The Lake Family Bible
                                      
   The following is an exact transcription of the Works Progress
   Administration (WPA) of Virginia Historical Inventory
   
   Researched by: Margaret Jeffries, Culpeper, Virginia
   December 8, 1937
   
   1. SUBJECT: The Lake Family Bible
   
   2. LOCATION: East of Jeffersonton 1.5 miles on Route #621, thence
   south on Route #625, 2 miles, thence 50 yards west to house.
   
   3. DATE:
   
   4. OWNERS:
   
   5. DESCRIPTION:
   
   6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The inscriptions in this Bible are as
   follows:
   
                                 Marriages
                                      
   William L. LAKE and Nannie Lewis WHEELER were married by Q. B. LAKE,
   October 26, 1881 (Nannie Lewis WHEELER was born May 5, 1859)
   
   Louise LAKE and William R. BUTTON were married August 23, 1920
   
   Duncan Beverley LAKE and Nellie Douglas BUTTON were married February
   7, 1922
   
   Robert D. LAKE and Mary FEWELL were married January 8, 1931
   
   Mr. W. H. LAKE and Sarah E. CHILDS were married by Elder T. D.
   Herndon, May 30, 1850
   
                                   Births
                                      
   The children of William H. LAKE and Sarah E. LAKE his wife were:
   
   Mary Agnes LAKE, born May 8, 1851
   
   William Ludwell LAKE, born November 10, 1854
   
   William H. LAKE was born November 7, 1826
   
   Sarah E. CHILDS was born January 31, 1822
   
   The children of William L. LAKE and Nannie LAKE his wife are:
   
   Duncan Beverley LAKE, born August 9, 1882
   
   Adelaide J. LAKE, born October 15, 1883
   
   William Ludwell LAKE, born March 20, 1885
   
   Maury Montgomery LAKE, born August 11, 1885
   
   Agnes Martin LAKE, born October 20, 1892
   
   Robert Davenport LAKE, born January 3, 1894
   
   Louise Lewis LAKE, born May 8, 1898
   
                                   Deaths
                                      
   William H. LAKE died January 8, 1899
   
   Sarah E. LAKE, wife of William H. LAKE, died August 15, 1903
   
   William L. LAKE died June 6, 1936
   
   Mary L. LAKE died July 13, 1935
   
   William L. LAKE, Jr. died November 10, 1885
   
   Adelaide J. LAKE died July 7, 1907
   
   Maury M. LAKE was killed in France in the World War in Argonne Forest
   and buried in France in American Cemetery
   
   7. ART:
   
   8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informant: D. B. LAKE, Jeffersonton,
   Virginia. The Bible itself.
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