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Joined Confederate Army, as a private, Aug. 7, 1861; was promoted to 1st Lt., Co. I, 8th Infantry, Miss. Regiment, on Aug. 29, 1864. Came to Texas in 1868, settled in Lampasas County as a rancher and farmer; married Elizabeth Rawson, and had seven children. On July 19, 1911, at Chadwick's Mill, on the Colorado River, at age 73, Stokes rescued Lillie B. Evetts, Eva Foster, and R. Ashley Greaves from drowning. For the feat, he received a Carnegie Hero Medal. Recorded - 1973
Stokes, Richard S. is a historical marker in Lometa, Lampasas County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.3051, -98.4192 near Lometa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Long Cove Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lone Cove Baptist Church, Rusler, and Site of Lometa Reservoir.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5281004261. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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