Note*: Person Source
Birth*: circa 1698
Marriage*: 10 February 1716/17, Principal=William Cory
Death*: 1 November 1732

William Cory b. February 1693, d. 13 April 1779

Children:

Lydia Cory b. c 1718
Ruth Corey b. Sep 1730, d. 29 Oct 1825
Hannah Cory b. Sep 1731, d. 23 Oct 1757

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Birth*: 14 June 1858, Michigan, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 24 June 1875, Principal=Benjamin Franklin Slipper

Father: Richmond Lake b. 4 March 1816, d. 28 October 1896
Mother: Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Benjamin Franklin Slipper

Children:

Archie Lawson Slipper b. 22 Mar 1877
Maud May Slipper+ b. 9 Mar 1879
Blanche Viola Slipper+ b. 31 Aug 1880
Glen Madison Slipper b. 20 Sep 1887
Hannah Nevada Slipper b. 19 Feb 1891
Grace Olivia Slipper b. 27 Jul 1894

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Birth*: 20 July 1891

Father: Ora Alta Lake b. 17 March 1867
Mother: Belle Shattuck

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Father: Godfrey Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 5 November 1872
Mother: Maria Angle b. 1808

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Death*: Died in Infancy

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 February 1834, d. between 1910 and 1911

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Father: Godfrey Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 5 November 1872
Mother: Maria Angle b. 1808

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Note*: James M. Lake, son of Richard Richmond Lake and Hannah Crandall, was born23 Mar. 1842 in Chenango Co. New York, U.S.A. married Anna Tripp,daughter of Chester Tripp, was born in Barry County, Michigan, and diedin 1892. From The History of Cass County by Glover JAMES MADISON LAKE LAKE,CRANDALL,SPRAGUE,SIGERFOOS,SLIPPER,FERREL,TRIPP J. M. Lake, living on section 7, Penn township, where he owns andcontrols ninety-seven acres of good land, his home being known as 'StoneAbutment Farm,' was born in Chenango county, New York, March 23rd, 1842.His father, Richard Lake, was a native of the Empire state, as was thepaternal grandfather of our subject, Joseph Lake, who, however, spent hislast years in Michigan. He lived for some time in Cass County, where hisdeath occurred in Niles, this state. James Madison Lake was but two years old when brought by his parents toMichigan and upon the home farm in Penn Township he was reared. At theusual age he entered the public schools and when not busy with histextbooks his time was given to farm labor. After leaving schoolpermanently he gave undivided attention to farm work on the old homesteadup to the time of his marriage, which occurred in 1873, the lady of hischoice being Miss Anna Tripp, a daughter of Chester Tripp. She was bornin Barry County, Michigan, and died in 1892, leaving a little daughter,who died in 1894. Mr. Lake has a farm of ninety-seven acres, which he hasimproved with modern equipments and which he now rents. It is largelydevoted to the production of fruit and he has five hundred trees ofpeaches and apples upon the place. His trees produce quite abundantlyalmost every season and the fruit shipped from his place yields a goodfinancial income. Mr. Lake has been a resident of Cass County forsixty-four years, with the exception of one year, which he spent inPennsylvania, and is therefore well informed concerning the history ofthe county and the progress it has made from pioneer conditions to itspresent advanced state of cultivation and improvement. He has been alife-long Democrat, interested in the growth and success of his party,and has served as school director. He formerly belonged to theIndependent Order of Odd Fellows.
Birth*: 23 March 1842, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 9 October 1873, Principal=Anna Tripp

Father: Richmond Lake b. 4 March 1816, d. 28 October 1896
Mother: Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Anna Tripp

Children:

Grace Lake b. 1879, d. 1894

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Note*: Jane Lake, daughter of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton, was born 11 Apr1829, married 1952 in Michigan, U.S.A. Dennis Salee. Notes for JANE LAKE: Children and grandchildren of Jane and Dennis listed on pg. 27 of booklet.
Birth*: 11 April 1829
Marriage*: 1852, Michigan, U.S.A., Principal=Dennis Salee
Death*: 22 June 1901

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Dennis Salee

Children:

Eva Salee+ b. 1855
Clara C. Salee+ b. 1858
Florence L. Salee+ b. 1860
George Franklin Salee+ b. 1862
Rosa Salee+ b. 1864

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Marriage*: Principal=(?) Sarah
Birth*: 30 January 1682/83, Tiveton Township, Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Father: David Lake

(?) Sarah

Children:

Jonathan Lake , Sr.+ b. c 1712

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Marriage*: Principal=Rebecca Crandall
Birth*: 11 January 1748/49

Father: Jonathan Lake , Sr. b. circa 1712
Mother: Abigail Craw b. circa 1713

Rebecca Crandall

Children:

