Jasper Eadie Lambie

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Springfield Republican
3/12/1898
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DEATH OF JASPER E. LAMBIE

Formerly Mayer of Northampton and For Many Years a Prosperous Merchant There
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Jasper E. Lambie, a former mayor of Northampton, died at his home in Phillips place in that city yesterday morning at 8:30. The long and tedious course of his illness, which was of paralytic nature, grieved his friends, who deeply sympathized with him and his family. The first approach of the insidious attack was observed two years ago, and for several moths past he had not been able to leave the house.

Jasper E. Lambie was born in Hammond, N.Y., in 1843. His grandfather was engaged in the manufacture of the famous Paisley shawls and it was from Paisley, Scot., that his father immigrated to New York state. The children of his father, John Lambie, were Jane, Robert M., Mrs. Margaret Gardner and Jasper E., who have died, and Christina, a widow of F. W. Blackmore (sic) of Hammond, William M. and John F. of Northampton, and Martha M., wife of George L. Manchester, of Easthampton.

After graduating from the public schools, J.E. Lambie attended Gouverneur academy and St. Lawrence University in New York State. In August, 1864, he joined the 91st New York volunteer infantry. He was stationed at Baltimore in the commissary muster department and remained there during the war. In 1866, Mr. Lambie and his brother Robert opened a dry goods store in Easthampton and this business J.E. Lambie continued for a number of years after his brother had removed to New York. In 1833, Mr. Lambie bought out the business of E. G. Southwick & Co. in Northampton, and three years later took his brother John into partnership.

Almost immediately Mr. Lambie took a position as one of the most enterprising and successful merchants of the Meadow city. It was not long before the firm built at the rear of the Southwick block, which they occupied, a block more than twice as large as the one which fronted on the street. The whole of the first floor of the united blocks has been used for the sales department, and so large a stock has been kept in the commodious basement that the firm found itself called upon to do quite a wholesale trade with the surrounding towns. There has been constant increase in the large and successful business.

Mr. Lambie's political career was not a long one, but it was sufficient to make him mayor of the city and to give him some state prominence at one time as a man adapted in every way and very favorably spoken of for the governor's council. In 1889 and 1890 he served the city efficiently in the board of aldermen and in the fall of 1890 was nominated the republican candidate for mayor against John B. O'Donnell, the democratic nominee. Both were strong men and each had a large following. Mr. Lambie won by a majority of 262 votes, the largest majority ever given a mayor in the city, except that which Mr. O'Donnell received two years later, which was exactly as large. Mr. Lambie gave a sound, conservative and business like administration. The following year Mr. Lambie and Mr. O'Donnell were again the nominees of their respective parties, and this time Mr. O'Donnell won by three votes. Mr. Lambie always cherished the honor which belonged to him as a veteran of the civil war and was always interested in the proceedings of W. L. Baker Grand Arm post, of which he was a member. He was a Mason, belonging to Northampton chapter, and he held the office of master of Ionic lodge of Easthampton.

Of his personal qualities as a man and citizen, nothing but the highest praise could be spoken. He maintained a poise and dignity of bearing that was undisturbed by the cares of business or office. He manifested enterprise without a trace of flurry or bluster and showed that a man can be successful in business without any neglect of courtesy or kindliness. He held his friends by a genuine stability of character, by unfailing good will and unimpeachable integrity. In his death the city not only loses a strong man, but the people lose a beloved friend.

Mr. Lambie married Henrietta E. Bryan, daughter of Dr. Bryan of New York, in 1975. She survives him, with two children, Margaret, aged 11, and Morris, aged nine. Three other children died in early youth. He was a member of the Unitarian church. The funeral will be held at the Unitarian church tomorrow at 3 o'clock, Dr. G. C. Cressey officiating.

Family/Spouse: Henrietta Eliza Bryan. Henrietta was born on 26 Sep 1861 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States; died on 7 Mar 1932 in District of Columbia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eulogy, in part, for Morris Lambie, written and presented by Reverend Robert B. Day, D.D.

The character of Morris Lambie was, of course, distinguished by many other qualities than purity of heart and generosity of spirit. Nothing, however, would be more alien to his taste than to proceed farther than we have gone along such lines. And yet, it would be a deplorable omission to bring this brief tribute to a close without mentioning his very genuine enthusiasm for life, his stout heart, and the sense of dedication to the true and the good which, in the sunset of his years, took him very nearly to the other side of the world.

College days at Williamstown were happy for days for Morris Lambie. And before that his happy, wholesome boyhood in the city of Northampton. There it was he met the companion and helpmeet of the years that followed. Years of study abroad succeeded by his career as a teacher and a public servant first at the University of Minnesota, subsequently for twenty years at Harvard ? and in the home stretch a term or two aft Tufts. Toward all these institutions, let it be said, he had the deepest loyalty.


March 27, 1962
Adirondack Enterprise
Word was received by Dr. Morris Lambie, 36 Lake Street, of the death of his father, Dr. Morris B. Lambie, 73, who died in Jordan where he was halfway through a year's assignment on the faculty of Bir Zeit college. The body will be returned to the United States and burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. A memorial service has been tentatively set for Friday at Cambridge.

Dr. Lambie was born at Northampton, Mass., March 29, 1888 and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass, with the class of 1910. Mr. Lambie was an outstanding athlete at Williams. He completed postgraduate studies at Harvard University where he received his Ph. D. degree. Following infantry service in the first World War, Dr. Lambie taught at the University of Minnesota, where he was professor of government from 1921 to 1934. He also served as relief administrator for the state of Minnesota during the early 1930's. In 1934 he returned to Harvard as professor of government in the Littauer School of Public Administration, continuing at that post until his retirement under Harvard's age limitations eight years ago. Dr. Lambie then taught at Boston University, Tufts, and Boston College, prior to leaving last August for a year on the faculty of Bir Zeit college, which is partly financed by the U. S. Government, the Ford Foundation and the government of Jordan.

Surviving besides his son, Morris, are a son, James W. Lambie, of Lexington, Mass, a sister, Miss Margaret Lambie of Washington, D. C. and five grandchildren.

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Plot: Bradlee Road, Forsythia Path, Lot 9099

Family/Spouse: Adeline R. Williams. Adeline was born about 1888 in Massachusetts, United States; died about 1957 in Cambridge Farms, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Berenice McAusland. Berenice was born on 4 Feb 1925 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, United States; died on 22 Dec 2012 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]