Southern-born Union Army field officer and member of Congress both before and after the Civil War from Tennessee's Third and Fourth Districts.
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Life Summary
Full name
William Brickly Stokes
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
3
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
5
Family
Sylvanus Stokes (father), Mary Christian Stokes (mother), Parillee Overall (wife)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Political Parties
Republican
Union (Unconditional Union, National Union)
Other
Other Political Party
Opposition Party
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Other state government
Military
Union Army
