HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883; page 366

George Stokes, a native of Rock Co., Wis., was born Oct. 10, 1858, and came with his parents to Mitchell Township in 1865. He was married July 17, 1882, to Ella M. Miles, a native of Faribault Co., Minn., born May 1, 1860. They have one child.

In 1883 Mr. Stokes purchased 200 acres from his father’s old homestead also having eighty acres in Worth County, two miles from Manly Junction. In 1883 he was an extensive farmer and stock raiser.

 

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 2003