7699 Thomas Arthur Stokes - b. Jun. 4, 1844 , Covington County, MS, d. Oct. 24, 1936, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA, m. Lucy Hathaway in 1868, Rapides Parish, La. Children:

7741 Frances Elizabeth Stokes - b. 1869, d. 1954, m. Robert Tubre, b. 1854, d. 1935, Both bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA.

7742 Mary Etta Stokes - b. Feb. 10, 1871, d. Nov. 13, 1958, m. Robert Lee Bailey, b. Aug. 11, 1873, d. May 17, 1958 Both , bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA. Children:

18415 Robert Lee Bailey, Jr. - b. Aug. 25, 1905, d. Aug. 22, 1981, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA.

7743 Arthur Stokes - b. 1873, m. Josie Bougal

7744 Milton Kilpatrick Stokes - b. Feb. 1, 1876, d. May 23, 1943, m. Ophelia Jackson, b. May 7, 1885, d. Mar. 25, 1959 Both bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA. Children:

18416 Milton Kilpatrick Stokes, Jr. - b. Mar. 24, 1910, d. Dec. 10, 1942, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA

18417 Cora Lee Stokes - b. Jun. 11, 1917, d. Jun. 3, 1993, m. Vance Sherman “Champ” Harrelson, b. Nov. 2, 1919, d. Mar. 29, 1993. Both bur. Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA.  Children

18418 Vance S. Harrelson, Jr. - b. Apr. 20, 1943, d. Aug. 25, 1962, bur. Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA.

18419 Ella Leona Stokes - b. Feb. 25, 1922, d. Sep. 23, 1938, bur. Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA.

7745 Thomas Lee Stokes - b. 1878 , d. 1961, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA, m. (1) Mary Hatfield, m. (2) Ollie Lewis, b. 1883, d. 1973, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA

7746 Charity Stokes - b. Sep. 5, 1884, d. May 31, 1968, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA, m. B. J. Johnston

7747 Eula Bell Stokes - b. Jan. 8, 1886, d. Mar. 12, 1982, m. James Swan McNabb, b. Dec. 19, 1884, d. Sep. 16, 1970. Both bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA. Children:

18420 Myrtle McNabb - b. Dec. 7, 1906, d. Jul. 6, 1994, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA.

18421 Mabel McNabb - b. Aug. 12, 1908, d. Sep. 1, 1989, m. James Travis Trimble, b. Nov. 26, 1905, d. Oct. 23, 1983. Both bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA.

18422 Mackie McNabb - b. Oct. 24, 1911, d. Mar. 20, 1999, m. Franklin McKenzie Kyle, b. Nov. 21, 1897, d. Apr. 1, 1969. Both bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA.

18423 Eula B. McNabb - b. Nov. 16, 1913, d. Jan. 8, 2004, m. Rufus Arthur Brister, b. Dec. 28, 1910, d. Mar. 9, 1979.  Both bur. Roberts Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish, LA

18424 Thomas T. McNabb - b. Mar. 1, 1918, d. Mar. 28, 2001, , bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA

7748 George Clifton Stokes - - b. Jun. 3, 1892, d. Feb. 13, 1984, bur. Pythian Cemetery, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA

7700 Benjamin F. Stokes - b. 1847, m. Martha McDonald in 1864, dau. of Bill McDonald, Caldwell Parish, La. Children:

7749 William Stokes - b. 1868

7750 Sarah Stokes - b. 1870

7751 Thomas Stokes - b. 1874

7752 Homer Stokes - b. 1876

7753 George Stokes - b. 1880

7754 Mary Stokes (Twin) - b. 1880, m. Jim Mizell

7755 Benjamin Alex Stokes - b. 1882

7701 Daniel Walter Stokes - b. 1848, m. Mary Ann Perkins, dau. of Elliott Monroe Perkins. She was sister of Martha LaPearl Perkins, wife of James Madison Stokes (VI). Children:

7756 Lula Stokes - b. 1876

7757 Walter Stokes, Jr. - b. 1878

7758 Katie, Stokes - b. 1886

7702 Frances Stokes – b. 1850

7703 Irving Stokes - b. 1852.

 

For more about the Stokes family see the  book Stokes, A Family History by. Wilford Perry Stokes, Sr., Portier Gorman Publications, Thibodaus, LA

