; Nancy, 3; John, 2; Benjamin, 3; Eugene, 1; and Clemma, 4. Several other children died in childhood.
1. Lucretia, who married Wm. Williams, in 1833, in Kentucky, had 12; most of whom married, and their descendants live in Kentucky.
2. Lucinda married Jackson Embree of Monroe County, Mo. Philetus, her oldest son lives in Moberly, Mo.; his brother, Eusebius, lives in Monroe County, Mo. Both have families. Mrs. Syrene Peoples, the oldest daughter lives in California. Urania, the youngest child, now Mrs. Garrett lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Each have reared a family.
3. Martha married Thomas Vaughn in Monroe County, Mo., in 1838. They had three daughters and two sons. Jane married Mr. Lang and lives in Paris, Mo. Annie married Mr. West and lives with her daughter near St. Louis. Sarah C. married Mr. Davis and died a few years ago. Newton Vaughn lives near Paris, Mo. C. F. Vaughn lives in Ingersol, Okla., and is superintendent of the Christian Sunday School in that city.
4. Ellen died in Texas in 1889, at the age of 70 years, unmarried.
5. Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid and lived in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., where they reared a family. Her husband was Quartermaster of Col. Shanklin's regiment of U. S. troops and her oldest son, Sylvanus was an officer in that regiment during the Civil War. This regiment was stationed in Chillicothe, Mo., during the winter of '63 and '64. Father and son were members of the Christian Church and both were frequently attendants at church on Sunday.
6. Wm. Joseph, died unmarried, at the age of 24 years. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846-'48, from its beginning to its close; was slightly wounded twice; returned home when peace was declared; went to California in '49, with the Hickman Company, from Florida, Mo.; became a Christian while digging gold; married Miss Brockman, and preached some. He was a member of the Christian Church, faithful until death, and at the time of his death was mayor of Sacramento City. He died about 1858 of '59. He left a wife and one son aged 2 years, Eugene T. Lampton, now living in Woodland, California, practicing law, and is a deacon in the Christian Church in that city.
8. Benjamin W. born in 1828; married Angie Austin in Randolph County, Mo. They had two sons and one daughter. In the fall on 1864, while trying to reach the Confederate Army in Arkansas, he lost his life. He left a widow and three small children on a farm near Cairo, Mo. One of his sons, Wm. Walter Lampton, of Fort Scott, Kansas, is a R. R. engineer; with two sons and one daughter.
Benjamin W's. daughter, now Mrs. Laura Lampton Evans, lives in Washington and has two daughters, both are married.
9. Eugene J. Lampton is the only living member of his father's family, and has just turned into his eightieth year. I was born in Livingston County, Kentucky, August 24, 1835. As a babe three month old, I came with my parents to Monroe County, Mo., in November, 1835; grew up on the farm; attended school in the winter; and taught a school. At the age of 24 I was ordained to preach. I spent 20 years in Illinois, the last two as State Evangelist. I spent 5 years in Texas, and was State Evangelist in Missouri for more than a year. My life has been taken up by evangelistic and pastoral labor. In the 54 years of my ministry I have failed to occupy a pulpit on only 25 Sundays; and 8 of these were spent in a Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
My ministry has resulted in the gathering of over 6000 souls into the fold. I have also directed the building of 17 church houses and remodeled 7 or 8 others. I have made failures, but my motto is: "Try, try again!" I have spent 18 years of my life here in Louisiana, Mo.
"I was married May 3, 1864, in Randolph County, Mo., to Miss Sarah E. Hall, who was born in Lexington, Ky., on August 9, 1839. Her father was Alexander Hall and her mother was Fannie Patton Hall." Mrs. Lampton served as president of the CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS of Missouri for four years. Her husband speaks of her as his "best half." She has greatly aided him in his ministry. "In politics I am non-partisan. In religion simply Chrisitan. I have lived in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Texas. I have also held meetings in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. I am fairly well acquainted in seven states.
