When Manuel Thomas Lamb was born on 15 October 1902, in Corrigan, Polk, Texas, United States, his father, William Thomas Lamb, was 37 and his mother, Callie Volumina Monds, was 31. He married Pearl Francis Nelson on 20 June 1925, in Roganville, Jasper, Texas, United States. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Jasper, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 13 June 1979, in Highlands, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Highlands, Harris, Texas, United States.