Marker Inscription
In 1895 R. E. (Bob) Stokes (1865-1944), his wife Ada, and their children migrated from Mississippi to Hickory Creek community in Fannin County. Stokes purchased this farm in 1901 and erected this house the following year. Nearby there was a log barn and a two-room workers' house.The family had ten children. Stokes served as trustee of the Bralley School and helped erect a new schoolhouse and Bethel Baptist Church building. Peddlers traveled dirt roads which Stokes helped maintain with a drag hitched to four mules.
About this site
Stokes, R. E. (Bob), Homestead is a historical marker in Leonard, Fannin County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 262 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.3780, -96.1987 near Leonard. The nearest cataloged historic site is Savage (historical marker), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Grove Hill Masonic Lodge, First United Methodist Church of Leonard, and Leonard.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5147008938. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