"Mrs. Lampton and I have been blessed with three children, two sons and one daughter. Both of our little boys, Alexander Wharton and Charles Edwin were taken in childhood, as flowers that only budded here, but now bloom in the City of God. Our daughter, Fannie M., graduated at Eureka College, Illinois, and married J. E. Carver, who is now Superintendent of the Western Division of the Northern Pacific R. R., one of the leading Trans-Continental railroads in this country with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. They have two daughters, Sallie Mac, and Eugenia M. The family lives in Seattle, Wash., close by the everchanging, restless sea. Sallie Mac is a graduate of Wm. Woods College, Fulton, Mo. Eugenia M. is in the High School in Seattle, Wash., preparatory to entering the University next year."
Eugene J. Lampton who furnished the above in reference to himself and family is still living, but that fact shall not prevent me from saying what I am about to say. It is fitting while he is yet with us that we note a few of the lessons of his life, for the encouragement and inspiration of others who may follow. There are three departments of Christian activity in which his example is eminently worthy of limitation.
First, He has been a faithful minister of the gospel. For more than half a century he has stood for its defense. His faith in the inspiration and authority of the Bible is simply childlike. And this means much; especially in these days when men who claim to be called to preach the Word — claim also the right to sit in judgement on the teachings of that Word.
Second, His knowledge of God's Word, enriched by his own heart — experience has qualified him to minister consolation to those who pass through the deep waters of affliction and sorrow. He presents the consoling truths of the gospel in his funeral addresses in a way that has been exceedingly helpful to hundreds and thousands bowed down by grief.
Third, He is widely known in Missouri and Illinois as a genuine reformer. He feels that there is a close connection between the gospel for the individual and the gospel for the community in which Christians must live and act. He holds that there are many practical reforms needed on the part of this nation today: e. g. reform in the observance of the Lord's Day — the great Rest Day of the laboring man; reform in our marriage and divorce laws; as well as reform in the liquor traffic. By tongue and pen he has from boyhood been an ardent advocate of all these and other reforms. In this department of his work he has made a record that should stimulate the next generation of men in all the churches, to like energy and efficiency. His strength lies in his unwavering faith, his devotion to duty, and his daily trust in God. No one familiar with his life and work can doubt where his strength lies.
His task on earth is not yet done, and we trust will not close for many years to come, but, where are the young men in the churches today, who will take up his work as a reformer, and follow in his footsteps? Where?
Recently I asked a bosom friend of his — a minister and for 40 years editor-in-chief of the Christian-Evangelist, of St. Louis, for a word of appreciation that it might appear in this Lampton sketch. And here it is.
"I first met E. J. Lampton soon after my graduation from Abington College, in 1868, on a railway train. I was at once deeply impressed with his earnestness and enthusiasm. In our conversation he asked me if I had met Alexander Proctor of Missouri. I told him I had not. He said "He is a great preacher, and I think he can clothe the gospel of Christ with more grandeur and sublimity than any man I ever heard preach." I soon availed myself of the opportunity of hearing Brother Proctor, at a ministers' meeting held at Louisiana, Mo., the present home of Brother Lampton, and my expectations were fully realized. A man's own intellectual measure is often indicated by the men whom he admires. I have known Brother Lampton rather intimately for more than two score years, and have known him only to love him. Denied as he has been, the privilege's of Collegiate or University training, it is marvelous how he has kept in touch with the best thought of his time and in sympathy with the great body of his brethren in their advance along all the lines that make for efficiency and wider usefulness. He and his faithful wife hold an enviable place in the affections and esteem of brotherhood. Few men of this age retain the use of their mental powers to the same degree as Brother Lampton. May he be spared to us yet many years to go in and out among his brethren, and to preach the gospel which he loves so well."
J. H. GARRISON.
Dr. Garrison adds: "It is a kind thing for you to give this write up of Brother Lampton while he is living," And I believe that it will be approved by the whole Lampton Family. My own conscience approved it, and I thank Bro. Garrison for his approval, although Bro. Lampton, when he read it, may censure me for writing it. I shall not wait to place a flower upon his tomb, but give him now the aroma of kind words and of appreciation, that they may give him strength as he descends the western slopes of life — with his face, like many others of us, toward the setting sun. — K.
(Contributed by Shelby County Historical Society & Museum)
Son of William Morton Lampton III and Martha "Patsy" Schooler.