3418 HARRIETT MIXON, WILLIAM MIXON (1771), JESSE MIXON, JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

Harriett Mixon, dau. of Irvin and Elizabeth Reeves Mixon, was b. in Lawrence County, MS, April 5, 1839, d. Jan. 3, 1918, bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS. On Jan. 18, 1854 she married William M. Smith - b. ca. 1837, d. ____, who had run away from his N. C. home at age 16, going first to Memphis, to Natchez, then to Osyka, Miss. where he met and married Harriett Mixon. Children:

7759 Mary E. "Molly" Smith - b. 1855, d. Aug. 29, 1941, m. Berry R. Pevey, b. Oct. 23, 1853, d. Jun. 9, 1919:  Both bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS. Children :

18425 Lillian Pevey - b. Apr. 12, 1877, d. Mar. 5, 1885, bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS

7769 Fleet Peavy - b. 1878, d. 1964, m. Leola Garner, b. Dec. 26, 1878, d. Oct. 25, 1959.  Both bur. Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Pike County, MS

7770 Nettie Pevy - b. Jul. 23, 1881, d. Apr. 1, 1930, m. Walter Scott Farthing, b. Jul. 2, 1880, d. Apr. 27, 1956.  Both , bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS. Children:

18426 Dan Berry Farthing - b. Aug. 28, 1914, d. Mar. 21, 1968, bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS.

*7760 Thomas Hite Smith - b. Jan. 10, 1858, d. Nov. 22, 1935

7761 Ida Smith - b. ca. 1860, d. ____, bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS, m. Willie Givens. Children:

7771 Cabe Givens

7772 Alex Givens

7773 Bertha Givens

7762 Alex Smith - b. ca. 1863, d.         m. Emma  Beeson. Children:

7774 Bernie Smith

7775 Herbie Lee Smith

7776 Ray Smith

7763 Samuel R. Smith - b. Sept. 24, 1867, d. Oct. 28, 1905 from an accidental gunshot wound, bur. in Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, M . Did not marry.

7764 Edith Ella “Ninnie” Smith - b. July 25, 1871, d. Feb. 13, 1955, m. Allison Marcus Brister - b. Aug. 4, 1868, d. Jan. 25, 1950. Both buried in Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS. Children:

7777 Jessie Lea Brister  -b. Sep. 9, 1897, d. Mar. 22, 1996, m. Martin Ellie Ritchie, b. Aug. 30, 1889, d. Feb. 9, 1988.  Both bur. Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, MS.  Children:

18427 Mildred Elene Ritchie - b. Jul. 31, 1918, d. Jan. 23, 2004, m. Wilmer Curtis Hutson, b. Dec. 16, 1916 d. Sep. 11, 1983.  Both bur. Sylvarena Cemetery, Wesson, Copiah County, MS

18428 Vernon Durell Ritchie - b. Oct. 24, 1920, d. Jan. 19, 1995, bur. Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, MS

18429 Paul B. Ritchie - b. Oct. 18, 1930, d. Oct. 18, 1989, bur. Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, McCall Creek, Franklin County, MS, m. Louella Lofton, b. Dec. 30, 1929. Children:

18430 Diana Sue Ritchie – b. ____, d. May 7, 1958, bur. Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, McCall Creek, Franklin County, MS

7778 Hettie Bee Brister - b. Oct. 8, 1899, d. Feb. 22, 1915, bur. in Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS.

7779 Marcus Shelby Brister - b. 1901, d. 1958, m. Bonnie Thurman, b. 1907, d. 1985, both bur. Machpelah Cemetery, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS. Children:

18431 Grace Elaine Brister - b. Sep. 1, 1937, d. Nov. 17, 2009, bur. Machpelah Cemetery, Pascagoula, Jackson County, M, m. John Peter Godfrey

7780 Early Ray Brister - b. Nov. 5, 1904, d. Apr. 27, 1979, m. Lois Greer, b. Jun. 30, 1907, d. Aug. 16, 1983.  Both bur. Ruth Cemetery, Ruth, Lincoln County,

7765 Emma Smith - b. 1873, d. Mar. 7, 1955, m. (1) Johnnie Lambert. Children:

7781 Ralph Lambert - b. ____, d, 1908, m. Bertie Fuller. No children.

After Mr. Lambert's death, EMMA m(2). Cliff Hedgepeth. No children.

Emma and both spouses are buried in Tilton Church Cemetery.

7766 Alonzo Smith - b. Nov. 27, 1875, d. Nov. 28, 1907, bur. Tilton Cemetery, Jayess, Lawrence County, MS, unmarried.

(Family records state that Alonzo and Lee, both died from tuberculosis, becoming infected by sleeping in a room with a man who had the disease).

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