"...Wesley Lambert, one of the pioneers of this section, being a native of Kentucky and born in 1828. He removed to Iowa, where he lived until he was twenty years of age, when he crossed the plains to the west in 1848, coming by way of the North Platte, Salt Lake City and the sink of the Humboldt on through to California, stopping for several years in the upper Suisun valley within the limits of Napa county and there he followed the stock business. He returned to Iowa and there married the
girl to whom he was engaged before his first trip to the Golden West, and in 1852 he again crossed the plains with ox-teams and a large drove of cattle, locating again on his old place in Wooden valley cañon. Soon afterwards he purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in the upper Suisun valley, but in Solano county. In 1863 he rented his place and removed to Nevada, but remained only a couple of years. He ran a dairy on Lake Tahoe and had a log cabin on its bank. While there he built a toll road to Carson City. He was interested in mining at different times both in California and Nevada. He returned to his ranch near Suisun and continued the stock business, purchasing land adjoining until he had nine hundred and sixty-nine acres in one body and later added one hundred and sixty acres within one and a half miles, and subsequently also bought the old Swan place, but which he sold later on. He also owned about five hundred acres in Mendocino county, where he resided from 1879 until his death January 5, 1899.

Wesley Lambert married Derinda Burger, a native of Iowa, born in 1833; she died November 10, 1898. The following children were born to them: George, deceased; Sarah E., Mrs. Daggett, who died in the valley; John W., of Suisun valley; Olive L., Mrs. Springer, of Benicia; and William H., the subject of this sketch. Wesley Lambert was one of the noble band of pioneers who in their prime entered the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage. He saw the opportunity and was equal to the emergency and became a man well and favorably known and universally loved and highly respected."

Sources:
Title: Tom Gregory and other well known writers, History of Solano and Napa Counties California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time (Los Angeles, California: Historic Record Company, 1912), digital image, HeritageQuest online, www.heritagequestonline.com, 27 February 2005.

1880 United States Census
Marital Birth B-place
Name Rel Status Sex Race Age place Occup Fa Mo
Wesley LAMBERT Self M M W 50 KY Farmer TN KY
Durinda LAMBERT Wife M F W 45 MO Keeping House MO MO
John LAMBERT Son S M W 23 CA At Home KY MO
Olive LAMBERT Dau S F W 22 CA At Home KY MO
William LAMBERT Son S M W 19 CA At Home KY MO

Source Information:
Census Place Suisun, Solano, California
Family History Library Film 1254083
NA Film Number T9-0083
Page Number 412C

• Married: 16 MAR 1851 in Fremont Co., Iowa

1. George LAMBERT
2. Sarah E. LAMBERT
3. John Wesley LAMBERT b: 29 DEC 1856 in Suisun Valley, Solano Co., California
4. Olive L. LAMBERT b: ABT 1858 in California
5. William Haydon LAMBERT b: 10 JUL 1860 in California

1. Text: Rootsweb Worldconnect website of Regina Gualco, rgualco@yahoo.com
   http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rgualco-jeanne
   Ancestry of Lotus Lovey Lambert