Alexander was born in 1840. He is the son of Christopher Stokes and Anna Buillups.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGM-P88 : 2 January 2021), Alexander Stokes, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5Q-BZK : 20 February 2021), Alex Stokes, Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 115A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,367.