Henry Smith Stokes

Brief Life History of Henry Smith

When Henry Smith Stokes was born on 30 May 1905, in Henry, Virginia, United States, his father, John Smith Stokes, was 26 and his mother, Annie Jane Rigney, was 21. He married Fairy Simmons Gregory on 26 December 1928, in Henry, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Reed Creek District, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 3 February 1985, in Martinsville, Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, Virginia, United States.

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Henry Smith Stokes
1905–1985
Fairy Simmons Gregory
1910–1958
Marriage: 26 December 1928
Peggie Anne Stokes
1940–2020

Sources (16)

  • Henry S Stokes, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Henry Smith Stokes, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
  • Henry Smith Stokes, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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