of Seneca County, Ohio · from Cayuga county, New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Joshua Lake b. 1805
Joshua Lake⚭ Lydia Thatcher
childrenJames Leroy Lake · Dr. O. A. Lake
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Born 6 May 1805 in Cayuga county, NY.
Came to Seneca county, Ohio about 1833, first on an 80-acre tract in Reed township, in 1862 bought 110 acres.
Democrat.
Served township as justice of the peace, treasurer and assessor.
Methodist Episcopal.
Died in his 79th year (c.1883).
Four children born, two survived.
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