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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

JOHN S. LAKE.
    John S. Lake was born in Tipton county Tennessee, on the 1st day of April,
1861, and was reared on a farm in that county. His education was such as could
be derived from the common schools of that time. In 1880 he came to Arkansas and
located in Perry County, where he married Miss Fanny White, who survived their
marriage only a few months. He then began the study of law in the office of
Colonel J. F. Sellers, of Perryville, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. In
1887 he became a resident of Sevier county, opening an office at Lockesburg in
partnership with W. H. Collins. This association was maintained until 1901, when
the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Lake was connected with Judge Oscar Scott
and J. D. Head in a partnership relation until the death of Judge Scott. Mr.
Lake was then joined by Judge Steel and J. D. Head under the firm name of Steel,
Lake & Head and the association was continued until 1917. Mr. Lake was then
appointed by Governor Brough as judge of the ninth judicial circuit to fill a
vacancy in the office caused by the death of Judge Cowling. After the expiration
of the term, Mr. Lake practiced alone until his son was graduated from law
college and the present firm of Lake & Lake was formed. He filled the office of
prosecuting attorney from 1904 to 1908 and served as a member of the legislature
during the sessions of 1895 and 1897.

    In 1891 Mr. Lake married Miss Lou Williamson, and to them have been born
five children: Edward C., who is now his father's law partner in the firm of
Lake & Lake, was graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1914 and was
attending the law department of Columbia University when America entered the
World war. He enlisted, was commissioned captain in 1917 and went overseas as a
member of the Eighty-seventh Division. He served until February 12, 1919, when
he received his discharge. After his return he reentered Columbia University,
was graduated and then joined his father in the practice. The second son of the
family, John P. Lake, graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1915 and was
a student in the law department of the University of Michigan when the war was
entered by his country. He immediately enlisted and served as a lieutenant
throughout the war and was severely wounded ou the last day of the fighting.
Later he was made captain and is now one of the military instructors in Missouri
University. Winford, the third son, graduates from Missouri University in 1922
and expects to become a lawyer. Mary, the elder daughter, died in Washington,
where she was attending college, in 1918, at the age of eighteen. Johnny Lou,
the baby girl, is finishing the high school course in 1922. These children all
give promise of a brilliant future and Mr. Lake is justly proud of them.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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