LANHAM, JOSEPH, farmer and stock raiser, post office, Auburn. Was born in Marion county, Kentucky, on the 23d day of September, 1837. Son of Edward and Elizabeth (Bland) Lanham. The family consisted of twelve children, six of which are living. Mary, Nancy, Annie, Manda, Thomas, James, Joseph. March 4, 1850, his parents left their Kentucky home and started for Illinois, coming by water to St. Louis, from there to Greene county, where he located, and where he remained until his death, July, 1869. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and received a limited school education. In 1871, married Mrs. Mary Stout, widow of William Stout. She was born in Jersey county, Illinois, February 3, 1841. There are three children: Ida M., born July 15, 1872; Ollie E., born July 15, 1872; Charles H., born December 29, 1877. Has three hundred and twenty acres of land, all of which is beautifully located, under a high state of cultivation, and valued at $65 per acre. Mr. L. commenced a poor boy, and by his own exertions has accumulated a fine property and home, and is one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county.