Sketch of the Lampton family in America, 1740-1914 — Author unknown
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
WHARTON SCHOOLER LAMPTON.
This chapter will contain what I know of Wharton Schooler Lampton, his children and grand-children. He was the seventh son and tenth child of William, the pioneer. He was born April 8, 1784, in Clark county, Kentucky. He married Diana Duncan, in Kentucky, in 1812. She was the daughter of Joseph Duncan, a Scotsman, and Nancy Stephens Duncan. They became the parents of 16 children, 9 girls and 7 boys. Ten of these children, 6 daughters and 4 sons, grew to maturity and 8 of them married and reared families.
Their children were, viz:
1. Lucretia, born in 1813.
2. Lucinda, born in 1815.
3. Martha, born in 1817
4. Ellen, born in 1819.
5. Nancy, born in 1821.
6. William J., born in 1823.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825.
8. Benjamin W., born in 1828.
9. Eugene Joshua, born Aug. 24, 1835.
10. Clemma, born in 1839.
Lucretia married Wm. Williams.
Lucinda married Jackson Embree.
Martha married Thomas Vaughn.
Ellen never married.
Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid.
Wm. Joseph married Miss Brockman.
John H. T. never married.
Benjamin W. married Angie Austin.
Eugene J. married Sarah E. Hall.
Clemma married Keelan Bradley.
Their grandchildren numbered about forty, and their descendants are citizens of various states of the union — but a majority of them live in Monroe and Randolph Counties, Missouri. Elder E. J. Lampton, of this city says: "My parents left Kentucky in November, 1835, when I was three months old, for Missouri, to join Uncle Benjamin Lampton, who then lived in Florida, Mo. Father settled on a farm in Monroe County, Mo., three miles southeast of Florida, on the old Columbia road — and lived on a farm all his life. Do you remember Thomas Jefferson's remark? 'The chosen people of God are those who till the soil.' In politics he was a Whig, voting for Henry Clay, the man who declared he would rather be right than be President! In religion he was a Presbyterian. He died in September, 1853. My mother died in 1851.
His grandchildren were, viz:
Lucretia had 12; Lucinda, 4; Martha, 5; Nancy, 3; John, 2; Benjamin, 3; Eugene, 1; and Clemma, 4. Several other children died in childhood.
1. Lucretia, who married Wm. Williams, in 1833, in Kentucky, had 12; most of whom married, and their descendants live in Kentucky.
2. Lucinda married Jackson Embree of Monroe County, Mo. Philetus, her oldest son lives in Moberly, Mo.; his brother, Eusebius, lives in Monroe County, Mo. Both have families. Mrs. Syrene Peoples, the oldest daughter lives in California. Urania, the youngest child, now Mrs. Garrett lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Each have reared a family.
3. Martha married Thomas Vaughn in Monroe County, Mo., in 1838. They had three daughters and two sons. Jane married Mr. Lang and lives in Paris, Mo. Annie married Mr. West and lives with her daughter near St. Louis. Sarah C. married Mr. Davis and died a few years ago. Newton Vaughn lives near Paris, Mo. C. F. Vaughn lives in Ingersol, Okla., and is superintendent of the Christian Sunday School in that city.
4. Ellen died in Texas in 1889, at the age of 70 years, unmarried.
5. Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid and lived in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., where they reared a family. Her husband was Quartermaster of Col. Shanklin's regiment of U. S. troops and her oldest son, Sylvanus was an officer in that regiment during the Civil War. This regiment was stationed in Chillicothe, Mo., during the winter of '63 and '64. Father and son were members of the Christian Church and both were frequently attendants at church on Sunday.
6. Wm. Joseph, died unmarried, at the age of 24 years. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846-'48, from its beginning to its close; was slightly wounded twice; returned home when peace was declared; went to California in '49, with the Hickman Company, from Florida, Mo.; became a Christian while digging gold; married Miss Brockman, and preached some. He was a member of the Christian Church, faithful until death, and at the time of his death was mayor of Sacramento City. He died about 1858 of '59. He left a wife and one son aged 2 years, Eugene T. Lampton, now living in Woodland, California, practicing law, and is a deacon in the Christian Church in that city.