Godfrey Lake+ b. 13 Sep 1769

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Birth*: circa 1712, Tiveton Township, Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 28 October 1731, Tiverton Township, Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Principal=Abigail Craw

Father: Joel Lake b. 30 January 1682/83
Mother: (?) Sarah

Abigail Craw b. circa 1713

Children:

Jonathan Lake , Jr.+ b. 11 Jan 1748/49

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Note*: Joseph Lake, son of Godfrey Lake, was born 25 Jan 1795 in Tiverton,Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A., married about 1815 in GermanTownship, Chenango County, New York, Sallie Norton, daughter of WilliamNorton, who was born 1840 in Vermont, U.S.A. Notes for JOSEPH LAKE: Vital Records for RI found at Mormon Center show the following: Joseph Lake born Jan 25, 1795, Tiverton, RI. Other children of Joseph listed in Lake Family Booklet in file. Joseph lived in German Twp., Chenango Co., NY from 1820 to 1840. Mormon files show a 1838 land transfer to Joseph Lake from Thomas Griffen. Land transfer 1843 shows a transfer from Joseph Lake to Adam Horning. In 1846 Joseph Lake came from NY to Cass Co., MI via the Great Lakes toSt. Joseph, Berrien Co., MI and and thence, via the St. Joseph River toNiles, Berrien Co., MI. The booklet says his entire family came with him. By 1850 he lived in Penn Twp., Cass Co., MI with 4 of his youngerchildren. Census, Penn Twp., Cass Co., MI, Joseph age 56, b. RI. By 1860 he lived in Niles Twp., Berrien Co., MI with his daughterAbigail's family. Joseph probably died while living in the home of his daughter AbigailLake Ashcraft in Niles Twp., Berrien Co. MI. ++++++++++ 1860 LAKE JOSEPH Berrien County MI 353 Niles Township. Federal Population Schedule MI 1860 Federal Census Index MI542753 Joseph Lake age 65 farmer b in RI living with: Samuel Ashcroft age 40 b in NY Farmer Abigail age 40 NY (daughter of Joseph) Emma age 4 MI Mariella age 3 (not sure of name)b in MI ====================== (above info from Lake Family Booklet and Census Index.) In the 1900 census showing his son Charles M. Lake, Joseph is listed ashaving been born in Wales (Ancestry or birth site?) Berrien Co., MI: Anna Lake d. 6/15/1871, parents George W. & Jane Lakethey were probably b. 1850. Berrien Co., was formed from Cass Co. in 1829.
Birth*: 25 January 1795, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Marriage*: circa 1815, German Township, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A., Principal=Sallie Norton
Death*: 14 May 1861, Niles Township, Berrien County, Michigan, U.S.A.

Father: Godfrey Lake b. 13 September 1769
Mother: Hannah Hart b. 24 June 1774

Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Children:

Richmond Lake+ b. 4 Mar 1816, d. 28 Oct 1896
Olive M. Lake+ b. 22 Mar 1818, d. 1873
Abigail Lake+ b. 1820
Sallie M. Lake+ b. 5 Oct 1822
Nancy Lake+ b. c 1825
George R. Lake b. 28 Aug 1827, d. 2 Apr 1866
Jane Lake+ b. 11 Apr 1829, d. 22 Jun 1901
Julana Lake+ b. 29 Sep 1831
Joseph Lake+ b. 25 Feb 1834, d. bt 1910 - 1911
Charles M. Lake+ b. 1836
William Henry Lake+ b. 22 Dec 1838

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Note*: Joseph Lake, son of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton, was born 25 Feb 1834and married Mary Fuller and he died 1910 or 1911. Joseph remarried in 1868 to Nancy Jane Lough Notes for JOSEPH LAKE: Joseph & Mary had 2 children, 2 died in infancy. Charles married and had5 children. he died in 1910 or 1911. Joseph remarried to Nancy Jane Lough in 1868. Daughter Sylvia b. June 301869. She married Geo. Franklin Salee.
Birth*: 25 February 1834
Marriage*: 1868, Principal=Nancy Jane Lough
Death*: between 1910 and 1911

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Children:

William Lake
Ida May Lake
Charles Lake

Nancy Jane Lough

Children:

Sylvia Lake+ b. 30 Jun 1869

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Birth*: 29 September 1831
Marriage*: 16 July 1871, Principal=Leo L. Duffy

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Leo L. Duffy

Children:

Minnie Duffy
Rosa Duffy
Glenn Duffy
Mina Duffy

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Birth*: 13 April 1890
Marriage*: 3 July 1911, Principal=Ora Belle Morgan

