Barbara, Answer 1. This is Robert Wesley Stoker b. 27 Oct 1853 my G-Grandfather. First married Miss Alice Jelks 23 July 1879 dau/o Jarrett Rukin Jelks & Mary Elizabeth Edmonds. She died within the first year of their marriage. He then married Ruth Jelks Gilliland abt 1885 dau/o John Rukin Jelks & Mary Elizabeth "Nannie" Lane. He addopted Johnnie Gilliland dau/o John Gilliland & Ruth Jelks and they then had Robert Lafayette Stoker, James Ira Stoker, Nannie Lane Stoker & Frances Stoker. Answer 2. I. A. Stoker is a mistake. It is J. A. Stoker (James A. Stoker). Yes, Robert W. Stoker is a son to James A. Stoker & Francis Griffin b. 1837 dau/o Acril Griffin & Eliza or Lucinda? Children are Robert W., James Ira, Albert, Hattie & Della.. Answer 3. Yes. They bros. James Ira Stoker b. 1856 married Sarah "Minty" Worthington b. 1856. Children: James L. Stoker, Pearl Stoker, Jesse Stoker, Robert W Stoker, Iva E. Stoker, Albert P. Stoker, June Wade "Dum" Stoker, Minnie Lou Stoker & Ned Q. Stoker.. I hope this helps. I would like to have any thing you may have on this family. Robert "Bob" Stoker stoker@caltel.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <newlewis@swbell.net> To: <ARWOODRU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:38 AM Subject: [ARWOODRU] Re: Wiville Clark's > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: STOKER, LINDSEY > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADE/779.1.2.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I found Robert W. STOKER in the 1900 census for Barnes, Woodruff, AR. He was enumerated with children: Robert L. b. Jan 1884, Nannie b. May 1886 and James b. 1890. > Nannie was ultimately married to William Edward LINDSEY and had children in Woodruff County, AR. > 1. In 1880, I found R. W. STOKER and M. E. STOKER. Would this be the Robert Wesley and Ruth Jenks that you are speaking of or was Robert married twice? > 2. Was Robert the s/o I. A. STOKER b. abt. 1829, NC, who also lived in Barnes, Woodruff, AR in 1880 w/wife Francis b.1837, NC? (children: Albert b. 1864, AR, Hattie b. 1871, AR, Della b. 1873, AR) > 3. Was Robert b/o Ira STOKER b. 1856, NC m. Minty b. 1857, AR? (children: Jas. L. b. 1876, AR, Pearl b. 1878, AR) > I am searching this line in behalf of my son-in-law and his parents. They decend through the Nannie STOKER LINDSEY line. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >