When Russell Lamb was born on 26 November 1887, in Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, United States, his father, Charles F. Lamb, was 30 and his mother, Annetta Russell, was 23. He married Elsie M. Seibel on 24 February 1912, in Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and Wisconsin, United States in 1976. In 1913, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as . He died on 27 June 1976, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 88.