Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Cake, John Adam (Jr.) 1869 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 6, 2005, 4:54 am Author: Biographical Publishing Co. JOHN ADAM CAKE, Jr., M. D., is a young man who has built up a large practice in the short time he has been in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., and he promises to be one of the most prominent and successful physicians of his time. The marvelous rapidity with which he has built up his present clientage is almost incredible to one not familiar with the Doctor's push and energy. Almost his entire time not given to his practice is devoted to study, and his admirers feel satisfied that he will yet win a name that will rank high in the world of science. Dr. Cake was born in Sunbury, January 19, 1869, is a son of John Adam and Minnie E. (McCullough) Cake, and a grandson of Joseph Cake. John Adam Cake, Sr., father of Dr. John Adam Cake, was born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., August 25, 1846, and is a' son of Joseph W. Cake, after whom the hamlet of Caketown, which is now part of Sunbury, was named. John Cake was educated at Russell's Military School and at Yale and Princeton, after which he read law for some time with Benjamin H. Brewster of Philadelphia; he subsequently pursued his studies one year with Rockefeller & Rohrbach of Sunbury, and then was admitted to the bar in Sunbury in March, 1870, where he has practiced ever since, and also looked after his large property interests. In 1867-68 he was assistant cashier in the Philadelphia Custom House under his father, who was then United States Collector at that port. In 1878 he was a delegate to the convention held at Toledo, O., for the purpose of organizing the Greenback and Labor party, and therein took an active part. Later he represented his district in the national conventions of 1880 and 1884, and in the ensuing campaigns worked hard for the success of the candidates, Weaver and Butler. In 1880 he was his party's nominee for Congress and in 1882 their candidate for judge of the Supreme Court. He is now a Republican, but has withdrawn from active participation in politics. On February 27, 1868, at Pottsville, Pa., Mr. Cake was married to Minnie E. McCullough, daughter of Capt. Hugh McCullough, who fell at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Cake have four children: Dr. John Adam, the subject of this sketch; Minnie C.; Joseph W.; and Edith. Dr. John Adam Cake was educated in the Sunbury High School, graduating in 1887, after which he entered Lafayette College at Easton, where he studied three years. On His return to Sunbury he read medicine with the late Dr. F. B. Masser, subsequently entering the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1893. He immediately began the practice of his profession at Sunbury. In February, 1894, Dr. Cake was joined in wedlock with Clara Jones, an accomplished young lady of Shamokin, Coal township, Pa. They have one daughter, Helen Marie. Our subject is a great lover of athletic sports, and while at college he spent much time in the gymnasium and athletic departments. He is an active and participating member of the Northumberland County Medical Society. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/pafiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb