When Singleton Holt Stokes was born on 21 December 1856, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States, his father, John M "WG" Stokes, was 43 and his mother, Sarah or Sally Holcomb, was 38. He married Margaret Virginia Nancy Caroline Russell in 1881, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gorman, Eastland, Texas, United States for about 5 years and Justice Precinct 3, Martin, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 19 May 1942, in Martin, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Stanton, Martin, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1858: Eastland, Texas, United States
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): variant of Stoke with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name has been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
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