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IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME III 1804-1926 C. S. STOAKES Dr. Charles Stewart Stoakes, a physician of broad experience and pronounced ability practiced in Battle Creek for seventeen and one-half years before removing to Dysart, Iowa, winning the esteem of its residents. He was born August 22, 1877, in Traer, Iowa, and is a son of Mathias and Jane (Stewart) Stoakes, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Wisconsin. The father followed the occupation of farming for many years and subsequently lived retired at Traer. He had a family of six children: Ella, at home; Charles Stewart; William, who lives in Terril, Iowa; Edith, the wife of J. W. Fleming, of Waterloo, this state; and John R. and Frank R. both residents of Traer. After the completion of his high school course, Dr. Stoakes taught a rural school for two years and then entered the college at Cedar Falls, Iowa, which he attended for three years, graduating in 1902 with the degree of Master of Didactics. While at the Iowa State Teachers College he was business manager of the school paper and also played on the football team, of which he was captain in 1900. He was superintendent of the public schools of Randolph, Iowa, for a year and then enrolled as a student at the University of Nebraska, form which he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1905 and that of Doctor of Medicine in 1907. He was connected with the Douglas County Hospital at Omaha, Nebraska, for a year and in 1908 opened an office in Reinbeck, Iowa. He located at Battle creek in 1909 and gradually established a large practice. On August 1, 1926, he located at Dysart, Iowa, to be near his parents at Traer. His father died October 1, 1926, following a paralytic stroke on September 13th. The Doctor is exceptionally well equipped for his profession and has been very successful in his efforts to alleviate suffering and restore health. On December 21, 1911, Dr. Stoakes married Miss Margaret Wolfram, and they have three children: Anna Jane, James Stewart, and Charles Franklin. Dr. Stoakes belongs to the Phi Rho Sigma fraternity, which he joined while attending the University of Nebraska, and is also identified with the Masonic order. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. He is a progressive physician and throughout life has been a student, constantly striving to broaden his field of usefulness. http://www.iagenweb.org/history/index Notify Administrator about this message?
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