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Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker

Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker

Female 1854 - 1945  (90 years)

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  • Name Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker  [1] 
    Born 15 Dec 1854  Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 17 Jun 1880  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1. Stokes, A. Wesley, white, male, 26, married, laborer, Indiana, Indiana, Kentucky
      2. _____, E. Josiphine [Josephine], white, female, 25, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      3. _____, P. Helton, white, male, 3, son, at home, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee
      4. _____, J. Robert, white, male, 29, brother, single, laborer, Indiana, Indiana, Kentucky
    Census 10 Jun 1900  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 1. Stokes, Albert W., head, white, male, born November 1854, 45, married 24 years, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 174
      2. ______, Josephine, wife, white, female, December 1854, 45, married 24 years, 10 children 6 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama, can read and write
      3. ______, Walter, son, white, male, March 1886, 14, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, farm laborer, attended school 6 months, can read and write
      4. ______, Earl, son, white, male, August 1888, 11, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, farm laborer, attended school 6 months, can read and write
      5. ______, Robert, son, wite, male, October 1890, 9, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, attending school 6 months
      6. ______, Fred, son, white, male, February 1893, 7, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee
      7. ______, Earnest, son, white, male, March 1895, 5, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee
    Census 29 Apr 1910  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 1. Stokes, Dosie, head, female, white, 54, married 33 years, 11 children 6 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, farming, own account, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 133
      2. _____, Robert, son, male, white, 19, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Earnest, son, male, white, 15, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school
    Residence 1912  Glencoe township, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • As told by their granddaughter, Pat Simmons:
      "Doc and Dosh moved from Missouri to a farm, located in Payne County, Oklahoma, which had been claimed on September 16, 1893, in the Oklahoma Land Run. Mr. William Burch, riding a mule, entered the race and staked claim to the farm two and one-half miles south of Glencoe. He first build a sod house, then a temporary frame one, and finally in about 1897, a more permanent one-story frame structure. In the early 1900's Mr. Burch sold the farm to Allen Bowen, who added a two-story addition. Then in 1912 Mr. Bowen traded the farm and house to A. W. Stokes for $500 and A. W.'s farm in Mt. View, Missouri. After the Stokes family moved to the farm, it became known as 'The Stokes Place.' "
    Census 14 Jan 1920  Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 1. Stokes, Albert W., head, owns free of mortgage, male, white, [blot over age], married, can read and write, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, farmer, retired, farm schedule no. 13
      2. _____, Eudocia J., wife, female white, [age blotted], can read and write, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, no occupation
    NEWS Aug 1925  Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • 19th anniversary celebration, Daily Mirror (Glencoe, Oklahoma)

      "The Family celebrated the event With a Reunion
      Forty-nine years ago, Rev. Thos. Boderjack, at his home five miles from Mountain View, Howell county, Missouri, spoke the necessary words that united in marriage A. W. Stokes and Miss Eudosia Walker. Last Thursday, July 30, 1925, the event was commemorated by a gathering of all the living members of the family, their wives and children at the home of the aged couple in Glencoe.
      It was the first time for more than twenty-five years that all the sons had sat at the family table at the same time. It was the intention to celebrate the fiftieth aniversary but some one made a mistake and after all the plans were laid, the mistake was discovered but it was decided to go ahead and celebrate.
      A. W. Stokes was born in Indiana November 1, 1854 and lived there and in Clay county, Missouri, untill 1875, when he moved to Howell county, Missouri, where he married, raised his family and continued to reside until 1912, when he traded farm with Allen Bowen and moved to the neighborhood of Glencoe. In 1918 he moved to town, where he has since resided.
      Mr. Stokes is a living example of applied thrift. He was born with no silver spoon in his mouth, has been a farmer all his life and has always resided in a "poor man's country," yet he has accumulated enough that he and his wife can live in comfort the rest of their days without work, if they so desired but they are not satisfied to remain idle.
      Mrs. Stokes is a native of Hickman county, Tennessee, having been born on December 15, 1854, and is the mother of 11 children, six of whom are living. She is a member of the Methodist church, while Mr. Stokes belongs to nothing except the horse club.
      All the living children, their wives and the grandchildren were present at the reunion and are as follows:
      Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Stokes, of Stillwater.
      Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stokes, and four children, of Glencoe
      Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Stokes and four children, of Apache, Oklahoma.
      Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stokes and four children, of Glencoe.
      Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stokes and three children, of near Stillwater.
      Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Stokes and five children, of near Glencoe.
      The many friends of this estimable old couple will join the Mirror in wishing them many more happy anniversaries."
    Census 8 Apr 1930  Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • 1. Stokes, Albert W., head, owns, value $1500, not a farm, male, white, 75, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Indiana, Indiana, Kentucky, no occupation, not a veteran
      2. _____, Eudocia J., wife, female, white, 75, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama, no occupation
    Census 3 Apr 1940  Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • 1. Stokes, Albert W., household 42, owns, value $600, not a farm, head, mail, white, 85, married, grade 6, [born] Indiana, same house in 1935, did not work for pay
      2. _____, Eudocia J., wife, female, white, 85, married, grade 8, Tennessee, same house, no occupation
    NEWS 26 Jan 1941  Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Denver (Colorado) Post
      "Doc" and Eudocia Stokes in Ripley's Believe It or Not column

