Details for R. E. (Bob) Stokes Homestead

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5147008938

Data

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.