Father: Ora Alta Lake b. 17 March 1867
Mother: Belle Shattuck

Ora Belle Morgan

Death*: UNKNOWN

Susannah Springer d. UNKNOWN

Children:

Mercy Lake b. 7 Aug 1799, d. 21 Aug 1874

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Note*: Mary Elizabeth Lake, daughter of Richmond Lake and Hannah Crandall, wasborn 03 April, 1845 in Cassapolis, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A. and died21 July, 1931 married 01 Oct. 1861 in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan,U.S.A. Byron Esquire Sprague who was born 27 Oct., 1837 in Cassapolis,Cass Co., Michigan, U.S.A. Notes for MARY ELIZABETH LAKE: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:54:52 EDT From: JHSSRD@@aol.com 1. Richmond Lake B: Abt 1817 in Chenango County, New York +Hanna Brakeman Crandall m: 06/02/1839 2. Mary Elizabeth Lake b: 04/03/1845 in Cassapolis, Cass countyMichigan. d: 07/21/1931m: 010/1/1861 in Dowagiac, Cass county Michigan +Bryon Esquire Sprague b:10/27/1837 in Cassapolis, Cass County Michigan d: 08/18/1827 in Goodland, Sherman county, Kansas. 3. Ida May Sprague b: 08/16/1867 in Cassapolis, Cass countyMichigan d: 06/01/1957 in St Francis, Cheyenne county Kansas m: 03/22/1886 in Corning, Adams county Iowa + Christian P Peterson b: 05/23/1853 in Maarup, Denmark d: 05/09/1939 in Ruleton, Sherman county Kansas 4. Mina Eldora Peterson b: 07/24/1887 in Corning, Adams county Iowa m; 12/25/1906 in Ruelton, Shermon County Kansas d: 07/10/1980 in Mountain View, Santa Clara county California + Samuel Joseph Allen b; 03/12/1886 in Kensington, Smithcounty Kansas d: 06/25/1973 in Clifton, Mesa county Colorado 5. Ora Ralph Allen b: 04/20/1916 in Burlington, Kit Carsoncounty Colorado m: 10/26/1938 in Rifle, Garfield county Colorado d: 05/22/1996in Grand Junction, Mesa county Colorado + Erma Theresa Bernklau b: 05/09/1922 d: 01/06/1998 in Grand Junction, Mesa County Colorado 6. Jo Ann Allen b: 04/27/1939 in Rifle, Garfield county Colorado m: 10/27/1955 in Grand Junction, Mesa county Colorado + Howard Edward Morgan b: 07/29/1934 in Steamboat Springs, Routt county Colorado. This is me, Jo Ann Allen Morgan Rec. E-mail 6/01 I found some Lakes on the Michigan Family History site. It takes sometime getting around, but maybe that would help you. I would like to havewhat information you have on your family, since my 'Lake' history has grown quite large thanks to Mark Amanns help andothers.
Birth*: 3 April 1845, Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 1 October 1861, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A., Principal=Byron Esquire Sprague
Death*: 21 July 1931

Father: Richmond Lake b. 4 March 1816, d. 28 October 1896
Mother: Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Byron Esquire Sprague b. 27 October 1837

Children:

Panama Sprague b. 12 Jul 1863, d. 2 Oct 1870
Leander Madison Sprague b. 3 Mar 1865
Ida May Spraghue+ b. 16 Aug 1867, d. 6 Jan 1957
Loetta E. Sprague+ b. 3 Mar 1870
Clarence J. Sprague+ b. 18 May 1872
Maggie J. Sprague b. 22 Jul 1874
Mary Emma Sprague+ b. 21 Feb 1879
Celia L. Sprague+ b. 10 Aug 1883
William Sprague+ b. 18 Mar 1888

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Note*: 1850 Census Tiverton, Newport, RI., Mercy L Dyer 50. by age given at death; 75-0-6: VR; Stone Church Cemetery
Birth*: 7 August 1799, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Marriage*: 2 April 1836, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Principal=John Dyer
Death*: 21 August 1874, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Father: Martin Lake d. UNKNOWN
Mother: Susannah Springer d. UNKNOWN

John Dyer b. 2 January 1766, d. 8 February 1846

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Note*: Nancy Lake, daughter of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton, was born Abt. 1825in New York, U.S.A., and married John Parker. Notes for NANCY LAKE: Their children and grandchildren are listed on pg. 26 of the booklet
Marriage*: Principal=John Parker
Birth*: circa 1825, New York, U.S.A.

