Generation No. 1

1.  ALFRED BRITTON1 STOKES was born 1815 in possibly Warren Co. Tennesee, and 
died 1869-1870.
    
Children of ALFRED BRITTON STOKES are:
2.  i.  FRANCIS MARION2 STOKES, b. 1842; d. October 1892, White County, 
Arkansas.
    ii. THOMAS R. STOKES, b. 1844.
    iii.    JOHN H. STOKES, b. 1845; m. SALINA RAMSEY, March 13, 1862, 
Jackson County, Alabama.
    iv. MARY JANE STOKES, b. February 1847; d. December 02, 1918; m. JAMES 
RAGSDALE, February 03, 1869, Jackson county alabama.

Notes for MARY JANE STOKES:
Mary is listed alone in brother Tandy's home in 1880 census.

    v.  ALFRED BRITTON STOKES, b. 1849.
    vi. GENNETT STOKES, b. 1851, Mississippi; m. (1) WILLIAM CAGLE, April 14, 
1871, jackson county alabama; m. (2) ALBERT RAGSDALE, December 01, 1877, 
Jackson county alabama.
3.  vii.    TANDY WALKER STOKES, b. September 02, 1852, Alabama; d. April 22, 
1922, Woodruff County, AR buried in Fakes Cemetery.
    viii.   WILLIAM ALLEN STOKES, b. 1853.
    ix. HANNAH STOKES, b. 1854; m. JAMES SAMPLES, April 16, 1871, Jackson 
County, Alabama.
4.  x.  JULIA A. STOKES, b. 1859; d. December 02, 1918, Pulaski County 
Arkansas.
    xi. JAMES STOKES, b. 1861.
    xii.    JOSEPH A. STOKES, b. 1863.
5.  xiii.   GEORGE STOKES, b. 1866.
    xiv.    CLARA STOKES, b. 1870.
 

Generation No. 2

2.  FRANCIS MARION2 STOKES (ALFRED BRITTON1) was born 1842, and died October 
1892 in White County, Arkansas.  He married (1) MARY HEMBREE March 13, 1862 
in Jackson County, Alabama.  He married (2) MARY E. SMITH July 04, 1891 in 
White County, ARkansas.
    
Children of FRANCIS STOKES and MARY HEMBREE are:
    i.  JULIA ANN3 STOKES, b. 1868.
    ii. JANE STOKES, b. 1873.

3.  TANDY WALKER2 STOKES (ALFRED BRITTON1) was born September 02, 1852 in 
Alabama, and died April 22, 1922 in Woodruff County, AR buried in Fakes 
Cemetery.  He married MARY AREZINE WILLIS September 13, 1874 in Jackson 
County, Alabama, daughter of JAMES WILLIS and MARGARET ISBELL.

Notes for TANDY WALKER STOKES:
Information from Tandy's certified death certificate.  In great-granddaughter 
Sherry Christmas Hicks possession.

Place of Death-Woodruff
Township_Barnes               Registration District No.7063

Full Name Tandy Walker Stokes
Male White Widowed  Date of Birth Sept. 2, 1852 Age 69 years 7mos. 28ds.
Occupation-Invalid
Birthplace-Arkansas
Name of father-don't know
birthplace-Alabama
Mother maiden name-don't know
Birthplace of mother-don't know
Signed by Sidney L. Stokes
R. 1 McCrory, Ark.
Filed April 30, 1922 W. W. Raney ( registrar and undertaker_
Date of Death April 30, 1922
I hereby certify that Iattended the decesed from april 20, 1922 to April 28, 
1922 that I last saw him alive on April 28, 1922 and that death occurred on 
the date state above.
Cause of death was pneumonia.  duration 10 days
signed by J. ? Morris, M.D.
Place of burial Fakes Cemetery

1880 White County Census
1517 Stokes, Tandy W.  26       cannot read or write
                      Mary   wife  25       cannot read or write
                      Johnnie O.  daughter 3
                      George    son  2 (this is Monroe)
                       Jesse T.   son 3Months born in Feb.
                       Mary   mother 60 Cannot read or write
                       Julia   sister  21
                       James  brother 20    Cannot read or write
                       George brother 14    Cannot read or write
Ragsdale, Mary sister 33        Cannot read

Tandy's father is listed as having been born in Tennessee and his mother in 
North Carolina.
Mary, his wife, shows her father and mother both being born in Alabama.

