Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-20
TWO SUDDEN DEATHS
a. Y. sToKEs AND ALEXANptE
wELKER no NoRE.
Tie Former Dies st HIS Farm in eooch'
land County; the Latter st Eis
Home Here.

AhNts hUHNthtIE tht NI"Ah VI ~ A@th'i
Mr.. A. Y. stokes.
Decreased was in excellent health vesfer
d,y, and was at the store of Potts, Stoke
& CO. from 81 A. NJ. 10 p. NJ, and wa
busy al day looking over his books ant
taking 10 friends. Among those VIII
came to see bin were Rev. Or. J. g. Arm
strong and Mr.. Knowles, who spoke 10 bin
OF The subject o. life insurance. and Il
whom be said that be had a. many polieIei
a. b. cared t>"earrv. II was bis custom Z.
visit his son George (gho was living of
deceased, farm, Boiling Island. about iorti
miies from Richmond. m GOochiand COM
" about once IN three weeEs. and he tool
The $3.50 Z. ". train on the Richmond ant
Allegheny railroad yesterday for TIM
place. Ile had been complaining o little
but vas supposed to he iu his usual health
Inch had throughout lis life been sirone
and good. No other particulars Of bis III
peas and death were received here lay
night than vha; wa. contained in q teIH.
f-rfn iroU Mrs. George Stokes ~ Mr..
]. Siokes: "Come up al once: Pa T.
dead
Alien Young Stokes was @ native of Gas
Wei county, y. G. having firsi recn tn
li1hi 0f day there April ., 1919. H.
father was the hate Sylyanus >tOkes. ESQ.
Respectable farmer oi Casweil county, oi
The Old North state.
Al fhe early aee 0i uincieon he went on
into the world 10 seek his fortune. or,
rather. 10 make II. and with the dcfermIn %
tiun % succeed IN life. lie fr-t commenced
business ID Dauyile. Va, and eutcr~d into
co-parfnership with Mr Dickinson. th
~ lt O. the firm being Dickinson q stoke.
Not being very successful there. ho -
moved o. Richmond in 1>l5 and eB;erfl
the house - Wsdswortb. Turner X Ga. -
a. thai time one oi The most eXfcnsiyt
wholesale dry goads firms in The >ouib-a,
q salesman iu the establishment. IBere b.
lmd @ business foundation In forming an
extensive acquaintance WIKI the merchants
q hl- native stale. The old Dominion. and
Other state. which In after yrrrs became
iryaluats o. him 10 o business point Ul
vicw.
EirM YEAR, after his a1vcu; iu Rich.
mond-l ls5G- Mr.. Stokes entered the busy
marts Oi trade o. sdvance his own interest> 5
ly forming o co-mrtuershIp v ith Mf. Fiap-
nacan. uf Aluemarls county. Va. III con
TIE styie Of ! flanagan. Stokes d o.
Subsequently the lrm underwent seyera
change. From the old firmly dl,s0iu-
tiou o. copartuersLip-ii became stokes 3
JO.. >iote> a Eiv.s. stokes. williamson &
60. and lgfer 8. ! Stokes d 90. Ths
c1muan, wa. Nj. Thomas Potts. WI
entered Nj. ~tokes'> employ ~ cier'
while o., etyi, of The firm wa stoke, W.
hanson d GO. 4 e." ycar- ago Mr.. stoke,
r. .r.J fcm th.. firm aud indeed from @.
octiyc business. and Wa. succeeded 10 hu-i
uee. bv Potts. e,oke- & Nr.-Nr. Tor
Potts ard william g.. stokes an1 4.
>.oLc-. lr.. soI> o. tue dfceased.
lir. stoke. erioye5 aI elVaaIe p puutlor
%. ole ~ tAe foremost merchant, q to-
south. Die large busine~- Interests tX-
tending throughout the states oi Virginia
North Carolina. We,' Virginia, Ohio ln-
d'nua. ard Ohio.
during thc hate WI thf Hon. T.. & Mem
mrccr. Secretary 0i tte Treasury. ap-
pointed Mr. stoke. receiver 0f TAX %
Kind foI Tie States Il North Carolina
and Virginia. an Office which supplied ta.
arIv With provisions o. everf Kind. au.
Tire responsible duties 0f which h- die
charged .r&V.-i acceptable manner.
Nr. stoke. WIS one of tlD capitalist.
VITO. vti 1eou. Huiard and Gouer.
Log. =. organ .1a. tls Ii.lmonG and Dan
y.le -v-tcM lr tas south. and was i..
yesr. vlce-rrcs.jsut % The company. 4
year OF mur. rf.re tht crash ~ 1s--
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..a iey.-ueaapl man. ii, wa- sftar OBS
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view. h. wa. modest ana defeeutiuI un
lt W.. rare that be- va- moved o. anger.
Tlo~. Who Anew him intimately spe.l
v!tu enthusiasm OF Dir. GOODNESS. 0f man,
,r. uf rugsieristiou. charity which b.
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