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Descendants of William Lake

118. ROSELLA MAE⁵ LAKE (JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born March 27, 1874, and died 1900. She married GEORGE EMORY HENDERSON, JR. July 15, 1895 in Taylor County, WV, son of GEORGE HENDERSON and MARGARET MILLER.

Notes for ROSELLA MAE LAKE:
Rosella died of Typhoid. Nellie was raised by her grandmother Henderson after her mother's death. George was the son of George Emory and Margaret Miller Henderson.

(1) From an interview with Nellie Lea Henderson VanGilder Herron on December 31, 1969.
(2) Family records of Bessie Lake Carpenter.
(3) Taylor County (WV) Marriage Book 2 - Page 129 (Rosella).
(4) Mt. Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, WV (Nellie).

More About GEORGE HENDERSON and ROSELLA LAKE:
Marriage: July 15, 1895, Taylor County, WV

Children of ROSELLA LAKE and GEORGE HENDERSON are:

NELLIE LEA⁶ HENDERSON, b. November 22, 1897; d. November 14, 1988; m. (1) ? VANGILDER; m. (2) ? HERRON.

More About NELLIE LEA HENDERSON:
Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery near Fairmont, West Virginia

ii.

WALTER B. HENDERSON, b. February 10, 1899; d. July 07, 1899.

119. CORDELIA E.⁵ LAKE (JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born September 16, 1876 in Marion County, WV, and died March 08, 1899 in Marion County, WV. She married ELIHU LARKIN CURRY August 26, 1894 in Taylor County, WV, son of BENJAMIN CURRY and ELEANOR FINLEY. He was born 1857, and died January 06, 1932.

Notes for CORDELIA E. LAKE:
They were married August 26, 1894. This was Elihu's third marriage and he later married for the fourth time after Cordelia's death. The old rascal outlived all his wives. He was the son of Benjamin and Eleanor Finley Curry (Currey?). He first married Mary M. Keener in 1882. They had one daughter. After Mary's death, he married Ida E. Hall in 1889. They had two sons and two daughters. In 1899, shortly after Cordelia's death, he married for the fourth time to Margaret Murphy. They had no children.

Cordelia died at 23 of Typhoid Fever.

(1) Family records of Bessie Lake Carpenter.
(2) Taylor County (WV) Marriage Book 2 - Page 121 (Cordelia and Elihu).
(3) Birth and death dates from family records of Velma Lake Conner.
(4) Marion County (WV) Birth Book 1 - Page 139 (Cordelia).
(5) Lawler Chapel M. E. Church Cemetery, off Route 250 South near Lost Run, WV (Cordelia).
(6) Curry (Currey) family information from "A History of Marion County", Marion County, West Virginia, published 1985.
(7) Marion County (WV) Death Book 2 - Page 54 for Cordelia.

More About CORDELIA E. LAKE:
Burial: Lawler Chapel M. E. Church Cemetery, Lost Run, WV

Notes for ELIHU LARKIN CURRY:
(1) Some family information from Carolyn Smith, great granddaughter of Elihu Curry, through Ida Hall Currey, Elihu's second wife. (Carolyn Smith: 304-278-2730).

More About ELIHU CURRY and CORDELIA LAKE:
Marriage: August 26, 1894, Taylor County, WV

Children of CORDELIA LAKE and ELIHU CURRY are:

CORBET DAYTON⁶ CURRY, b. July 17, 1895, Taylor County, WV; d. October 25, 1945; m. CLARA HARRIS, August 14, 1917; b. December 28, 1894; d. May 04, 1960.

Notes for CORBET DAYTON CURRY:
Corbet killed at Fairmont Box Shop in Fairmont, WV when a large roll of paper rolled over him.

More About CORBET DAYTON CURRY:
Burial: Meadowdale Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

More About CORBET CURRY and CLARA HARRIS:
Marriage: August 14, 1917

ii.

ROXIE CURRY, b. March 15, 1898; d. August 30, 1958; m. JAMES KING.

More About ROXIE CURRY:
Burial: Meadowdale Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

120. ELZA L.⁵ LAKE (JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born June 13, 1879 in Marion County, WV, and died October 15, 1953 in Lewis County, West Virginia. He married FLORENCE EMILY BROWN May 09, 1910 in Harrison County, WV, daughter of STEPHEN BROWN and MARY MASON. She was born June 04, 1880 in Marion County, WV, and died August 11, 1937.

Notes for ELZA L. LAKE:
They were married May 9, 1910. Florence was the daughter of Stephen and Mary E. Mason Brown. Florence died of cancer. Elza is buried at the Hebron Church Cemetery on Glady Creek, near Fairmont, West Virginia. Forest died of injuries received in an automobile accident. He is buried at Oakdale Cemetery in Wyatt, West Virginia.

(1) Family records of Bessie Lake Carpenter.
(3) Marion County (WV) Birth Book 1 - Page 173 (Elza), Book 4 - Page 104 (Roy).
(3) Marion County (WV) Death Book 7 - Page 120 (Florence).
(4) Harrison County (WV) Marriage Book 20 - Page 22 (Elza and Florence).
(5) Harrison County (WV) Birth Book 9 - Page 124 (Lillian).
(6) Lewis County (WV) Death Book 7 - Page 240 (Elza).

More About ELZA L. LAKE:
Burial: Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

More About ELZA LAKE and FLORENCE BROWN:
Marriage: May 09, 1910, Harrison County, WV

Children of ELZA LAKE and FLORENCE BROWN are:

	i.	ROY⁶ LAKE, b. June 06, 1913, Marion County, WV.
190.	ii.	LILLIAN LAKE, b. March 21, 1916, Harrison County, WV.
	iii.	FOREST W. LAKE, b. 1918, Clarksburg, WV; d. 1964, Crile VA Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.

Notes for FOREST W. LAKE:
The following notice of Forest Lake's death was taken from The Fairmont Times at the time of his death:

Forest Lake Survived by 5

Forest W. Lake, 46, of Elyria, Ohio, died at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday in Crile VA Hospital in Cleveland after an illness lasting six weeks. He was a former resident of Bingamon (WV). He was born in Clarksburg (WV) in 1918, a son of the late Elza and Florence Emily Brown Lake. He was a member of the Bingamon M. E. Church and had served in the U. S. Army nine years.

Survivors include one brother, Roy of Weston; one sister, Mrs. Walter (Lillian) Gripper of Elyria and three nieces. Friends may call at Huey's Funeral Home, Mannington (WV). Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the Bingamon Methodist Church. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery.

More About FOREST W. LAKE:
Burial: Oakdale Cemetery, Wyatt, West Virginia
Military service: U. S. Army - 9 years
Religion: Bingamon Methodist Episcopal Church, Bingamon, WV

121. FLOYD WAYNE⁵ LAKE (JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born May 04, 1882 in Marion County, WV, and died September 13, 1907. He married ROSIE NEEL.

Notes for FLOYD WAYNE LAKE:
Floyd died of typhoid.

(1) Family records of Bessie Lake Carpenter.
(2) Marion County (WV) Birth Book 1 - Page 207 (Floyd).

More About FLOYD WAYNE LAKE:
Burial: Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

Child of FLOYD LAKE and ROSIE NEEL is:

NETTIE⁶ LAKE, b. March 02, 1904; d. Abt. 1908.

Notes for NETTIE LAKE:
Nettie died from blood poisoning at the age of 3 or 4 after having a tooth extracted.