from "History of Warren County" [PA] J.S. Schenck & W.S. Rann 1887 Lake, John M., Sugar Grove p.o., Freehold, was a son of John Lake, who was born in Sweden in 1807, and came to America in 1850. By his first wife, Helen Lake, he had a family of three children - John M., Christian, and Helen; and by his second wife, Sarah Lake, he had one child - Anna Sophia (deceased). John M. was born in Sweden in 1836, and married Louise C. Anderson, of Warren county. They had a family of three children, only one of whom is living - Charles M., (Henry and George deceased). John M. enlisted in the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Infantry and served until the close of the war. He is now a successful farmer.