BIO: N. F. K. AKE, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 374.
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  N. F. K. AKE, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Curwensville, Pa., where he 
has been established in practice since the summer of 1897, is a member of an 
old Pennsylvania family of high standing.  He was born August 11, 1873, at 
Reynoldsville, Jefferson county, Pa., and is the only child of his parents, 
Samuel V. and Frances P. (Kelly) Ake.  His father was a general merchant at 
Houtzdale, Pa., for a number of years.  His great-grandfather once owned the 
land for many miles surrounding the present town of Williamsburg, Blair 
county, which was then called Akestown, in his honor.
  N. F. K. Ake was afforded excellent educational advantages and is a 
graduate of Houtzdale High School and later from the Medico-Chirurgical 
College at Philadelphia in 1897.  On August 3, 1897, he established himself 
in medical practice at Curwensville, where he has met with more than usual 
success.  He is a member of a number of the leading medical societies and has 
served as medical examiner for numerous insurance organizations.  Politically 
he is a Democrat.
  Dr. Ake was married October 21, 1896, to Miss Bertha Biddle Carter, a 
daughter of William V. and Hannah E. (Biddle) Carter, of Philadelphia, and 
they have three children, Kenneth Whittier, Frances Lenore and Hannah 
Dorothy.  Dr. Ake is a member of the Masonic fraternity.