Thomas Henry (Sproggin) Lamb
Compiled by Anne Hatcher and from family
information by Sarah Jones Goodwin

Thomas Henry Lamb (1 March-6 May 1956), was the son of Martha Jane Westbrooks and Thomas Douglas Lamb. He married 24 Dec 1888, Mary Jane (Manie) Neely (9 Oct 1869-14 Jan 1944), the daughter of James A Neely and Harriet E Long of Williamson County, Tennessee.

Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Neely Lamb had five daughters and five sons:

1 Eula May Lamb (28 Sept 1890-26 Oct 1936), never married, was a teacher in the public schools of Rutherford County, including the Garrett and Rockvale Schools.

2 Modera Lamb (Dec 1892, died young).

3 Frank Clyde Lamb (5 Oct 1895-21 Dec 1972), married Alma Lytle Comer (see Comer Family).

4 Charles Lamb (1897, died an infant).

5 Robert Lee Lamb (1 Jan 1899-16 Feb 1937), was a merchant in Versailles and later Rockvale, died in El Paso, Texas with phthisic.

6 Elizabeth Lamb, born 12 Oct 1901, married Alford Richard Nance, Jr. (See James Woodson Nance family.)

7 Mary Christine Lamb (11 April 1906-25 Aug 1972), married Palmer Dexter Todd, Jr, and had one daughter.

8 James Irwin Lamb (19 Jan 1909-1 Sept 1974), married Mary Wooldridge Jarrett, 12 March 1932. They had two daughters:
1 Anne Wooldridge Lamb, born 3 April 1933
2 Jane Elizabeth Lamb, born 18 Feb 1944

9 Hardy Ruth Lamb (19 Nov 1904-1909)

10 Jessie Ruth Lamb, born 10 Jan 1913, married Joseph Marvin Brothers, 8 Dec 1934. They had three children James Marvin Brothers, Phyllis Karen Brothers, and Steve Brothers.

Thomas Henry Lamb was a farmer. He and wife, Maney, lived for twenty years (1912-1932) at the Old Nance place, where Grady Covington built his new house. The spring after they moved there, the cyclone of 1913 blew the barn down, killing most of his livestock.