Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Zachary Bartholomew Stokes

Full Name: Zachary Bartholomew Stokes
Birth date: March 13, 1847
Death date: November 12, 1921

Terms of Service

House, 25th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
Populist
House, 24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Populist

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Z.B. Stokes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Z.B. Stokes, State Preservation Board

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 . Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 1910

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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 .
Z.B. Stokes, birth date 3/13/1847, death date 11/12/1921, burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Wells, Cherokee County. Includes 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.
Zachary Bartholomew Stokes, pp. 296, 315-316. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.