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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Transcribed byAlison Kilpatrick
CommentIndex of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

Surname  Stokes    
Title  Dr.    
Chapter  Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past    
Sub-title  Biographical sketch: Dr. Stokes    
Page nos.  296    
Description  Did very well for himself: had the whole of the practice of Tirhoot and Champarun, with Durbhanga. �Donald H. Macfarlane�now Sir Donald H. Macfarlane�then a planter in Tirhoot, made him very wrath by publishing a jocative little piece in the Englishman.� Was fond of horses, and �kept a good stable, so that he could at an hour�s notice drive out a long distance to see an urgent case.� Came to grief when his horse �started at something, reared, and came over on our doctor, breaking his leg near his hip.� Stokes was �very carefully attended by our Civil Surgeon, Dr. Simpson, who after several months set him on his legs again, but Stokes could not move about with the ease he used to.� Retired to New Zealand c.1850, purchasing there �a good deal of what proved to be very valuable land.� Came in for some money that had been in Chancery. Died in New Zealand, leaving large and valuable property. The author, Minden J. Wilson, didn�t think that Stokes ever married, and �no one knew if he left any heirs.� Had not many personal friends in Tirhoot, except Christopher Strachan, and �he did not know very much about him.�    
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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