History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 662.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

JOHN K. LAKE, lawyer, P. O. Cynthiana; was born Nov. 29, 1851, in Harrison
County.  His parents were William and Mary (Renaker) Lake; both of whom
were born and raised in this county.  Mr. Lake was a prosperous and
well-to-do farmer.  He died in 1855.  Mrs. Lake was a daughter of Jacob
Renaker; she died in 1851, when John K. Lake was an infant.  He entered
Wesleyan University at Millersburg, Ky., where he completed his course
and received a diploma in 1871. He graduated in law from Washington and
Lee University, Virginia, in 1872, and immediately entered upon the
practice of his profession at Cynthiana.  He owns 500 acres of good land,
and resides in sight of Cynthiana; he divides his attention between the
farm and the bar.  He has never been an office-seeker, but served for a
time as City Attorney.  He was married, April 27th, 1876, to Miss Mattie
Broadwell.  The union has produced one child, Dawson.  She was born Jan.
24, 1877.  He is a member of the M. E. Church South, and holds the office
of steward.  He is a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity, and has
taken the Commandery Degree.  He holds the office of Grand Sword Bearer to
the Grand Commandery of Kentucky.  Mr. Lake adheres to the tenets of the
Democratic faith in politics.

Lake Renaker Broadwell
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