STOKES, Charles 1937-1921

STOKES, MANDER, GAYTON, CAYTON, PELTON, THOMAS, MORSE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/23/2013 at 23:40:59

[Waterloo Evening Courier, Wednesday, April 20, 1921, Waterloo, Iowa]

Charles Stokes, age 84, a veteran of the Civil war and resident in Waterloo for 28 years past, died at home, 411 Logan Avenue, Sunday, after an illness of nine weeks from the infirmities of age.

The funeral will be at Logan Avenue Evangelical Church at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. J. A. Deedrick, pastor, having charge. The members of Robert Anderson post, Grand Army of the Republic, and Lincoln Circle will attend in a body.

Charles Stokes was born in Erie, N.Y., June 5, 1837, and moved to Beloit, Wis., when a young man. He was married to Sarah Gayton* in April 3, 1860. The widow and four children survive. Two sons preceded him in death. The surviving children are: Frank H., Bakersfield, Elmer E., Cedar Falls; Mrs.
Emma O., Pelton, and Mrs. Blanche Thomas, Waterloo. There are also surviving 11 grandchildren and one great-grandson. All were present at his bedside when, the end came, except the son in California and one grandson, Gordon Pelton, in the Samoan Islands.

Mr. Stokes was from a family of 11 children, of whom two brothers, George and _evy, Beloit, Wisconsin, survive.

Mr. and Mrs. Stokes came to Waterloo in 1893 and had lived in the present home, 411 Logan Avenue for the past 26 years. Mr. Stokes was a member of the Logan Avenue Evangelical Church and Robert Anderson post. G. A. R. He served in the Civil War as a member of Co. H. Forty-seventh, Wisconsin regiment of volunteer infantry.

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[Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier, Friday, April 8, 1910, Waterloo, Iowa]

CELEBRATED GOLDEN WEDDING.

Very few of us will be able to say that we have celebrated our golden wedding but this happiness was accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stokes of this city, who on Sunday at their home on Logan Avenue, honored the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. That even occurred on April 3, 1860 at Beloit, Wisconsin, the bride's maiden name being Sarah Cayton*.

This was at the time of the gold fever in California to which the young husband soon went. Returning during the war he enlisted in the 42nd regiment Co. H. of the Wisconsin Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. Until 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Stokes resided in Wisconsin, but in that year, they came to Iowa and have resided here ever since.

Of the six children born to them, Charles, the oldest, died at the age of 20 and Myron Lloyd, the youngest, at the age of two years. Besides these are: Frank Henry Stokes of Montana; Mrs. Emma Pelton of Waterloo; Elmer Edson Stokes of Cedar Falls; and Mrs. Blanche Thomas, who since the death of her husband, has lived with her parents, together with her daughter Uarda.

The gathering at the home on Sunday was very pleasant. Besides the children and grandchildren who spent the day there, many friends called in the afternoon to congratulate the bride and groom of fifty years ago and to wish them many returns of their wedding day anniversary. Many pretty gifts were left as reminders of the happy occasion.
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*Sarah's obit says her maiden name is Mander and lists a surviving brother George Mander.
The Illinois Death Index records Sarah's parents' names as James and Gabriella (Morse) Mander