Notes for MARY AREZINE WILLIS:
Death certificate 

White County
Clay Township
Dte of birth March 24, 1855

Birthplace Alabama
Father-James Willis
Tennessee

Mother Margaret Isbell
Alabama

Died July 10, 1914  of Malarial fever
 
 

In the 1900 census it shows Mary and Tandy had 10 children and only 8 living. 
 I can only account for 9 children.  Jesse T. was listed in the 1880 and his 
is missing so I assume he died and then probably a child was born and died in 
the 1880- 1900 time frame.

Then By 1910 Poor Mary only had 6 children living-- so that would be Jesse 
T., unknown child, George Monroe and Charley M. 
    
Children of TANDY STOKES and MARY WILLIS are:
6.  i.  JOHNNIE3 STOKES, b. 1876; d. 1959-1965.
    ii. MONROE STOKES, b. May 1878.
    iii.    JESSE T STOKES, b. February 1880; d. 1880-1900.
    iv. CHARLEY M. STOKES, b. March 1881.
7.  v.  WILLIE WALKER STOKES, b. January 1885; d. April 25, 1965.
8.  vi. SIDNEY LAURIE STOKES, b. July 27, 1887, Alabama; d. February 23, 
1947, McCrory, AR Woodruff Co. Arkansas.
9.  vii.    CARRIE L. STOKES, b. March 1890; d. 1918, Jackson county arkansas.
    viii.   MARTIN GRIDDLEY STOKES, b. 1893.
    ix. OTHA STOKES, b. August 1895; d. 1917, Camp Beauregard, LA of Measles 
WWI; m. EULAH DETHERIDGE, July 04, 1917, Jackson County Arkansas.

Notes for OTHA STOKES:
Remember the newspapers make mistakes.  Notice Carrie is not listed as a 
survivor and since she died in 1918 she should be listed.  Notice theyhave J. 
M. listed which does not match.  I figure they got Aunt Johnnie and Martin 
G.'s initials confused and J.M. is really Griddley and they omitted Aunt 
Johnnie
From a Woodruff County Newspaper.

 The sad news of the death of one of "our soldier boys" was received here 
Sunday, the telegram stating that Private Otha Stokes had succumbed at Camp 
Beauregard, La., to an attack of measles and pneumonia.
     The remains arrived here Wednesday and were laid to rest in the Fakes 
Cemetary Thursday, Rev,. J. R. Nelson conducting the funeral services and 
quite a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives attending to pay 
their last tribute of respect to the first volunteer from McCrory who gave 
his life for his home and country.  Private J. E. Marr of Co. A was detailed 
to accompany the remains home.
     The deceased enlisted with company of volunteers from Woodruff County, 
UNREADABLE, 154th, infantry 39th division a few months ago but was since 
transfered to a machine gun company of the same regiment.  Reports state that 
he was a good soldier and well respected by all his comrades.
     He leaves a father, Mr. T. W. Stokes of Beedeville, a wife and three 
brothers, Messrs. S. L. and W. W. Stokes of McCrory and J.M. Stokes of 
Beedeville and a large number of friends to mourn his loss.  The News joins 
with every citizen of Woodruff County in extending heart-felt sympathies to 
the bereaved wife, father and brothers.

4.  JULIA A.2 STOKES (ALFRED BRITTON1) was born 1859, and died December 02, 
1918 in Pulaski County Arkansas.  She married CHARLES EXUM December 21, 1886 
in White County Arkansas.

