LAMB, HUGO J. -- A favorite son of western Orange County who is fast rising into prominence and influence, is Hugo J Lamb, who is also a very successful beet and bean raiser, operating his ranch of 144 acres but resides in Santa Ana. He was born at New Hope, in Orange County, on December 9, 1888, the fourth of the five living children of the late W. D. and Elizabeth (Holt) Lamb. The other four children are; Mrs. E. J. Levengood, of Pomona; Walter D. Lamb, who resides at 415 West Walnut Street, in Santa Ana; Mrs. G. L. Harper, the wife of the rancher living on Mrs. Elizabeth Lamb's ranch; and Earl A. Lamb, also a rancher. Hugo J. grew up in
western Orange County, and saw the Gospel Swamp, as the country used to be called, in its native state of jungle, tules, willows and peat bogs. He attended the Talbert grammar school, which is known by the name of the Fountain Valley grammar school; and being ambitious of obtaining as good an education as was possible, he also pursued the courses of the Huntington Beach high school.
At the age of twenty, March 3, 1909, Mr. Lamb was married at Santa Ana to Miss Effie Stockton, born in Arkansas, a daughter of the late J. T. Stockton of Wintersburg. Their union has been a singularly happy one, and was blessed with the birth of two children, Lois and Alice. Mr. Lamb belongs to Santa Ana Lodge, No. 794, B. P. O. Elks, and in politics aims to support only the best men and the best principles. He is serving as a member of the Orange County grand jury. Foresight and the application of the last word in science to the problems of agriculture characterize the manner in which Mr. Lamb operates. He uses twenty horses for his farm work, and both a Holt forty-five horsepower tractor and a tractor of the Sampson make. All the other appliances of his well-kept farm are thoroughly up to date. Although still operating the farm he resides with his family in his his residence at 530 South Sycamore Street, Santa Ana.
