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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 580-581
LYCURGUS HAKE, a prosperous farmer in the town of Lima, Grant county, was born in Clifton township, that county, Aug. 14, 1859, son of George W. and Phoebe (DERWATER) HAKE. The father was born in Pennsylvania, and the mother in Ohio, and both came to Wisconsin with their parents when young people. George HAKE, the grandfather of Lycurgus, came to Wisconsin from Ohio at a very early day, and settled in Liberty, Grant county. There were five sons and one daughter in his family: Eli, William, Levi, George W., Israel, and Caroline (who became the wife of John SPARKS, of Iowa).
George W. HAKE located for a time in the town of Clifton, where he owned a considerable tract of land, at one time over six hundred acres. The farm where Lycurgus HAKE is now living was bought by him, and thoroughly improved. In 1889 he retired from active life and settled in Platteville, dying at his home there in February, 1896. Mrs. Phoebe HAKE is still living in Platteville, at the age of seventy-four. To this estimable couple were born five children: (1) Laura, born in the town of Clifton, married Riley DENNIS, and settled on the present home of her brother, Lycurgus; she died soon afterward, leaving no family. (2) Almira, born in Grant county, is now the wife of Stephen DENNIS, and lives in Clifton. To this marriage was born one daughter, Ora, who is a graduate of the Platteville Business College. (3) Lycurgus is our subject. (4) Grant, born in Clifton township in 1874, married Miss Nora BUSHNELL, and is now residing on his farm in Clifton. They have three children, Mabel, Wesley, and Melvin. (5) Mirtie, born in Clifton, married Cirtus CRAVEN, a farmer in the town of Lima.
Lycurgus HAKE grew up on the old home farm in the town of Clifton, where he received a good common-school education. He remained with his parents until his marriage, in December, 1880, to Miss Annie BUSHNELL, of the town of Lima, Grant county. Hiram and Louisa BUSHNELL, her parents, came from Trumbull county, Ohio, to the town of Harrison, Grant county, at a very early day, and were numbered among the most honorable and highly respected families of this part of the State. Mrs. HAKE was born in 1858, and obtained her education in the local public schools. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. HAKE settled on the farm, where they made their home until 1888, that year moving back to the old HAKE farm in the town of Clifton, where he spent five years in farming and stock raising. In 1893 Mr. and Mrs. HAKE came back to their present home, and the next year put up a large barn, also building one of the modern commodious homes of the town. The house is finished in hard wood, and has every modern convenience possible to obtain in a farm home. In this fine estate there are 180 acres of as choice land as southwestern Wisconsin affords.
Mr. and Mrs. HAKE have had five children: (1) Leslie, born in 1882, in the town of Lima, has studied at the State Normal in Platteville for some years, and is a bright and charming young lady, living at home. (2) Ira, born in 1884. (3) Jessie, born in 1885, (4) Sadie, born in 1891, and (5) Donald, born in 1897, are also at home. In politics Mr. HAKE has been a Republican. He and his wife are church-going people. They are courteous and kindly, possessed of high character, and highly esteemed by all who know them.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck