Photo of Mortie Stokes (1863-1946) who was a subject at our most recent Wenonah Cemetery walk. Miss Stokes was the librarian for the Wenonah Public Library for 42 years, beginning in 1902!

Mortie Stokes
(1863-1946)

Mortie Stokes was born in 1863 to Louisa and Mordecai Stokes. Her father was a
prominent Methodist minister. Mortie had two sisters—Mary and Wilhelmina. In
1880, the Stokes family settled in a house Mordecai had built at 207 East Willow
Street in Wenonah.

Mortie Stokes was hired as the librarian for the Wenonah Public Library in 1902,
and remained the librarian until she retired in 1944—42 years later.

Mortie Stokes died in 1946 at the age of 83. She is buried in Wenonah Cemetery.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16567659/mortie-l-stokes