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68. ISHMAEL⁴ LAKE (JOHN R.³, NIMROD², WILLIAM¹) was born August 24, 1857 in Braxton County, WV, and died March 02, 1928 in Falls Mills, Braxton County, WV. He married MARY M. HAMILTON December 18, 1878 in Braxton County, WV, daughter of JAMES HAMILTON and CATHERINE HICKMAN. She was born September 06, 1861, and died February 20, 1935.

Notes for ISHMAEL LAKE:

(1) Braxton County birth records - Ishmael, Ida, Henry, Homer, Iva, Samuel, Rosa, Ernest, Lillie.
(2) Braxton County death records - Ishmael and Ernest.
(3) Braxton County Marriage Book 2 - Page 28 (Ishmael and Mary).

More About ISHMAEL LAKE and MARY HAMILTON:
Marriage: December 18, 1878, Braxton County, WV

Children of ISHMAEL LAKE and MARY HAMILTON are:

IDA E.⁵ LAKE, b. May 03, 1879, Braxton County, WV; m. ERNEST GILLESPIE, July 05, 1896, Braxton County, WV; b. Abt. 1875.

Notes for IDA E. LAKE:
(1) Braxton County, WV Marriage Book - Page 164.

More About ERNEST GILLESPIE and IDA LAKE:
Marriage: July 05, 1896, Braxton County, WV

	ii.		HENRY A. LAKE, b. March 02, 1882, Braxton County, WV.
	iii.		HOMER D. LAKE, b. May 03, 1887, Braxton County, WV.
	iv.		IVA MYRTLE LAKE, b. June 09, 1889, Braxton County, WV.
	v.		FRANK ORLANDO LAKE, b. September 27, 1892; d. April 29, 1943.
	vi.		SAMUEL LAKE, b. September 27, 1892, Braxton County, WV.
	vii.		ROSA LEE LAKE, b. January 30, 1894, Braxton County, WV.
	viii.		ERNEST A. LAKE, b. April 09, 1897, Braxton County, WV; d. August 03, 1897, Braxton County, WV.
	ix.		LILLIE LAKE, b. December 15, 1899, Braxton County, WV.
	x.		OPHIE LAKE, b. March 03, 1904.

69. AMANDA M.⁴ LAKE (DAVID NORRIS³, NIMROD², WILLIAM¹) was born 1871. She married GEORGE W. MCNEMAR June 13, 1889 in Upshur County, WV. He was born Abt. 1865.

Notes for AMANDA M. LAKE:

They were married June 13, 1889. George was 24 years old at the time of their marriage.

1) They lived at Boothsville, near Fairmont, WV (family records of Sue Pringle of Bedford, Texas).
(2) Upshur County, WV marriage records for Amanda and George.

More About GEORGE MCNEMAR and AMANDA LAKE:
Marriage: June 13, 1889, Upshur County, WV

Children of AMANDA LAKE and GEORGE MCNEMAR are:

	i.		OLAND⁵ MCNEMAR.
	ii.		ROLAND MCNEMAR.
	iii.		DALE MCNEMAR.

70. FRANCIS PARTHENA⁴ LAKE (NIMROD EVANS³, NIMROD², WILLIAM¹) was born July 06, 1857 in Braxton County, WV. She married ISAAC NEWTON COGER 1878, son of JOHN COGAR and MARY GREGORY.

Notes for FRANCIS PARTHENA LAKE:
All the above information and the following story were copied from two pages that were mailed to me by Sue Pringle of Bedford, Texas and which we have not been able to identify. It appears to perhaps be a history of the local area in Braxton County, West Virginia, since other families are also written up in this same paper. Obviously, more research needs to be done to verify the information, but I have used it here as the seed to further research:

Nimrod Evans Lake, Jr. and his wife Sarah Given Gregory (Francis' parents) lived in Holly District of Braxton County on the ridge separating Bear Garden Run and the Right Fork of the Little Kanawha River. One of the Lake's neighbors was the family of old Jacob Coger, a grizzled veteran of the War of 1812. In the late 1840's, two of Jacob Coger's sons, John and James, migrated south into the high mountains of what was then Randolph County, but would become Webster County in 1860.