Marriage Notes for JULIA STOKES and CHARLES EXUM:
Book G Page  552 in White County Arkansas
    
Children of JULIA STOKES and CHARLES EXUM are:
    i.  EMMITT3 EXUM, b. August 1882.
    ii. GEORGE EXUM, b. 1889.
    iii.    ROBERT EXUM, b. November 1890.
    iv. JAMES EXUM, b. August 1892.
    v.  THOMAS EXUM, b. December 1896.

5.  GEORGE2 STOKES (ALFRED BRITTON1) was born 1866.  He married MATTIE.

Notes for GEORGE STOKES:
1920 Woodruff County Census Cash (Cache)  Township

F.M. 12 13 Stokes, George head  rent home m w 54 Widow  farmer 
                               Carrey(?) daughter f w 23 S
                                Emmett son m  w 20 S
                                Rosia daughter F w 19 S
                                Johnnie son m 20 16 S
                                Nettie Daughter F 20 16 S
All could read and write.  enumerated by ARmstrong Sheet 2A
    
Children of GEORGE STOKES and MATTIE are:
    i.  CARREY3 STOKES, b. Abt. 1897.
    ii. EMMETT STOKES, b. Abt. 1900.
    iii.    ROSIA STOKES, b. Abt. 1901.
    iv. JOHNIE STOKES, b. Abt. 1904.
    v.  NETTIE STOKES, b. Abt. 1909.
 

Generation No. 3

6.  JOHNNIE3 STOKES (TANDY WALKER2, ALFRED BRITTON1) was born 1876, and died 
1959-1965.  She married (2) DOC AARON.  She married (3) L. F. MARTIN.
    
Child of JOHNNIE STOKES is:
    i.  W.O.4 STOKES, b. Abt. 1898.

7.  WILLIE WALKER3 STOKES (TANDY WALKER2, ALFRED BRITTON1) was born January 
1885, and died April 25, 1965.  He married ALICE BELL.
    
Children of WILLIE STOKES and ALICE BELL are:
    i.  GOLDIE4 STOKES, b. Abt. 1908; m. W. M. DEHART, January 24, 1926.
    ii. GRADY STOKES.
    iii.    DOROTHY STOKES.
    iv. HAROLD STOKES.
    v.  LOIS STOKES.
    vi. MAGGIE STOKES.

8.  SIDNEY LAURIE3 STOKES (TANDY WALKER2, ALFRED BRITTON1) was born July 27, 
1887 in Alabama, and died February 23, 1947 in McCrory, AR Woodruff Co. 
Arkansas.  He married EVA RAY BARBER July 31, 1906 in White County Arkansas, 
daughter of JAMES BARBER and VIRGINIA PATTERSON.

Notes for SIDNEY LAURIE STOKES:
I know from handwritten notes that Helen Stokes Christmas wrote that Sidney 
lived in a hewed log house on the south side of Fakes Cemetery about 1 and 
1/2 miles north of McCrory.  Handwritten notes by his daughter Helen states 
hedied from heart trouble.

The date of Sidney's marriage was found in Eva Ray's family Bible that Betty 
Ruth Christmas Smith owns.  Betty is the granddaughter of Sidney L. Stokes.
Sidney's marriage was also found in the White County marriage index.  The 
date is July 31, 1906 recorded in Book P Page 60

From Newspaper clipping:
Funeral Services for Mr. Sidney L. Stokes Held Monday Feb. 24 (1947)

     Funeral services for Sidney L. Stokes 60, who died Sunday Feb. 23, 1947 
at 5:00 at his home in Colona, four miles south of McCrory, were held at 
three o'clock Monday afternoon at the Fakes Cemetery.  The Rev. Chester 
Parker, pastor of the McCrory Baptist Chruch, conducted the services.  Burial 
was in Fakes Cemetery.
    Mr. Stokes was born July 27, 1887, in White County, Arkansas a son of 
Walker and Mary(Willis) Stokes.  He had lived near McCrory for many years.
     He is survived by his wife: two sons, Roy Stokes of the home, and 
Chester Stokes of California; three daughters Mrs. Frank Jones, of Tupelo, 
Mrs. James Joslin of Diaz; and Mrs. J. H. Christmas of Augusta; a brother, 
Will Stokes of Leachville, MO; and a sister Mrs. Ollie Martin of Searcy.

