Details for Richard S. Stokes

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5281004261

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Marker Number 4261
Atlas Number 5281004261
Marker Title Richard S. Stokes
Index Entry Stokes, Richard S.
Address CR 2664
City Lometa
County Lampasas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 555266
UTM Northing 3463558
Subject Codes
Marker Year 1973
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Long Cove Cemetery, plot G5 - 69. From Lometa, N 7 mi. on FM 2942, then W 0.6 mi. on CR 2664.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size grave marker
Marker Text Joined Confederate Army, as a private, Aug. 7, 1861; was promoted to 1st Lt., Co. I, 8th Infantry, Miss. Regiment, on Aug. 29, 1864. Came to Texas in 1868, settled in Lampasas County as a rancher and farmer; married Elizabeth Rawson, and had seven children. On July 19, 1911, at Chadwick's Mill, on the Colorado River, at age 73, Stokes rescued Lillie B. Evetts, Eva Foster, and R. Ashley Greaves from drowning. For the feat, he received a Carnegie Hero Medal. Recorded - 1973

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