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STOKES, Harry Shelby

City: Nashville

STOKES, Harry Shelby, attorney-at-law; born Como, Miss., September 29, 1877; son James F. and Blanche (McGehee) STOKES; educated Stanton Military Academy, Webb’s School and Vanderbilt University; graduated Webb’s School and Vanderbilt University, LL.D., June 20, 1899; married May LINDSLEY January 8, 1901; member Odd Fellows, Masons; admitted to bar June 21, 1899, and engaged in general practice; paternal grandfather, Jordan STOKES, Lebanon, Tenn.; maternal grandfather, Col. Miles MCGEHEE of Mississippi.


Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.