Details for Richard S. Stokes
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5281004261
Data
| 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 |