General A. P. Peake (1861-1935) was born at Crow Wing, Minnesota, the son of Rev. E. Steele Peake and Mary Augusta Parker Peake. His father was a chaplain in the 28th Wisconsin regiment during the Civil War and a missionary to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. At the age of twelve, A. P. Peake entered military school at Faribault, Minnesota. He served in the Spanish-American War; he was prominent in the National Guard and was one of the organizers of Co. "G". He came to Valley City, Dakota Territory, where he worked in the Farmers & Merchants National Bank under Herbert Root, located in the T. S. Henry building. He also worked for J. Parkhouse in his general store. Mr. Peake invested in real estate and built the Masonic Temple and other down town buildings as well as his own home which was a show place in the early days. He married Anne T. Hollister of Detroit, Michigan in 1888. Seven children were born to them:
George P. Peake
Esther, (Mrs. J. D. Campbell)
Elizabeth (Mrs. Underwood)
A. Parker Peake, Jr.
James E. Peake
Charlotte (Mrs. Irl Carry
Dorothy Anne, who died as an infant.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 190