8. Benjamin W. born in 1828; married Angie Austin in Randolph County, Mo. They had two sons and one daughter. In the fall on 1864, while trying to reach the Confederate Army in Arkansas, he lost his life. He left a widow and three small children on a farm near Cairo, Mo. One of his sons, Wm. Walter Lampton, of Fort Scott, Kansas, is a R. R. engineer; with two sons and one daughter.
Benjamin W's. daughter, now Mrs. Laura Lampton Evans, lives in Washington and has two daughters, both are married.
9. Eugene J. Lampton is the only living member of his father's family, and has just turned into his eightieth year. I was born in Livingston County, Kentucky, August 24, 1835. As a babe three month old, I came with my parents to Monroe County, Mo., in November, 1835; grew up on the farm; attended school in the winter; and taught a school. At the age of 24 I was ordained to preach. I spent 20 years in Illinois, the last two as State Evangelist. I spent 5 years in Texas, and was State Evangelist in Missouri for more than a year. My life has been taken up by evangelistic and pastoral labor. In the 54 years of my ministry I have failed to occupy a pulpit on only 25 Sundays; and 8 of these were spent in a Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
My ministry has resulted in the gathering of over 6000 souls into the fold. I have also directed the building of 17 church houses and remodeled 7 or 8 others. I have made failures, but my motto is: "Try, try again!" I have spent 18 years of my life here in Louisiana, Mo.
"I was married May 3, 1864, in Randolph County, Mo., to Miss Sarah E. Hall, who was born in Lexington, Ky., on August 9, 1839. Her father was Alexander Hall and her mother was Fannie Patton Hall." Mrs. Lampton served as president of the CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS of Missouri for four years. Her husband speaks of her as his "best half." She has greatly aided him in his ministry. "In politics I am non-partisan. In religion simply Chrisitan. I have lived in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Texas. I have also held meetings in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. I am fairly well acquainted in seven states.
"Mrs. Lampton and I have been blessed with three children, two sons and one daughter. Both of our little boys, Alexander Wharton and Charles Edwin were taken in childhood, as flowers that only budded here, but now bloom in the City of God. Our daughter, Fannie M., graduated at Eureka College, Illinois, and married J. E. Carver, who is now Superintendent of the Western Division of the Northern Pacific R. R., one of the leading Trans-Continental railroads in this country with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. They have two daughters, Sallie Mac, and Eugenia M. The family lives in Seattle, Wash., close by the everchanging, restless sea. Sallie Mac is a graduate of Wm. Woods College, Fulton, Mo. Eugenia M. is in the High School in Seattle, Wash., preparatory to entering the University next year."
Eugene J. Lampton who furnished the above in reference to himself and family is still living, but that fact shall not prevent me from saying what I am about to say. It is fitting while he is yet with us that we note a few of the lessons of his life, for the encouragement and inspiration of others who may follow. There are three departments of Christian activity in which his example is eminently worthy of limitation.
First, He has been a faithful minister of the gospel. For more than half a century he has stood for its defense. His faith in the inspiration and authority of the Bible is simply childlike. And this means much; especially in these days when men who claim to be called to preach the Word — claim also the right to sit in judgement on the teachings of that Word.
Second, His knowledge of God's Word, enriched by his own heart — experience has qualified him to minister consolation to those who pass through the deep waters of affliction and sorrow. He presents the consoling truths of the gospel in his funeral addresses in a way that has been exceedingly helpful to hundreds and thousands bowed down by grief.
Third, He is widely known in Missouri and Illinois as a genuine reformer. He feels that there is a close connection between the gospel for the individual and the gospel for the community in which Christians must live and act. He holds that there are many practical reforms needed on the part of this nation today: e. g. reform in the observance of the Lord's Day — the great Rest Day of the laboring man; reform in our marriage and divorce laws; as well as reform in the liquor traffic. By tongue and pen he has from boyhood been an ardent advocate of all these and other reforms. In this department of his work he has made a record that should stimulate the next generation of men in all the churches, to like energy and efficiency. His strength lies in his unwavering faith, his devotion to duty, and his daily trust in God. No one familiar with his life and work can doubt where his strength lies.