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

John Parker

Children:

Josephi Parker
George Marshal Parker+
Richard Parker
Emma Parker
Jasper Parker b. 15 Feb 1851
Leroy Parker b. 4 Apr 1853

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Father: Godfrey Lake b. 13 September 1769
Mother: Hannah Hart b. 24 June 1774

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Marriage*: Principal=Edward V. Walton
Birth*: 4 June 1866
Marriage*: 9 June 1885, Principal=Albert Baker
Death*: 10 May 1912

Father: William Henry Lake b. 22 December 1838
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Ashcraft b. 26 August 1848

Albert Baker

Edward V. Walton

Children:

William Rex Walton b. Mar 1909, d. 1911

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Note*: Olive M. Lake, daughter of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton was born 22 Mar1818 in German Township, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A. and died 1873in Michigan, married Silas Parker 1837 in Michigan, U.S.A. The following was received by Donald Raymond Coy, 3806 51st Ave. SW,Seattle, Wa. E-mail: don3127wa@@juno.com by electronic e-mail from Lori(Timberlake) London (who is in this FTW), plondon@@bellsouth.net on August23, 2002. Notes for OLIVE M. LAKE: Information about her family is from the Lake Family booklet. Chenango Co., NY was created 3/15/1798. It was organized from Herkimerand Tioga Co. It had 10 townships and covered an area nearly twice aslarge as it does today. German was not an original Twp. There was apost office in German and East German in 1886 but not in 1839. Today ithas 21 towns, in 12 of them the Vital records are still preserved, thesewere gathered by school districts. The records start in 1847 andcontinue to 1850. Deaths are on file in Co. Clerk's office for 1850 on.
Birth*: 22 March 1818, German Township, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 1837, Michigan, U.S.A., Principal=Silas Parker
Death*: 1873, Michigan, U.S.A.

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Silas Parker b. circa 1818, d. 1855

Children:

Emily Frances Parker b. c 1838, d. c 1862
Sarah Ann Parker+ b. 1 Dec 1839, d. 22 Sep 1928
Hymen Parker+ b. 15 Mar 1841, d. 22 Mar 1914
Nancy M. Parker+ b. 6 Feb 1843, d. a 1914
Henry Clay Parker+ b. 13 Sep 1844, d. 18 Sep 1925
Jenny 'Jennie' Parker+ b. 17 Apr 1849, d. a 1932

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Birth*: 17 March 1867
Marriage*: 16 June 1889, Principal=Belle Shattuck

Father: William Harrison H. Lake b. 23 March 1840
Mother: Almira Cordelia Slipper

Belle Shattuck

Children:

Leon Dean Lake+ b. 13 Apr 1890
Harold Lake b. 20 Jul 1891

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Birth*: 25 September 1878
Marriage*: 9 April 1903, Principal=Edward Earl McStay

Father: William Henry Lake b. 22 December 1838
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Ashcraft b. 26 August 1848

Edward Earl McStay

Children:

