Riley John (R.J.) Stoker, Principal of Pleasant Hill High School, wed to
Bernice Williams of Fair View Alpha, La. They have one daughter, Revicca
Ann who attends Louisiana Tech. Mr. Stoker is a fourth generation
descendant of Henry Stoker who settled on land two miles from the
present site of Fort Jesup in 1818. He gained extra land by trading
ponies to the Indians. This Stoker, a leading member of the Citizens
Committee, a vigilantes organization, assisted greatly in quelling the
banditry of the Neutral Strip. He later supplied Fort Jesup with farm
produce.