Gunnison news-champion., 1919-09-05
The following sketch Of. his life ap-
pears in the History Of Colorado:

The following sketch OF his life Ap-
pears in the History Of Colorado:
"Henry r. Lake, Of Gunnison, Colo
Eado, an enterprising AID thoroughly
reliable real estate and insurancs nan,
I. . native Of Livingston county.
eon Of Rial and May F. (Burtl Lake.
The parents were born lear Bellows
private school in PhiladelphlA for sew
eral years and In 1884 moved = Liv-
iagston county. Michigan, whars Be
"a. one Of the pioneer settler. H
eeenty frvm Detroit. . distance Of
my niles, hsnliag wheat 4 hfty
esaes psr bsahA with - ex team e
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- sse4ios q Is sEsse. TIis wossSy
esapis had edit ehildrsn, two e
vAsm stiIl survive Heary =. cf Gun-
IN, NOW reading 1t Howell, Michisan.
until eighteen years Of age. receiving
- = GAuAsc0 cV0CW&8y1s WutCu - ~
ease in 20 many instances in new
Lake enlisted n Z private in Company
H. Twenty second Michigan InfAntry
Regie1ent He was pronsoted to cor
ehe spring d lsSa At tlse battle q
ChickamaugA September % and 70,
1853, he had command Of his company,
- fourth sergeant, III Of its higher
officers being killed or bad0 wounded.
At this point the entire re1iment was
captured and Mr.. Lake was held q :
prisoner Of war until March I. 1855.
being confined in prisons ct Atlanta.
Georgia; Richmond, Danville, .Ander-
sonville, Charleston and Florence. In
March, 1865. he was paroled At Will
mington, North Carolina, and on April
- was commissioned second leuten-
ant, to rank Is such from April I.
but was prevented from being mus
tered as lieutenant by being pris-
oner under parole. He was honorably
discharged ct Camp Chase, June ..
1856. On February 28-twcnty-iive
yeArs later-the government made
reparation. by special order No. -,
from army headquarters at the attcr-
ney generals office, which reads:
The discharging Of Sergeant Henry
y. Lake, Co. H, Twenty-second Mich
1GAn Infantry Vols, June ., 1856, Il
amended to take eject April q. 1856:
H h mustered into sesytes - oocupd
neutenast q ~ slne cemRa9y ~
Segimene = as1s ApRfl - l0G;
01stefed out and hoeDsahly dfsehare-
- JuAe 8 10e6 ard be = mustered
~ pay n said grade, 4uring the
Desiod smhraesd bstwsea d. afore-
rAfter IL war Nj. Lals returned
. Miehigan and for ten years farrned
= portion Of the old Homestead and IN
January, 1876, moved to the vicinity
of Topeka, Kansas, but before the eud
of that year came to Colorado, going
- the first regular passenger train
tkat reached Pueblo over tie Santa
~ Rai1road. During tie ensuing
winter he served - night clerk ct the
terminal railway station md IN Nay;
1D71, fofned ! train u freiGft teamd
oGnvinE for The San Miguel country,
n1$roe4ed t. that region By tie mining
GBeife1cnk Daring tbs summer q
1o77 ~ made three trips to pueble
With . freight team, the distance be-
~ three hundred and dfty miles eacA
nay. He, with several ctherz, ~
1nained in the San Miguel country
0nring tie winter q 1917-79 ID III
oue1nan 6fs1851 ~ t6wn ~ - ~.
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- ftllulide, ~ 6azveysd, "a II.
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