Phyllis Elizabeth McStay b. 17 Aug 1904

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Birth*: 1873

Father: Charles M. Lake b. 1836
Mother: Sarah Jane Underwood b. 1835

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Note*: Richmond Lake, son of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton, was born 4 Mar 1816in German Township, Chenango Co., New York, and die 28 October 1896 inPenn Township, Cass Co., Michigan, married Hannah Brakeman Crandall,daughter of Tanner Crandall and Hannah Brakeman, 02 Jun 1839 in ChenangoCo., New York who was born 21 Mar 1818 in Chenango Co., New York, U.S.A.and died 19 Feb 1886 in Penn Township, Cass Co., Michigan, U.S.A. Notes for RICHMOND LAKE: Left Chenango Co., NY in 1844 with his wife and sons William H and JamesM., ages 4 and 2. They settled in Cass Co., MI. At the end of the 6thyear he, his wife and their 5 children went back to NY and home ofHannah's father. They stayed one year and came back to Cass Co. Theybought l80 acres in La Grange Twp. then 98 acres in Penn Twp. At thispoint Hannah's father Tanner Crandall came to live in MI. ================================ From The History of Cass County by Glover JAMES MADISON LAKE LAKE,CRANDALL,SPRAGUE,SIGERFOOS,SLIPPER,FERREL,TRIPP J. M. Lake, living on section 7, Penn township, where he owns andcontrols ninety-seven acres of good land, his home being known as 'StoneAbutment Farm,' was born in Chenango county, New York, March 23rd, 1842.His father, Richard Lake, was a native of the Empire state, as was thepaternal grandfather of our subject, Joseph Lake, who, however, spent hislast years in Michigan. He lived for some time in Cass County, where hisdeath occurred in Niles, this state. It was in the year 1844 that Richard(Richmond) Lake took up his abode inCass County, locating on Section 18, Penn Township. As this factindicates, he was a farmer by occupation, his life being given to thatpursuit, wherein he provided a comfortable living for his family. Hemarried Miss Hannah Crandall, a daughter of Tanner Crandall, who was bornin New York. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lake were sevenchildren, three sons and four daughters, namely: Harrison H.; James M.;Charles N.; Mary, wife of Byron Sprague; Sarah J., wife of Clayton H.Sigerfoos; Rosetta, wife of B. Frank Slipper; and Emma, wife of HenryFerrel. The father died in the eighty-second year of his age, while themother lived to be about sixty years. J. M. Lake was but two years old when brought by his parents to Michiganand upon the home farm in Penn Township he was reared. At the usual agehe entered the public schools and when not busy with his textbooks histime was given to farm labor. After leaving school permanently he gaveundivided attention to farm work on the old homestead up to the time ofhis marriage, which occurred in 1873, the lady of his choice being MissAnna Tripp, a daughter of Chester Tripp. She was born in Barry County,Michigan, and died in 1892, leaving a little daughter, who died in 1894.Mr. Lake has a farm of ninety-seven acres, which he has improved withmodern equipments and which he now rents. It is largely devoted to theproduction of fruit and he has five hundred trees of peaches and applesupon the place. His trees produce quite abundantly almost every seasonand the fruit shipped from his place yields a good financial income. Mr.Lake has been a resident of Cass County for sixty-four years, with the exception of one year, which he spent in Pennsylvania, and istherefore well informed concerning the history of the county and theprogress it has made from pioneer conditions to its present advancedstate of cultivation and improvement. He has been a life-long Democrat,interested in the growth and success of his party, and has served asschool director. He formerly belonged to the Independent Order of OddFellows. More About RICHMOND LAKE: Burial: October 1896, Penn Twp., Cass Co., MI The account below is from the book 'History Of The Crandall And Lake.'written by Crayton H. Sigerfoos about 1914. A copy is in the possessionof Donald R. Coy, E-mail: don3127wa@@juno.com Richmond Lake, the eldest child of Joseph and Sallie Lake, married HannahB. Crandall in 1839, and after five years of hard work in Chenango Countyin 1839, New York, got the western fever. His wife's father, Tanner Crandall, tried all his powers of persuasion toget him to give up the idea of leaving his home and people to live in adistant land and among strangers, where he pictured all kinds ofhardships, and talked about how he would, in all likelihood, never seehis Hannah again, for he was much attached to her, and being quite old nodoubt it would be a great sacrifice to him. But Richmond was of a more optimistic turn, and met his father-in-lawwith arguments of a more encouraging spirit, and finally promised the oldgentleman if he would give his consent he would keep him informed oftheir welfare, and also that hr would bring his beloved daughter back tohim in six years, a promise which he faithfully kept. In the year 1844, he, in company with his wife and two sons, William H.H. and James M., aged four and two years, started for the far west, andthat fall they landed at Geneva, on the banks of Diamond Lake, CassCounty, Michigan, and stopped with the family of William Allen and stayedwith them until they could find a place to move into. They finally moved into a log cabin on the Duncan McIntosh farm. At thattime there were the McIntoshs', the Moons, Jone's, and Alexandersscattered over Young's Prairie. Mr. Lake, being of a very industriousnature and always lively and full of pleasantry, soon worked himself intothe good graces of these first settlers of the land. Always not onlyready and willing but anxious to work at any thing to make an honestliving and always to do an honest day;s work, he soon established anenviable reputation for honesty and integrity and he was, therefore,always in demand for all kinds of work. At one time, when helping harvest wheat for a Mr. Alexander, it was hiswork to rake and bind after a cradle, as was the