From his daughter's obituary: "Louisa Jane Barnett was born near New Salem, Guilford County, North Carolina, May 27, 1850. she was the daughter of Obed and Abigail Lamb, and moved with them when three years old, to Hendricks County, Indiana. Soon after that they moved to Iowa."
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BN-NQ6 : accessed 2 May 2016), Obed Lamb, Randolph county, part of, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing family 744, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2F-XLD : accessed 2 May 2016), Obed Lamb, Penn, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 125C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0342; FHL microfilm 1,254,342.
Center MM [1] pg 682 (Obed & family gct Back Creek MM, Dallas Co., Iowa 10-15-1859)]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obed by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Lamb-1119 and Lamb-2322 appear to represent the same person because: I'm pretty certain this is the same person. The dates of birth are slightly different but mine is based on a tombstone so worn that the date of birth is probably not accurately readable.