Charles Neal and Frances Locklin Fokes
The 1850 census, Milam County, Texas shows Charles Fokes as 22 years old, and a farmer.
The 1860 Census, Milam County, Texas shows Charles Fokes, age 32, Farmer, born in FL, Value of Real Estate $2,500, Value of Personal Estate $5,000; Fany Fokes, age 30, born in Georgia; William Fokes, age 6, born in Texas; Allan Fokes, age 4, born in Texas; Neill, age 2, born in Texas; and Abigail Fokes, age 72, born in Scotland, Value of Real Estate $3,000.
Charles Neal Fokes died while in the Confederate Army in 1864.
Frances remarried to William M. Barge in June, 1867 in Milam Co., TX. He was born in 1826 in Georgia and died November, 1883 in Texas
Dallas Morning News, 03 Feb 1899, p.6
Sherwood, Irion Co. Texas, January 31
Frances A. Barge died yesterday at 5:30 p.m., aged 69 years.
Deceased came from Milam county and was mother to County Judge W. F. Fokes of Irion county.
Rockdale Messenger, Thur., 23 Feb 1899
Death – Mrs. Francis A. Barge, age 69, died on Jan. 30, 1899, at the home of her son, Judge W. F. Fokes of Sherwood, Texas. She was born in Georgia, March 21, 1830 and was one of a large family of children, several of whom survive her. Of these, her brother, W. L. Locklin, lives at Sherwood and three brothers, A. L. Locklin, J. Z. Locklin, and T. J. Locklin who live in Milam county as do two sisters, Mrs. Martha Guthrie and Mrs. Nannie Fulcher, while her remaining sister, Mrs. Amanda Holcomb, resides in Bell county. The family moved to Texas in 1845, settling in Milam county where the deceased lived until Jan. 1898. On Sept. 24, 1851, she married Charles Fokes, the father of W. F. Fokes and Charles N. Fokes of Sherwood. The are her only surviving children. Her husband died in 1864 in Tyler, Texas while in the Confederate service. In June 1867, she married Wm. M. Barge of Milam county and lived near by her old home on the San Gabriel river until the death of Mr. Barge in Nov. 1883. Since that time, she has made her home with her youngest son Charles. Mrs. Barge was in good health until 1891, during which year she suffered from a severe attack of la grip, from which she never entirely recovered; yet her actual decline dates from last August. At 4:30 p.m., on Jan. 30, she passed away.