custom in those days,and he was working along trying to get every straw in his own swath andalways on the lookout for here and there a few straws that the otherworkers would leave. Finally his employer saw what he was doing and gently admonished him notto be so particular with his work and instead he should leave anoccasional handful and when the harvest was over he should rake a fieldand have all he got from raking, and he declared he had more wheat thatfall, just from the rakings, than he ever knew any of his people to haveat any one harvest in the east. At first, when he began sending letters back home, instead of writinghimself, having never had but three weeks in a school room, he employedAsa Kingsbury to write for him. Of course, he sent back very glowingaccounts of the new country to his folks in the east, but there beingsuch a difference in the two localities, Mr. Crandall was very skeptical. Knowing Richmond as he did, or thought he did, he did not know how totake to the stories sent to him. Finally, he wrote him to write his ownletters and he would believe what seemed to them almost incrediblestories. At the expiration of the sixth year, he loaded his family, which now wasmade up of the wife and five children, and started back to thefatherland. At the end of the journey, when they halted in front of theCrandall home, the father, who was reading in his Bible, that being adaily custom of his, came rushing out with his Bible under his arm andhis glasses astride his nose, overjoyed at the unexpected arrival, andexclaimed, 'What shall we Do! What shall we Do!' They made the trip with horses and wagon, stayed a year and came back toCass County the same way. Soon after coming back, he bought eighty acresin LaGrange, Cass County, where he lived until he bought ninety-eightacres in Penn township, Cass County and moved onto that, later buying anadjoining forty acres. It was while living on the LaGrange townshipeighty that his wife's father came to Cass County to live. Richmond had been writing about the wonderful crops raised by himself andneighbors until, finally, the old gentleman decided to make this hisfuture home. When Mr. Lake Learned to a certainty that he was coming, hewrote him that he had corn growing that had two ears to the stalk and hecould hang his hat on the lowest ear. Well, he came, and after dinner the old gentleman slipped out of thehouse unobserved, as he supposed, and went direct to the cornfield. Thecorn was in the shock, but they had left, here and there, an unusuallytall stalk. Walking up to the first stalk, he squared himself right upto it, and looking up at the ears, he began to shake his head. He was avery tall man, but the corn was eighteen feet tall and the first ear wasten feet from the ground and the top one, eleven feet. All this time hewas being watched by the family. The old gentleman owned that he wasbeat. He said that it was hard to believe much that they had told him,but when they told about the big corn, that capped the climax. We think it would be proper, before going farther, to describe theaverage house of that time. Usually, it was built of logs, one above theother, and the cracks fitted with strips, called chinking; these, inturn, being plastered up with a kind of mortar made of clay and water.The chimney was built at one end, from the ground up, with an opening onthe inside forming a fireplace, and was nearly always built of sticks andclay. On the inside of the fireplace was fastened a wooden or sometimes ironbar, horizontally, , called a crane. On this crane were iron hooks onwhich to hang kettles for cooking. The window was a square hole cut inone end, through the logs, and a sheet of greased paper to to let in thelight. The door was made of hewn boards and hung on wooden hinges with a woodenlatch and a wooden catch on the inside. The door knob consisted of aleather string fastened to the latch, and stuck through a hole a fewinches above the latch, so when anyone on the outside wanted in, theywould pull the string and the latch would be lifted out of the catch,opening the door. Here is where the saying 'Our latch string is alwaysout' originated. The floor was hewed boards, called puncheon, and the roof consisted ofshakes or shingles split out of short logs. The Furniture was usuallyabout as follows: Three beds across on end of the room, which were madeby nailing a strip, the width of the bed, from each corner out into theroom, then setting two posts, dividing the space into three equal parts,and nailing strips or poles from side walls to post and between posts,making three bedsteads across the room. The rest of the furniture wouldcompare favorably with this, but would vary according to the needs andingenuity of the family. Such was one of the first houses occupied by Richmond Lake, as describedby Mrs. Isabell Osborn, wife of the late Jordon P. Osborn, and daughterof Eber Root, as she found it while teaching the Geneva school, and shemade the statement that she never slept more comfortably than she did onone of Mrs. Lake's feather beds and on the pole bedstead,. And Mr. Lakeoften remarked that the happiest days of his life were spent right there. At one time, when he was clearing some land, he made a wager with SilasYoung, who was working with him, that he could chop a cord of stove woodan hour for six consecutive hours. He chose a large maple tree, cut itdown and squared the but of it the day before, and had everything inreadiness. He made arrangements with his good wife for her to hang acloth on the line at the end of each hour, so he could tell just how hardto work, as the boys would keep it corded up as cut. At the end of thesix hours he had chopped just seven cords of wood.
Birth*: 4 March 1816, German Township, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 2 June 1839, Chenango County, Michigan, U.S.A., Principal=Hannah Brakeman Crandall
Burial*: October 1896, Young's Prarie Cemetery, Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A.
Death*: 28 October 1896, Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A.