      "Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stokes of Glencoe, Oklahoma
      are the same age (86), same weight (86), same height (60 in.)
      and have been married 66 years."
    Died 4 Sep 1945  Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Buried 7 Sep 1945  Glencoe-I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Obituary Aft 9 September 1945  [8] 
    • Obituary, Eudocia J. "Docia" (Walker) Stokes, undated, unidentified clipping, possibly from the Glencoe, Oklahoma, newspaper.

      "Died Tuesday night.
      The body of Eudocia Josephine Stokes who died Tuesday night is to lie in state at the home of her son, Robert Wesley Stokes, near Glencoe. She came to Payne County with her husband, Albert, in 1903. "Dosh", born in Hickman County, Tennessee, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Walker. She is survived by six sons: J. W. Stokes, W. E. Stokes and Robert W. Stokes of Glencoe, T. E. Stokes of Pawnee, Fred Stokes of El Monte, California and P. H. Stokes of Stillwater. She was preceded in death by five young children, Girtie, Luther, Sarah, Albert, and Ruby, who were all born and died in Howell County, Missouri.
    Person ID I3439  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2013 

    Father Helton Rutherford Walker,   b. 21 Oct 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1901, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Esther Elizabeth Thornton,   b. 1 Oct 1837, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1854  Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    Family ID F1072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Albert Wesley "Doc" Stokes,   b. 1 Nov 1854, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1944, Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 31 Aug 1876  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 18, 19, 20] 
    • Doc Stokes' obituary (posted by Pat Stokes on his FindAGrave entry) states their marriage date as 30 July 1876. It was not recorded until 15 November 1876, so it is possible that T. C. Bolerjack, the J.P. who performed the marriage, may have made an error.
    Children 
     1. Perry Helton "Shorty" Stokes,   b. 12 Jun 1877, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1970, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     2. Girtie Stokes,   b. 11 Feb 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Luther Stokes,   b. 18 Aug 1880, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1881, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     4. Sarah Stokes,   b. 1882, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1886, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     5. Albert Stokes,   b. Apr 1884, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1884, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +6. James Walter Stokes,   b. 22 Apr 1886, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1969, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +7. Thomas Earl Stokes,   b. 31 Aug 1888, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1970, Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     8. Robert Wesley Stokes,   b. 16 Oct 1890, Hutton Valley Township, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1984, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +9. Fred Stokes,   b. 31 Jan 1893, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1960, El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +10. William Earnest Stokes,   b. 11 Mar 1895, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1976, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     11. Ruby Stokes,   b. 5 Nov 1900,   d. 25 Dec 1901  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2014 
    Family ID F1165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Eudocia Josephine Walker (1854-1945)    		Eudocia Josephine Walker (1854-1945)

    Documents
    'Doc' and 'Docia' Stokes, in a 1941 Ripley's Believe It Or Not syndicated newspaper item.    		"Doc" and "Docia" Stokes, in a 1941 Ripley's Believe It Or Not syndicated newspaper item.
    Newspaper clipping, said to be a Ripley's Believe It Or Not item; handwritten note identifies it as appearing in the Denver (Colorado) Post, 26 January 1941. Original held by Pat Simmons (Tulsa, Ok.), great granddaughter of Albert W. and Eudocia (Walker) Stokes through their son William Ernest and his daughter Clarice Marie (Stokes) Simmons.
    Marriage certificate and return, Docia and Doc Stokes, 1876, Howell County, Missouri    		Marriage certificate and return, Docia and Doc Stokes, 1876, Howell County, Missouri
    Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book B:111, A. W. Stokes-Edocia [Eudocia] Walker, 1876, certificate and return; Recorder

  • Sources 
    1. [S938] Walker, HR - Census 1860 Dickson Co TN, (1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Middle Division, Danielsville (post office), p. 42 (penned top right), dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker household: digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Aug 2007); citing National Archives microform M653, roll 1247.).