His task on earth is not yet done, and we trust will not close for many years to come, but, where are the young men in the churches today, who will take up his work as a reformer, and follow in his footsteps? Where?
Recently I asked a bosom friend of his — a minister and for 40 years editor-in-chief of the Christian-Evangelist, of St. Louis, for a word of appreciation that it might appear in this Lampton sketch. And here it is.
"I first met E. J. Lampton soon after my graduation from Abington College, in 1868, on a railway train. I was at once deeply impressed with his earnestness and enthusiasm. In our conversation he asked me if I had met Alexander Proctor of Missouri. I told him I had not. He said "He is a great preacher, and I think he can clothe the gospel of Christ with more grandeur and sublimity than any man I ever heard preach." I soon availed myself of the opportunity of hearing Brother Proctor, at a ministers' meeting held at Louisiana, Mo., the present home of Brother Lampton, and my expectations were fully realized. A man's own intellectual measure is often indicated by the men whom he admires. I have known Brother Lampton rather intimately for more than two score years, and have known him only to love him. Denied as he has been, the privilege's of Collegiate or University training, it is marvelous how he has kept in touch with the best thought of his time and in sympathy with the great body of his brethren in their advance along all the lines that make for efficiency and wider usefulness. He and his faithful wife hold an enviable place in the affections and esteem of brotherhood. Few men of this age retain the use of their mental powers to the same degree as Brother Lampton. May he be spared to us yet many years to go in and out among his brethren, and to preach the gospel which he loves so well."
J. H. GARRISON.
Dr. Garrison adds: "It is a kind thing for you to give this write up of Brother Lampton while he is living," And I believe that it will be approved by the whole Lampton Family. My own conscience approved it, and I thank Bro. Garrison for his approval, although Bro. Lampton, when he read it, may censure me for writing it. I shall not wait to place a flower upon his tomb, but give him now the aroma of kind words and of appreciation, that they may give him strength as he descends the western slopes of life — with his face, like many others of us, toward the setting sun. — K.
(Contributed by Shelby County Historical Society & Museum)
Sketch of the Lampton family in America, 1740-1914 — Author unknown
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
WHARTON SCHOOLER LAMPTON.
This chapter will contain what I know of Wharton Schooler Lampton, his children and grand-children. He was the seventh son and tenth child of William, the pioneer. He was born April 8, 1784, in Clark county, Kentucky. He married Diana Duncan, in Kentucky, in 1812. She was the daughter of Joseph Duncan, a Scotsman, and Nancy Stephens Duncan. They became the parents of 16 children, 9 girls and 7 boys. Ten of these children, 6 daughters and 4 sons, grew to maturity and 8 of them married and reared families.
Their children were, viz:
1. Lucretia, born in 1813.
2. Lucinda, born in 1815.
3. Martha, born in 1817
4. Ellen, born in 1819.
5. Nancy, born in 1821.
6. William J., born in 1823.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825.
8. Benjamin W., born in 1828.
9. Eugene Joshua, born Aug. 24, 1835.
10. Clemma, born in 1839.
Lucretia married Wm. Williams.
Lucinda married Jackson Embree.
Martha married Thomas Vaughn.
Ellen never married.
Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid.
Wm. Joseph married Miss Brockman.
John H. T. never married.
Benjamin W. married Angie Austin.
Eugene J. married Sarah E. Hall.
Clemma married Keelan Bradley.
Their grandchildren numbered about forty, and their descendants are citizens of various states of the union — but a majority of them live in Monroe and Randolph Counties, Missouri. Elder E. J. Lampton, of this city says: "My parents left Kentucky in November, 1835, when I was three months old, for Missouri, to join Uncle Benjamin Lampton, who then lived in Florida, Mo. Father settled on a farm in Monroe County, Mo., three miles southeast of Florida, on the old Columbia road — and lived on a farm all his life. Do you remember Thomas Jefferson's remark? 'The chosen people of God are those who till the soil.' In politics he was a Whig, voting for Henry Clay, the man who declared he would rather be right than be President! In religion he was a Presbyterian. He died in September, 1853. My mother died in 1851.
