LAKE, WILLIAM

LAKE, MEREDITH

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 08:56:26

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

WILLIAM LAKE, attorney at law; office over Stone & Smith's Bank; is a native of Monmouthshire, England; he received his education there; came to America in 1849, and lived in Elgin, Ill.; he arrived in Clinton March 9,1857. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for seven years, and was City Alderman for four years, and is a member of the Board of Education; he also holds the office of County Supervisor. He has practiced law here for the past seven years. Mr. Lake married Miss Elizabeth Meredith, a native of Monmouthshire, England; they have three children-William, John and Eleanor E.