    2. [S192] Tennessee, Hickman - census 1870, (1870 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule), Pine Wood, District 5, Hickman County, Tennessee, Page 18 (penned), Dwelling 135, Household 133, H.R. Walker household (Reliability: 4).
      Ancestry.com, my online source for this digital image, has indexed this census family as "WALKES" instead of "WALKER."

    3. [S940] Helton Rutherford Walker Family Bible Records, Holy Bible (publication data unavailable), loose page of family data, held by Pat Simmons [address and phone number for private use] and the Bible from which they were removed privately held by her sister, Mona; the Bible was left to Rutherford's eldest daughter, Eudocia (Walker) Stokes; from Eudocia it passed to her son, William Earnest Stokes; from William Earnest to his daughter, Clarice Marie (Stokes), who left it to her daughters, Pat and Mona (continued in their possession Jan 2008).

    4. [S1147] Walker, Eudocia - Individual Report (Pat Simmons), Simmons, Pat. Supplied by compiler, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2009.

    5. [S2566] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 23 (penned), p. 468 (stamped, recto), dwelling 187, family 187, A. Wesley Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no. 1,254,691.

    6. [S2567] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 15A, p. 37 (stamped, recto), dwelling 287, family 289, Albert W. Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.

    7. [S2568] 1910 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chappel [Chapel] township, enumeration district (ED) 77, sheet 6B, p. 82 (stamped, verso), dwelling 129, family 133, "Docie" Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 784.

    8. [S2569] Pat Simmons, "Individual Report: Eudocia (Walker) Stokes," supplied 2009 by Simmons, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Tulsa, Oklahoma; partially sourced; compiler is the great grand daughter of Eudocia (Walker) Stokes, through her son William Ernest Stokes, and his daughter, Clarice Mae (Stokes) Simmons. A copy is in the possession of the author.

    9. [S2570] 1920 U.S. census, Payne County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Glencoe (town), enumeration district (ED) 179, sheet 2B, p. 105, (stamped, verso), dwelling 10, family 11, Albert W. Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1482.

    10. [S2571] "The Family Celebrated the Event with a Reunion," Daily Mirror (Glencoe, Ok.), abt 1 August 1925, [n.p.]; undated clipping, provided to the author by Harold Reeves (Riverton, WY).

    11. [S2572] 1930 U.S. census, Payne County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Glencoe (town), enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 2B, p. 2A (stamped, verso), dwelling [not stated], family 66, Albert W. Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1925.

    12. [S2573] 1940 U.S. census, Payne County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Glencoe (town), enumeration district (ED) 60-15, house no. 42, Albert W. Stokes household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3323.

    13. [S2574] Newspaper clipping, said to be a Ripley's Believe It Or Not item; handwritten note identifies it as appearing in the Denver (Colorado) Post, 26 January 1941. Original held by Pat Simmons (Tulsa, Ok.), great granddaughter of Albert W. and Eudocia (Walker) Stokes through their son William Ernest and his daughter Clarice Marie (Stokes) Simmons.

    14. [S43] Johnston, Sandra, (Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma) to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 2 Oct 1998.).

    15. [S3788] Pat Simmons, contributor, "Eudocia Josephine Walker Stokes" (1945), digital image of marker and transcribed obituary, memorial 25809736, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 24 August 2013).

    16. [S311] Helton Rutherford Walker obituary, photo copy of undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, sent to the author by Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1990. Mr. Reeves is now deceased. The State Historical Society of Missouri has searched their microfilm collection of West Plains and Mountain View (Howell County) newspapers for the obituary without success.

    17. [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.

    18. [S3786] Howell County, Missouri, marriage book [1876]: 111, Stokes-Walker; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 August 2013); Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

    19. [S3787] Pat Simmons, contributor, "Albert Wesley 'Doc' Stoke s" (1944), digital image of marker and unsourced obituary, memorial 25809697, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 24 August 2013).

    20. [S4371] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book B:111, A. W. Stokes-Edocia [Eudocia] Walker, 1876, certificate and return; Recorder’s Office, West Plains.


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