His grandchildren were, viz:
Lucretia had 12; Lucinda, 4; Martha, 5; Nancy, 3; John, 2; Benjamin, 3; Eugene, 1; and Clemma, 4. Several other children died in childhood.
1. Lucretia, who married Wm. Williams, in 1833, in Kentucky, had 12; most of whom married, and their descendants live in Kentucky.
2. Lucinda married Jackson Embree of Monroe County, Mo. Philetus, her oldest son lives in Moberly, Mo.; his brother, Eusebius, lives in Monroe County, Mo. Both have families. Mrs. Syrene Peoples, the oldest daughter lives in California. Urania, the youngest child, now Mrs. Garrett lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Each have reared a family.
3. Martha married Thomas Vaughn in Monroe County, Mo., in 1838. They had three daughters and two sons. Jane married Mr. Lang and lives in Paris, Mo. Annie married Mr. West and lives with her daughter near St. Louis. Sarah C. married Mr. Davis and died a few years ago. Newton Vaughn lives near Paris, Mo. C. F. Vaughn lives in Ingersol, Okla., and is superintendent of the Christian Sunday School in that city.
4. Ellen died in Texas in 1889, at the age of 70 years, unmarried.
5. Nancy married Thos. Jefferson Reid and lived in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., where they reared a family. Her husband was Quartermaster of Col. Shanklin's regiment of U. S. troops and her oldest son, Sylvanus was an officer in that regiment during the Civil War. This regiment was stationed in Chillicothe, Mo., during the winter of '63 and '64. Father and son were members of the Christian Church and both were frequently attendants at church on Sunday.
6. Wm. Joseph, died unmarried, at the age of 24 years. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church.
7. John H. T., born May 20, 1825, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846-'48, from its beginning to its close; was slightly wounded twice; returned home when peace was declared; went to California in '49, with the Hickman Company, from Florida, Mo.; became a Christian while digging gold; married Miss Brockman, and preached some. He was a member of the Christian Church, faithful until death, and at the time of his death was mayor of Sacramento City. He died about 1858 of '59. He left a wife and one son aged 2 years, Eugene T. Lampton, now living in Woodland, California, practicing law, and is a deacon in the Christian Church in that city.
8. Benjamin W. born in 1828; married Angie Austin in Randolph County, Mo. They had two sons and one daughter. In the fall on 1864, while trying to reach the Confederate Army in Arkansas, he lost his life. He left a widow and three small children on a farm near Cairo, Mo. One of his sons, Wm. Walter Lampton, of Fort Scott, Kansas, is a R. R. engineer; with two sons and one daughter.
Benjamin W's. daughter, now Mrs. Laura Lampton Evans, lives in Washington and has two daughters, both are married.
9. Eugene J. Lampton is the only living member of his father's family, and has just turned into his eightieth year. I was born in Livingston County, Kentucky, August 24, 1835. As a babe three month old, I came with my parents to Monroe County, Mo., in November, 1835; grew up on the farm; attended school in the winter; and taught a school. At the age of 24 I was ordained to preach. I spent 20 years in Illinois, the last two as State Evangelist. I spent 5 years in Texas, and was State Evangelist in Missouri for more than a year. My life has been taken up by evangelistic and pastoral labor. In the 54 years of my ministry I have failed to occupy a pulpit on only 25 Sundays; and 8 of these were spent in a Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
My ministry has resulted in the gathering of over 6000 souls into the fold. I have also directed the building of 17 church houses and remodeled 7 or 8 others. I have made failures, but my motto is: "Try, try again!" I have spent 18 years of my life here in Louisiana, Mo.
"I was married May 3, 1864, in Randolph County, Mo., to Miss Sarah E. Hall, who was born in Lexington, Ky., on August 9, 1839. Her father was Alexander Hall and her mother was Fannie Patton Hall." Mrs. Lampton served as president of the CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS of Missouri for four years. Her husband speaks of her as his "best half." She has greatly aided him in his ministry. "In politics I am non-partisan. In religion simply Chrisitan. I have lived in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Texas. I have also held meetings in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. I am fairly well acquainted in seven states.
