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Perry Helton "Shorty" Stokes

Perry Helton "Shorty" Stokes

Male 1877 - 1970  (93 years)

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  • Name Perry Helton "Shorty" Stokes  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 12 Jun 1877  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1910  Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Bookkeeper, lumber company. 
    Census 22 Apr 1910  Forest Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1. Stokes, Perry H., head, male, white, 31, first marriage, married 7 years, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, bookkeeper, lumber company, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage
      2. _____, Viola, wife, female, white, 28, first marriage, married 7 years, [Missouri], Alabama, Tennessee, can read and write
    NEWS 27 Jun 1915  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • "Mrs. Perry H. Stokes was the hostess of the J. [R.] Club at a days luncheon, iven at her suburban home at Southridge, Wednesday. A large mound of daisies formed the table centerpiece. Green and white baskets of daisies were given as favors. The guests were: Mrs. C. N. Butler, Mrs. J. M. Carpenter, Mrs. Wlliam Cunningham, Mrs. [?.] J. Davis, Mrs. George M. Ellsworth, Mrs. Frederick C. Ellis, Mrs. D. F. McClary, Mrs. Owen H. Trueblood, Mrs. W. H. [illegible], Mrs. [illegible], Miss Elizabeth M[???]."
    Occupation Abt 1917-1918  Shamrock, Creek County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Bookkeeper, Briggs Lumber Company, Shamrock 
    Residence Abt 1917-1918  Shamrock, Creek County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    World War I Draft Registration Between 1917-1918  Creek County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 21 Apr 1930  418 Blakely St., Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 1. Stokes, Perry H., head, owns, value $4000, has radio set, male, white, 53, married, first married age 25, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, retail merchant, paper and paint, not a veteran
      2. _____, Viola, wife, female, white, 49, married, first married age 22, can read and write, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, saleslady, paper and paint
    Census 15 Apr 1940  418 Blakely St., Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 1. Stokes, Perry H., house no. 418, household 400, owns, value $4000, not a farm, head, male, white, 62, married, completed 7th grade, Missouri, lived in same house 1935, owner, paint store, other income
      2. _____, Viola, wife, female, white, 59, married, completed 8th grade, Mississippi, working at home
      Extra data on Perry Stokes: father born in Missouri, mother born in Tennessee, not a veteran, does not have a social security no., merchant in paint store
    Died 5 Sep 1970  Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I3441  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2012 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker,   b. 15 Dec 1854, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1945, Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 31 Aug 1876  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F1165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mattie Viola Graham,   b. 22 Jan 1881, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1972, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 8 Mar 1903  Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • No issue.
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F1166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Perry H. and Viola did not have children, "but were much loved by their numerous nieces and nephews." [Pat Simmons]

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S2579] "World WarI I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com accessed 17 June 2012), Perry Helton Stokes, serial no. 610, order no. [not stated], Creek County, Oklahoma; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,851,702.

    3. [S2581] "Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 Sept 2012), entry for Perry Helton Stokes (1877-1970), memorial no. 25795600, posted by Pat Simmons (wingsmedia@cox.net), 7 April 2008.

    4. [S1150] SSDI - Ancestry, Social Security Administration, (\i Ancestry.com\i0  (http://www.ancestry.com)).
      Perry Stokes
      SSN: 446-24-6313
      Last Residence: 74074, Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States of America
      Born: 12 Jun 1877
      Died: Sep 1970
      State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951)

    5. [S2576] 1910 U.S. census, Jackson County, Missouri, population schedule, Kansas City, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 8B, p. 228 (stamped, verso), dwelling 187, family 196, Perry H. Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 788.

    6. [S2580] "In Society," Kansas City (Missouri) Star, 27 June 1915, p, 3C (editorial sec.), col. 2, item for Mrs. Perry H. Stokes; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 15 Sept 2012).

    7. [S2577] 1930 U.S. census, Payne County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Stillwater (418 Blakely St.), enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 7A, p. 16 (stamped, verso), dwelling 173, family 173, Perry H. Stokes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1925.

    8. [S2578] 1940 U.S. census, Payne County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Stillwater (418 Blakely St.), enumeration district (ED) 60-30, house no. 418, Perry H. Stokes household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3323.

    9. [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.

    10. [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.

    11. [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).

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

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


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