When Magdalena Culp was born on 1 December 1787, in Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Culp Sr., was 25 and her mother, Dorothea May, was 22. She married Jacob Lamb on 19 August 1805, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 December 1851, in Richland Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in West Rushville, Richland Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.