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Children:

William Harrison H. Lake+ b. 23 Mar 1840
James Madison Lake+ b. 23 Mar 1842
Mary Elizabeth Lake+ b. 3 Apr 1845, d. 21 Jul 1931
Sarah Jane Lake+ b. 11 Dec 1847, d. 21 Jan 1948
Charles Newton Lake b. 6 Sep 1850
Hannah Rosetta Lake+ b. 14 Jun 1858
Susan Emma Lake+ b. 23 Apr 1860

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Note*: Richmond Lake, son of Godfrey Lake and Hannah Hart, was born 24 Sep 1793. Notes for Richmond Lake: He may have died intestate in 1813 and was probably a veteran of the Warof 1812. (per Mark Ammans) Letters of Administration were issued to Godfrey Lake of German, ChenangoCo., NY. Was Godfrey his father? He was said to be a Soldier in theArmy of the US and would only have been age 20.
Birth*: 24 September 1793

Father: Godfrey Lake b. 13 September 1769
Mother: Hannah Hart b. 24 June 1774

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Marriage*: Principal=Charles Wright
Birth*: 18 January 1863

Father: William Harrison H. Lake b. 23 March 1840
Mother: Almira Cordelia Slipper

Charles Wright

Children:

Durward E. Wright+ b. 18 Dec 1885
Lola Wright+ b. 7 Apr 1890
Max Wright b. 7 Apr 1890
Ruth Wright b. 1 Sep 1892

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Birth*: 1863

Father: Charles M. Lake b. 1836
Mother: Sarah Jane Underwood b. 1835

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Note*: Sallie Lake, daughter of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton, was born 05 Oct1822, married Sammuel D. Hulbert 1844 in Michigan, U.S.A. Notes for SALLIE LAKE: Children and Grandchildren of Sallie and Samuel listed on PG 25 of thebooklet.
Birth*: 5 October 1822
Marriage*: 12 February 1844, Michigan, U.S.A., Principal=Samuel D. Hulbert

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Samuel D. Hulbert

Children:

John E. Hulbert b. UNKNOWN, d. 11 Dec 1850
Maryette Hulbert+ b. 18 Feb 1845
Genette L. Hulbert+ b. 23 Mar 1848
Francis J. Hulbert+ b. 3 Jul 1853, d. 26 Jan 1913
Emulus L. Hulbert+ b. 17 May 1854

Death*: UNKNOWN

William H. Spear d. UNKNOWN

Children:

Eunice Spear b. 1889, d. UNKNOWN

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Birth*: 11 December 1847, Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 24 December 1871, Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A., Principal=Crayton Hail Sigerfoos
Death*: 21 January 1948, Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan, U.S.A.

Father: Richmond Lake b. 4 March 1816, d. 28 October 1896
Mother: Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Crayton Hail Sigerfoos b. 1 June 1848, d. 23 August 1929

Children:

Charles Osborn Sigerfoos b. 1 Feb 1873, d. 24 Aug 1873
Ella May Sigerfoos+ b. 18 Jan 1874, d. 17 Apr 1950
Mary Edith Sigerfoos+ b. 19 May 1876
Cynthia Anna Sigerfoos+ b. 30 Sep 1878
Sadie Eleanora Sigerfoos+ b. 4 Apr 1880
William Walter Sigerfoos+ b. 9 Feb 1882

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Father: Godfrey Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 5 November 1872
Mother: Maria Angle b. 1808

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Birth*: 23 April 1860
Marriage*: 6 November 1881, Principal=Henry W. Ferrell

Father: Richmond Lake b. 4 March 1816, d. 28 October 1896
Mother: Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Henry W. Ferrell

Children:

William Richmond Ferrell b. 16 May 1884
Erma Ferrell b. 26 Nov 1887
Leona Ferrell b. 26 Jul 1899

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Birth*: 30 June 1869
Marriage*: 29 September 1893, Principal=George Franklin Salee

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 February 1834, d. between 1910 and 1911
Mother: Nancy Jane Lough

George Franklin Salee b. 1862

Death*:
Note*: Person Source
Birth*: circa 1841, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
Marriage*: 17 February 1864, Principal=Susan Manchester

Susan Manchester b. circa 1835

Birth*: 18 May 1897, Alberta, Canada
Marriage*: 1929, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Principal=Jean A. Beals
Death*: April 1969

Jean A. Beals b. 4 December 1901

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Death*: Died in Infancy

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 February 1834, d. between 1910 and 1911

Death*:
Note*: Person Source
Birth*: circa 1835
Marriage*: 22 January 1854, Principal=Susan Manchester

Susan Manchester b. circa 1835

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Birth*: 23 March 1840, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 25 March 1861, Principal=Almira Cordelia Slipper

Father: Richmond Lake b. 4 March 1816, d. 28 October 1896
Mother: Hannah Brakeman Crandall b. 21 March 1818, d. 19 February 1886

Almira Cordelia Slipper

Children:

Rosa Belle Lake+ b. 18 Jan 1863
Ezmer Ward Lake b. 20 Jul 1864, d. 9 Sep 1888
Ora Alta Lake+ b. 17 Mar 1867
Caroline Lake+ b. 15 Nov 1872

