Unmarked grave of Joseph Stokes is located in the center of this image. The location determined by proximity to the Levison marked grave (right foreground in Lot 93, in the row next to Lot 81).
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Joseph H Stokes Jr. emigrated between 1854 and 1858 from Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. He lived in Kelso, Missouri until 1862. He is the son of Joseph H Stokes, a school teacher, and Maria Lowe Stokes. He has two sisters, Sarah Jane and Mary Ann. In 1862 he enlisted in the Illinois reserves. Coincidentally, he and Francis Degress his future Field Officer signed up 3 days after his sister Mary Ann Stokes married Captain John Jordan Biggs, a recruiter for the Illinois Volunteers. He served with the famous 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Company H "Degress Battery" from 19 Feb 1862 until 14 Jun 1865 when the company disbanded. The Degress Battery was one a favorite toy of General Sherman and fired the first artillery shots at the Battle of Atlanta. He was a POW at Andersonville Prison and marched at the Grand Army of the Republic parade in DC.
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Joseph H Stokes Jr. emigrated between 1854 and 1858 from Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. He lived in Kelso, Missouri until 1862. He is the son of Joseph H Stokes, a school teacher, and Maria Lowe Stokes. He has two sisters, Sarah Jane and Mary Ann. In 1862 he enlisted in the Illinois reserves. Coincidentally, he and Francis Degress his future Field Officer signed up 3 days after his sister Mary Ann Stokes married Captain John Jordan Biggs, a recruiter for the Illinois Volunteers. He served with the famous 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Company H "Degress Battery" from 19 Feb 1862 until 14 Jun 1865 when the company disbanded. The Degress Battery was one a favorite toy of General Sherman and fired the first artillery shots at the Battle of Atlanta. He was a POW at Andersonville Prison and marched at the Grand Army of the Republic parade in DC.
Unmarked grave of Joseph Stokes is located in the center of this image. The location determined by proximity to the Levison marked grave (right foreground in Lot 93, in the row next to Lot 81).
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Joseph H Stokes Jr. emigrated between 1854 and 1858 from Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. He lived in Kelso, Missouri until 1862. He is the son of Joseph H Stokes, a school teacher, and Maria Lowe Stokes. He has two sisters, Sarah Jane and Mary Ann. In 1862 he enlisted in the Illinois reserves. Coincidentally, he and Francis Degress his future Field Officer signed up 3 days after his sister Mary Ann Stokes married Captain John Jordan Biggs, a recruiter for the Illinois Volunteers. He served with the famous 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Company H "Degress Battery" from 19 Feb 1862 until 14 Jun 1865 when the company disbanded. The Degress Battery was one a favorite toy of General Sherman and fired the first artillery shots at the Battle of Atlanta. He was a POW at Andersonville Prison and marched at the Grand Army of the Republic parade in DC.
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Joseph H Stokes Jr. emigrated between 1854 and 1858 from Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. He lived in Kelso, Missouri until 1862. He is the son of Joseph H Stokes, a school teacher, and Maria Lowe Stokes. He has two sisters, Sarah Jane and Mary Ann. In 1862 he enlisted in the Illinois reserves. Coincidentally, he and Francis Degress his future Field Officer signed up 3 days after his sister Mary Ann Stokes married Captain John Jordan Biggs, a recruiter for the Illinois Volunteers. He served with the famous 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Company H "Degress Battery" from 19 Feb 1862 until 14 Jun 1865 when the company disbanded. The Degress Battery was one a favorite toy of General Sherman and fired the first artillery shots at the Battle of Atlanta. He was a POW at Andersonville Prison and marched at the Grand Army of the Republic parade in DC.
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burial: OCT 18,1873
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