When Russell Lamb was born on 25 May 1804, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Levi Lamb, was 28 and his mother, Mercy Butler, was 21. He married Diadama Pratt on 12 November 1826, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1875. He died in 1883, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 79.