Washington Co., AR - Biographies - W. L. Stokes *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Goodspeed Publishing Co Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** W. L. Stokes, senior member of the livery firm of Stokes & Son, of Springdale, Ark., was born in the "Palmetto State" in 1822, and at an early day immigrated to Kentucky, thence to Tennessee, and afterward resided in the following States in the order in which they are named: Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Arkansas. His wife, Lucy Stokes, is the mother of eleven children, and is his second wife. S. L. Stokes, of the above named firm, was born in Missouri in 1855, and after coming to Arkansas erected a large livery stable in Rogers, and was also engaged in merchandising in that place. He is married and has one child, Mary. His brother, H. L. Stokes, also a member of the livery firm, was born in Tennessee in 1846, and was taken by his parents to Missouri when about one year old, and after living in that State for about three years was brought to Arkansas, locating first in Benton County, and then in Crawford County, where they lived until 1861. They then moved South, and H. L. Stokes, at a very early age, joined the Confederate army, and served about three years. After the war he returned to Arkansas, and since 1867 has been a resident of Washington County, and for seven years has been a member of the present livery firm. He was married, in 1869, to Miss A. E. Hinson, who was born in Arkansas in 1856, [p.1023] and by her is the father of five children: F. D., C. N., W. L., J. H. and lvy D. The family are Democrats.