Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Born in Spencer County, Indiana, Lamar received his education in the same log schoolhouse AL once attended. A farmer and political officeholder, he was a member of the Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (letter from Jean Stevens Wiggin, March 25, 1992)