Biographies:  David W. LAKE, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI 

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David W. Lake, of the Badger Electrical Co., Barron, was born in Maple
Grove Township, this county, March 23, 1891, son of William Z. and Emma I.
(McDonald) Lake. He left home at the age of eighteen, and found his first 
employment in a paper mill at Ladysmith, Wis. From there he returned to 
Barron, in this county, and entered the factory of the Barron Co-operative 
Creamery Co.  He first became interested in electrical work when he entered 
the employ of the Barron County Telephone Co. in charge of their line work as
superintendent of construction and repairs.  July 1, 1920, he went to 
Milwaukee with the Simplex Electric Alarm Co., and on Oct. 1, 1920, returned 
and with William E. Hunt, bought the Badger Electrical Co. from F. H. 
Stebbins. The company does general electrical work, handles fixtures and 
supplies, and makes a specialty of the Delco light products for this 
territory, installing plants, wiring houses, soliciting business.  The show 
rooms and home plant are on La Salle street, Barron.  A popular man 
fraternally, Mr. Lake has been through the chairs of the local lodge of Odd 
Fellows, and he is also an active man in the local Beavers. He was married 
Oct. 20, 1909, to Grace I. McThurston, born in Barron, Oct. 10, 1890, 
daughter of James and Mamie McThurston, and this union has resulted in
three children: Mamie I., born July 13, 1910; William J., born July 4,
1912; and Helen J., born Nov. 25, 1914. The family residence is a pleasant
home on Division street.  Mr. Lake and his family worship at the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 1012