Marker Number |
8938 |
Atlas Number |
5147008938 |
Marker Title |
R. E. (Bob) Stokes Homestead |
Index Entry |
Stokes, R. E. (Bob), Homestead |
Address |
|
City |
Leonard |
County |
Fannin |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
760457 |
UTM Northing |
3696644 |
Subject Codes |
farms |
Marker Year |
1980 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
Marker Location |
from Leonard take FM 272 NE 3 miles |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
Marker Text |
In 1895 R. E. (Bob) Stokes (1865-1944), his wife Ada, and their children migrated from Mississippi to Hickory Creek community in Fannin County. Stokes purchased this farm in 1901 and erected this house the following year. Nearby there was a log barn and a two-room workers' house.The family had ten children. Stokes served as trustee of the Bralley School and helped erect a new schoolhouse and Bethel Baptist Church building. Peddlers traveled dirt roads which Stokes helped maintain with a drag hitched to four mules. |