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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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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. B. 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, and by her is the father of five children: F. D., C. N., W. L., J. H. and Ivy D. The family are Democrats.
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