WILLIAM O. LAKE, Assistant Postmster at Morley, was born at Port Rowan, Can., March 5, 1855. His parents, Robert O. and Margaret (Redker) Lake, are also natives of Canada, where they at present reside.
When Mr. Lake reached the age of 11 years, he was employed as clerk in a store by Alexander Ferguson, and there worked about 18 months. Afterwards he was variously employed until the fall of 1872, and then came to Bay City. In the spring of 1873, he came to Morley, and was employed by Nelson Pike as clerk. Six years later he formed a partnership with D. C. King in mercantile enterprise, which relation existed until the summer of 1881, when the business was closed. In the spring of that year he made an extended trip to Colorado, returning the same fall, and engaging temporarily at Morley and Muskegon, in miscellaneous interests. While his affairs were connected with those of D. C. King in 1880, they built a shingle-mill in the western part of Aetna Tp. They managed it about 18 months and sold to J. E. Thurkow. Jan. 1, 1883, Mr. Lake assumed control of the postoffice at Morley. In April of the current year, he was elected Township Clerk, and in the same month succeeded to the editorial chair of the Morley Advance. In politics he is independent, and is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows.
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