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Zachary Bartholomew Stokes Full Name: Zachary Bartholomew Stokes Date of birth: March 13, 1847 Date of death: November 12, 1921 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 28 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (1)   Populist Wells / Cherokee   Cherokee H 28 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (2) (3) (4)   Populist Wells / Cherokee   Cherokee (1) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual. (2) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (3) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (4) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Z.B. Stokes, birth date 3/13/1847, death date 11/12/1921, burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Wells, Cherokee County; biographical sketch of Zachary Bartholomew/Bartholamew Stokes. Find a Grave. Biographical sketch of Representative Z.B. Stokes' son and family, Z.B. II and Bessie Latham Stokes Family. Zack Benjamin Stokes, Jr. (1877-1927), son of Zack B. and Mattie McNeil Stokes. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Cherokee County History, 2001, pp. 542-543, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Brief biographical sketch, Z.B. Stokes, p. 157. Born 3/13/1847 in Monterey, Mexico. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Other Resources Zachary Bartholomew Stokes and Mattie McNeal, parents of Robert Henry Stokes, birth date 10/8/1878 in Wells, Cherokee County. Census of 1880 - Z.B. Stokes, Cherokee County, age 33, born circa 1847 in Mexico, farmer, wife M.A., sons A.B., W.B., Z.B. and R.H. Census of 1900 - Zackery B. Stokes, Cherokee County, age 53, born March 1847 in Mexico, farmer, wife Martha, sons Zackery B., Jr., Fisher N., Marie, and Plumer S., daughters Bettie L., Mattie, and Eva E. Census of 1910 - Y.B. [Z.B.] Stokes, Cherokee County, age 63, born circa 1847 in Mexico, home farm, wife M.A., sons N.E. and P.D., daughter Edieth. Census of 1920 - Z.B. Stokes, Cherokee County, age 73, born circa 1847 in Mexico, wife Mattie, living in household of son P.D. Stokes. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 Z.B. Stokes, birth date 3/13/1847 in Mexico, death date 11/12/1921 in Alto, Cherokee County, Texas, farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Zachary Bartholomew Stokes, pp. 296, 315-316. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020. Photographs Photograph. Z.B. Stokes, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Z.B. Stokes, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Education   Institute for the Colored Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Special   Penitentiaries   Public Debt   State Affairs   24th R.S. - 1895 County Government and County Finances   Penitentiaries   Public Buildings and Grounds

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