Marriage Notes for SIDNEY STOKES and EVA BARBER:
found in marriage index in White County Library where Sidney L. Stokes 
married Eva Ray Barber in 1906 and it is recorded in Book P page 0060
 

Death certificate #2776
Place of Death  Jackson County, Arkansas
Weldon, AR
Birth date Oct. 11, 1889 Searcy, AR  Date of death March 12, 1952
occupation housework 
father's name Jim Barber
Mother maiden name Virginia Patterson
Informant Roy Stokes
Disease or condition  Hypertension
Significant factor  heart block
Physician signature Dr. Morris
Burial in Fakes Cemetery
    
Children of SIDNEY STOKES and EVA BARBER are:
    i.  ARTHUR L.4 STOKES, b. June 30, 1907; d. December 29, 1942, buried in 
Fakes Cemetery, McCrory, AR Woodruff Co.; m. ALICE FAYE AARON, 1926, White 
County Arkansas.

Notes for ARTHUR L. STOKES:
Died of an aneurysm.  Obit from Woodruff County Newspaper:

Arthur L. Stokes

Arthur L. Stokes, 35, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Stokes, died Tuesday at his 
home near Augusta December 29, 1942.  He leaves besides his parents, a wife 
and one child.  Burial was in the Fakes Cemetery near McCrory.
 

Marriage recorded in White County Arkansas 1926 Book 27 Page 456.

    ii. CECLE OLLIE STOKES, b. November 02, 1908; d. January 29, 1996; m. 
FRANK JONES, October 11, 1926, Woodruff County, AR.
    iii.    VIRGINIA ROSETTA STOKES, b. June 29, 1911; d. August 09, 1911.
    iv. JESSIE MAE STOKES, b. August 26, 1913; d. June 15, 1930, buried in 
Fakes Cemetery, McCrory, AR Woodruff Co..

Notes for JESSIE MAE STOKES:
Jessie Mae Stokes Takes Own Life

     Miss Jessie Mae Stokes, age 16 years, nine months and 15 days placed a 
32 caliber pistol to her breast and pulled the trigger Sunday morning June 
15, 1930 about 11 o'clock killing her instantly.  Just before ending her life 
she called her mother who was in another of the Stokes home and who saw the 
suicidal act.  The home is just over the line Jackson County ten miles north 
of McCrory.  No reason was given for the rash act of the chld.  Her father 
and other members of the family were seated at the dinner table.  Apparently 
the girl did not seem despondent in any way.
     The deceased was the daughter of Sidney and Eva Ray (Barber) Stokes and 
was born near McCrory August 26, 1913.  Burial was in the Fakes cemetery 
Monday morning under the direction of Undertaker Walter W. Raney and the 
services were conducted by Rev. Alonso McKelvey pastor of the Fakes Chapel 
M.E. Church, South.
     She leaves to mourn her loss a father, mother, three sisters, Cecle, 
Helen and Alma and three brothers, Arthur,  Roy and Chester. 