"Mrs. Lampton and I have been blessed with three children, two sons and one daughter. Both of our little boys, Alexander Wharton and Charles Edwin were taken in childhood, as flowers that only budded here, but now bloom in the City of God. Our daughter, Fannie M., graduated at Eureka College, Illinois, and married J. E. Carver, who is now Superintendent of the Western Division of the Northern Pacific R. R., one of the leading Trans-Continental railroads in this country with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. They have two daughters, Sallie Mac, and Eugenia M. The family lives in Seattle, Wash., close by the everchanging, restless sea. Sallie Mac is a graduate of Wm. Woods College, Fulton, Mo. Eugenia M. is in the High School in Seattle, Wash., preparatory to entering the University next year."
Eugene J. Lampton who furnished the above in reference to himself and family is still living, but that fact shall not prevent me from saying what I am about to say. It is fitting while he is yet with us that we note a few of the lessons of his life, for the encouragement and inspiration of others who may follow. There are three departments of Christian activity in which his example is eminently worthy of limitation.
First, He has been a faithful minister of the gospel. For more than half a century he has stood for its defense. His faith in the inspiration and authority of the Bible is simply childlike. And this means much; especially in these days when men who claim to be called to preach the Word — claim also the right to sit in judgement on the teachings of that Word.
Second, His knowledge of God's Word, enriched by his own heart — experience has qualified him to minister consolation to those who pass through the deep waters of affliction and sorrow. He presents the consoling truths of the gospel in his funeral addresses in a way that has been exceedingly helpful to hundreds and thousands bowed down by grief.
Third, He is widely known in Missouri and Illinois as a genuine reformer. He feels that there is a close connection between the gospel for the individual and the gospel for the community in which Christians must live and act. He holds that there are many practical reforms needed on the part of this nation today: e. g. reform in the observance of the Lord's Day — the great Rest Day of the laboring man; reform in our marriage and divorce laws; as well as reform in the liquor traffic. By tongue and pen he has from boyhood been an ardent advocate of all these and other reforms. In this department of his work he has made a record that should stimulate the next generation of men in all the churches, to like energy and efficiency. His strength lies in his unwavering faith, his devotion to duty, and his daily trust in God. No one familiar with his life and work can doubt where his strength lies.
His task on earth is not yet done, and we trust will not close for many years to come, but, where are the young men in the churches today, who will take up his work as a reformer, and follow in his footsteps? Where?
Recently I asked a bosom friend of his — a minister and for 40 years editor-in-chief of the Christian-Evangelist, of St. Louis, for a word of appreciation that it might appear in this Lampton sketch. And here it is.
"I first met E. J. Lampton soon after my graduation from Abington College, in 1868, on a railway train. I was at once deeply impressed with his earnestness and enthusiasm. In our conversation he asked me if I had met Alexander Proctor of Missouri. I told him I had not. He said "He is a great preacher, and I think he can clothe the gospel of Christ with more grandeur and sublimity than any man I ever heard preach." I soon availed myself of the opportunity of hearing Brother Proctor, at a ministers' meeting held at Louisiana, Mo., the present home of Brother Lampton, and my expectations were fully realized. A man's own intellectual measure is often indicated by the men whom he admires. I have known Brother Lampton rather intimately for more than two score years, and have known him only to love him. Denied as he has been, the privilege's of Collegiate or University training, it is marvelous how he has kept in touch with the best thought of his time and in sympathy with the great body of his brethren in their advance along all the lines that make for efficiency and wider usefulness. He and his faithful wife hold an enviable place in the affections and esteem of brotherhood. Few men of this age retain the use of their mental powers to the same degree as Brother Lampton. May he be spared to us yet many years to go in and out among his brethren, and to preach the gospel which he loves so well."
J. H. GARRISON.
Dr. Garrison adds: "It is a kind thing for you to give this write up of Brother Lampton while he is living," And I believe that it will be approved by the whole Lampton Family. My own conscience approved it, and I thank Bro. Garrison for his approval, although Bro. Lampton, when he read it, may censure me for writing it. I shall not wait to place a flower upon his tomb, but give him now the aroma of kind words and of appreciation, that they may give him strength as he descends the western slopes of life — with his face, like many others of us, toward the setting sun. — K.
(Contributed by Shelby County Historical Society & Museum)
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