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Note*: William Henry Lake, son of Joseph Lake and Sallie Norton, was born 22 Dec1838 in Chenango Co., New York, U.S.A., married Frances E. Ashcroft whowas born 1848 in Michigan, U.S.A. Notes for WILLIAM HENRY LAKE: Listed in 1870 Census: Volinia Twp., Cass Co., MI - Aug. 2, 1870. William Lake age 32 Born NY Farmer Frances age 22 born MI Nettie age 4 born MI George age 1 born MI 1880 Census: Volina Twp., Cass Co., MI William 41 NY Father VT Mother NY Farmer E. Frances 31 MI ' NY ' NY Nettie 14 MI ' NY ' MI Pearlie 1 MI ' NY ' MI They were Twins: Michigan Death Index: Dolphe Lake died Mar 7 1876. Volina Twp., CassCo., MI. Single, White, M. Age 21 yrs, 5 mo., 19 days. Inflammation of Lungs.Birthplace MI. Parents, William Lake and Frances Lake, Volinia, MI. Date of record May30, 1877. Blanche Lake: died Feb 26, 1876. White, Female, Single, Volina Twp.,Cass Co. Age 21 years, 5 months, 11 days, Inflammation of Lungs. Parents Wm. &Frances. Census: Dowagiac Twp., Cass Co., MI: William H. Lake Age 71, b. NY;Francis E. age 62; Pearle McStay daughter, 32; William H. Lake Jr. Son 25; Ford Lake,Son 22; McStay, Wyllis E. (Pearle's son by second marriage.) age 5, born Iowa. Children and Grandchildren of William and Frances listed on Pg. 19 of thebooklet. Berrien Co., MI: Anna Lake d. 6/15/1871, parents George W. & Jane Lakethey were probably b. 1850.
Birth*: 22 December 1838, Chenango County, Michigan, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 1865, Principal=Frances Elizabeth Ashcraft

Father: Joseph Lake b. 25 January 1795, d. 14 May 1861
Mother: Sallie Norton b. after 1794, d. 1840

Frances Elizabeth Ashcraft b. 26 August 1848

Children:

Nettie Belle Lake+ b. 4 Jun 1866, d. 10 May 1912
George Marion Lake b. 15 Sep 1870, d. 16 Feb 1878
Dolphe Lake b. 24 Sep 1874, d. 7 Mar 1876
Blanche Lake b. 24 Sep 1874
Pearl Lake+ b. 25 Sep 1878
Bae Lake+ b. 12 Nov 1880
William Henry Lake b. 15 Apr 1886
Ford Sanford Lake b. 12 Sep 1886

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Birth*: 15 April 1886

Father: William Henry Lake b. 22 December 1838
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Ashcraft b. 26 August 1848

Birth*: 10 May 1813, Frelighsburg, Québec, Canada
Marriage*: 9 September 1830, Frelighsburg, Québec, Canada, Principal=George Washington Jackson , Dr.
Marriage*: circa 1850, Principal=Solomon Squire , Capt.
Death*: 18 December 1867

George Washington Jackson , Dr. b. 26 August 1805, d. 2 January 1836

Children:

Harriet Jackson+ b. Oct 1835, d. 18 Mar 1867

Solomon Squire , Capt. d. UNKNOWN

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Birth*: 1 September 1886, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Death*: before 1968

Father: John Lamansky b. 2 October 1853, d. 4 December 1925
Mother: Mary Buck b. 10 December 1858, d. 18 August 1928

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Birth*: 21 July 1927, Camden Point, Missouri, USA
Death*: 22 December 1949

Father: Frank Lamansky b. 8 August 1879, d. 3 April 1947
Mother: Hazel Vivian Olin b. 15 September 1890, d. 15 November 1953

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Birth*: 31 October 1923, Grandview, Iowa, USA
Death*: June 1980, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Father: Frank Lamansky b. 8 August 1879, d. 3 April 1947
Mother: Hazel Vivian Olin b. 15 September 1890, d. 15 November 1953

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Birth*: 10 July 1916, Washington Count, Iowa, USA
Death*: 11 February 1979, Washington Count, Iowa, USA

Father: William Cleveland Lamansky b. 15 December 1884, d. 12 November 1969
Mother: Eva Bonnett b. 14 August 1889

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Birth*: 28 October 1916, Grandview, Iowa, USA
Death*: 1 April 1976, Kansas City, MO, USA

Father: Frank Lamansky b. 8 August 1879, d. 3 April 1947
Mother: Hazel Vivian Olin b. 15 September 1890, d. 15 November 1953

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Birth*: 14 February 1881, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA

Father: John Lamansky b. 2 October 1853, d. 4 December 1925
Mother: Mary Buck b. 10 December 1858, d. 18 August 1928

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Birth*: 24 July 1896

Father: John Lamansky b. 2 October 1853, d. 4 December 1925
Mother: Mary Buck b. 10 December 1858, d. 18 August 1928