Biographies:  Jesse F. LAKE, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI 

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Jesse F. Lake,an enterprising farmer owning 40 acres in Section 4, west,
Maple Grove Township, was born in the township where he still lives, Oct. 8,
1887, the son of William and Emma (McDonald) Lake, of this township. He 
received his early education in the public schools, and learned farming from 
his father. For eleven seasons he spent his winters in the woods, part of the 
time in the employ of the Ellingson Lumber Co.  For two years he spent a part 
of his time operating a well driller, in which he owned a half interest. He 
also worked in a brick yard at Barron, this county, for a year.  In July, 
1914, he acquired eighty acres, including his present farm. Later he sold a 
half of it. He has erected buildings and fences, and carries on general 
farming and dairying. He is hard working and energetic and is regarded as one 
of the rising young men of the township. Mr. Lake was married March 15, 1909, 
to Maude Hanson, daughter of Hans and Tena (Olson) Hanson, who now reside in 
Barron Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Lake have five children: Dorothy, 
born Sept. 19, 1910; Eleanor, born March 7, 1912; Leo, born April 3, 1914; 
Irene, born May 8, 1917; and Hazel, born Dec. 6, 1919.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 996