Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stokes, J. E. December 11, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 February 14, 2024, 6:25 pm Virginian-Pilot December 12, 1891 Mr. J. E. Stokes, bailiff of the United States Court, died at his residence on Holt street, yesterday morning. He leaves a widow and one adopted son (Mr. Charles E. Richardson). Mr. Stokes was well-known in this city and recently, several years ago, he was Mayor of Portsmouth. Mr. Stokes was a native of New York, a soldier in the Federal army during the civil war and, at the close of hostilities, came South and located in Portsmouth. His funeral will take place from S. Mary’s Catholic Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/s/stokes10417nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb