From: Roses674 at aol.com (Roses674 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:26:14 EDT
Subject: No subject

Jasper Milburn Lake apparently comes from John Lake b. 1775 Somerset Co.,
NJ from Nicholas line.  He m. Laura E. Price a granddau of my
grgrgrgrandfather Robert Price of Hope, Warren Co.,NJ. Laura's parents
were Amos Manning Price and Mary Jane Vermillion.  Amos's father was Jonah
Price who m. Hannah Manning, dau of Ephraim Manning and Sarah Read., dau
of Joseph Read and Sarah Sutton.

The reference was Sandi Read's entries under Read-Vanderburgh Connections
on Ancestry.com.

The interesting thing is that Jasper's descendant m. a Zehring/Zehrung
whose grson lives in Utah.  Joe Zehrung m. Bonnie and has entries on
FamilySearch.  Joe's bloodline includes a William Mikesell who appears to
be from the same Mikesell ancestor as that of Sarah Cordelia Mikesell m
Alvah Decker Lake, my grgrgrandparents!!

I have always believed that Alvah Decker Lake met Sarah Cordelia thru
family connections as the Mikesells had family in Northampton Co., PA. As
a matter of fact, the Mikesells' home is the building the Northampton Co.
Historical Society is housed in!  Alvah worked for the railroad so I have
always thought he met Sarah either thru a MIkesell family member who
worked on the rr with him.

Since he lied about his age, claiming to have been b. in 1852, I also
believe he lied so that he could marry without consent at age 20 or for
employment and/or because Sarah was older!  He was actually b. in 1853 to
a rather dysfuncitonal father.  Unsure if Alvah was the product of an
extra marital affair Jacob Waldorf Lake had with his wife's sister. It is
unclear if Margaret McCracken Lake, Jacob's first wife died or if she
left, but suddenly Jacob was a father of a child by his wife's younger
sister Phebe B. McCracken who remained his life's partner until they
separated very late in life due to Jacob's alcoholism.  A marriage for
this couple does not appear until 1878, 25 years after Alvah Decker Lake's
birth.  Another possibility is that Margaret did die and that the couple
did not have the resources to marry so they just lived as man and wife.
Margaret and Phebe's sister Nancy L. Sharp raised some of Jacob and
Margaret's children for a while.

Nancy