John R. Coger married Sarah Lake's second cousin, Mary Gregory. John was a noted woodsman and hunter who thought nothing of making the long and arduous hike from his home high on Cold Knob between Gauley and Elk Rivers to visit his parents. In the early 1870's, one of John Cogers sons, Isaac Newton Coger, born in 1855, was old enough to accompany his father on these long walks. On one of these visits, John and Isaac stopped by Nim and Sally Lake's cabin to visit their in-laws. Isaac was instantly smitten with the Lake's oldest daughter, Frances Parthena, born 6 July 1857. In the spring of 1878, the Lake family made the long trip into Webster County to visit the Cogers and when Nim and Sally went home, they left behind Frances Parthena, who had become the wife of Isaac Newton Coger.

With the help of his father, brothers and numerous cousins, Isaac built a sturdy log house near the head of Laurel Creek of Gauley River near the summit of Cold Knob. On a clear day, Frances claimed that she could see Harper Ridge near her parents home from the summit of Cold Knob. In this remote mountain setting, Frances Lake and Isaac Coger raised a family of ten children, raised a garden large enough to feed them all throughout the year and maintained an apple orchard for which the Coger family was famous locally. Frances Lake Coger's children and their spouses were: (all of above children are named).

In February 1902, Frances's oldest daughter, Phoebe Miller, died a few days after giving birth to her third child. Although Frances was expecting her tenth and last child at the time, she took in the new baby and raised her as her own. In March 1904, Frances was stricken with influenza and died before a doctor could be brought through the deep snow from Webster Springs. Her distraught husband insisted on keeping the family together, and with the help of thirteen year old Laura, the rest of the Coger children grew up in their own home along with all three of Phoebe's children.

Frances Lake Coger was buried in the Morgan - Coger Cemetery on one of the highest points of Cold Knob and from which, on a clear day, Harper Ridge is visible in faraway Braxton County.

(1) Article was submitted to the above unknown paper by Alan Hardway of 308 Spring Street, Harrisville, West Virginia.

More About FRANCIS PARTHENA LAKE:
Burial: Morgan-Cogar Cemetery

More About ISAAC COGER and FRANCIS LAKE:
Marriage: 1878

Children of FRANCIS LAKE and ISAAC COGER are:

	i.		PHOBE ALICE⁵ COGER, b. February 1902; m. ? MILLER.
	ii.		JOHN RAYMOND COGER.
	iii.		NIMROD EVANS COGER.
	iv.		LANTIA CURRY COGER.
	v.		NETTIE MARY COGER.
	vi.		LAURA ELZADA COGER.
	vii.		EFFIE RUTH COGER.
	viii.		MELISSA ELIZABETH COGER.
	ix.		LAWRENCE COGER.
	x.		? COGER.

71. GEORGE D.⁴ LAKE (NIMROD EVANS³, NIMROD², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1862. He married (1) SARAH GIBSON October 14, 1879 in Braxton County, WV. She was born Abt. 1862. He married (2) AMANDA LEE WILLIAMS December 07, 1884 in Braxton County, WV. She was born Abt. 1867.

Notes for GEORGE D. LAKE:

George and Sarah were married in Braxton County, West Virginia October 14, 1879. The marriage record shows George was 17 years old at the time and Sarah was 19. On December 7, 1884 he married Amanda. He was widowed at that time.

(1) Braxton County, WV Birth Book 2 for Minnie, T.E., Willie, Matilda, Thomas, Henry D.
(2) Braxton County Marriage Book 2 - Page 30 for George and Sarah, married by Rev. William Sisk. Book 2 - Page 46 for George and Amanda. Shows George as widowed, age 22 and Amanda as age 17. Married by Rev. E. Hammond.
(3) Henry D. also shown in research by Janna Larson of Scottsdale, Arizona (1996).

More About GEORGE LAKE and SARAH GIBSON:
Marriage: October 14, 1879, Braxton County, WV

More About GEORGE LAKE and AMANDA WILLIAMS:
Marriage: December 07, 1884, Braxton County, WV

Children of GEORGE LAKE and AMANDA WILLIAMS are:

	i.		HENRY D.⁵ LAKE, b. 1885, Braxton County, WV.
	ii.		WILLIE E. LAKE, b. January 26, 1888, Braxton County, WV.
	iii.		MINNIE G. LAKE, b. March 08, 1890, Braxton County, WV.
	iv.		T. E. (MALE) LAKE, b. March 27, 1894, Braxton County, WV.
	v.		MATILDA ADALINE LAKE, b. December 23, 1896, Braxton County, WV.
	vi.		THOMAS J. LAKE, b. July 07, 1898, Braxton County, WV.

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