Death certificate 627
Jackson County
Cowlake
Jessie Mae Stokes
Birth date 8-26-1913
date of death June 15, 1930
single
Name of father Sidney Stokes              Cause of death Suicide Pistol shot 
in                                                                presence of 
mother
born near Searcy
Mother name Eva Ray Barber
near Searcy, AR

Informant Sidney Stokes
Rt. 1 MCrory, AR
Burial in Fakes Cemetery June 16, 1930
Undertaker Walter W. Raney

More About JESSIE MAE STOKES:
Fact 1: committed suicide

    v.  EDWARD STOKES, b. June 27, 1916; d. January 17, 1918, buried in Fakes 
Cemetery, McCrory, AR Woodruff Co..
    vi. HELEN STOKES, b. November 29, 1917, McCrory, AR Woodruff Co. 
Arkansas; d. May 17, 1992, Olympia, WA    buried in Augusta, AR Woodruff Co.; 
m. JAMES HELTON CHRISTMAS, August 12, 1936, Augusta Arkansas.

Notes for HELEN STOKES:
From Newspaper Clipping:

     Miss Helen Stokes, aged 18, and Mr. Helton Christmas, age 20, were 
married Wednesday August 12, 1936 at the home of the Rev. Lloyd Sparkman, 
pastor of the Baptist Church of Augusta.  The bride is a daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Sid Stokes of R. 1, McCrory, and the groom is a son of Mrs. Ed Smith of 
Agusta.  Just a few friends witnessed the ceremony.  The newlyweds will make 
their home with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith.
 

On the back of a picture owned by Helen's daughter Carol Christmas Helen 
wrote:

Helen Stokes Christmas born Nov. 29, 1917 one and one half mile northof 
McCrory, Arkansas. In a hewed log house on the South side of the Fakes 
Cemetery. In Woodruff County

    vii.    ROY RAY STOKES, b. May 30, 1921, woodruff County, AR; d. August 
1969, buried in Woodruff County Fakes Cemetery; m. ALICE FAYE AARON STOKES, 
September 05, 1946, Woodruff County, AR.

Notes for ROY RAY STOKES:
Roy R. Stokes  married Alice Stokes 35 (widow of brother--Arthur) 9/05/1946 
Book BB Page 424 (Woodruff County, Arkansas)

    viii.   CHESTER WALTER STOKES, b. August 21, 1924; m. (1) OLLIE MAE 
PERKINS, March 19, 1946, Woodruff County, AR; m. (2) SUE LOGSDON, March 31, 
1947, Woodruff County, AR; m. (3) JUANITA PRINCE, December 08, 1948, Woodruff 
County, AR; m. (4) ALLA JEAN RAY, August 22, 1967, Woodruff County, AR.

Notes for CHESTER WALTER STOKES:
Woodruff County Marriage Index

Chester W. 22 Sue Logsdon 18 3/13/1947 Book CC 42
Chester W. 24 Juanita Prince 19 12/8/1948 Book DD Page 3
Chester W. 42 All Jean Ray 33 8/22/1967 Book II Page 263
Chester W. 21 Ollie Mae Perkin 18 3/29/1946 Book BB Pg. 230

    ix. ALMA RUTH STOKES, b. August 17, 1927; m. JAMES DAVID JOSLIN, 
September 04, 1943, Woodruff County, AR.

Marriage Notes for ALMA STOKES and JAMES JOSLIN:
Alma Stokes 16 James David Joslin 15 married in Woodruff County Arkansas 
9/4/1943 recorded in Book AA Page 125

9.  CARRIE L.3 STOKES (TANDY WALKER2, ALFRED BRITTON1) was born March 1890, 
and died 1918 in Jackson county arkansas.  She married JOHN PIRTLE 1906 in 
White County Arkansas.

Notes for CARRIE L. STOKES:
According to Randy Currier, great grandson to Carrie, she died in 1918 of the 
Spanish Flu.  Randy recently put a tombstone on her grave in the Gourdneck 
Cemetery.

Carrie and John Pirtle marriage recorded in Book P. Page 479 1907 in White 
County Arkansas

More About CARRIE L. STOKES:
Fact 1: died of Spanish flu
    
Child of CARRIE STOKES and JOHN PIRTLE is:
    i.  ISHMAN4 PIRTLE.