49th Anniversary of Eudocia Josephine Walker Stokes and Albert Wesley Stokes

• Title	49th Anniversary of Eudocia Josephine Walker Stokes and Albert Wesley Stokes
  Short Title	Walker, Eudocia Walker - 49th Anniversary (newspaper)
  Publisher	clipping, sent by Harold Reeves (The Glencoe Mirror Newspaper, Glencoe, Oklahoma, abt 1 Aug 1925
  Repository	Janis Gilmore (personal library)
  Source ID	S1042
  Text	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.

  
  

• Notes

  This article was given to me in copy form, by Harold Reeves, and it is missing the specific publication date, and the newspaper name. Internal evidence ("The many friends of this estimable old couple will join the Mirror in wishing them many more happy anniversaries.") tells us that it is the Mirror, and a little research discovers that there was a Glencoe Mirror newspaper in Payne county, OK, at the time of the 49th anniversary.