M. D. Stoker's mill probably pre-dated 1900. In February, 1901, the Nacogdoches newspaper reported that M. D. Stoker had a log rolling Monday: a good crowd and lots of lifting.
M. D. Stoker sold in 1910 to A. B. Stoker for $1,000 the following equipment at the village of Stoker in eastern Nacogdoches County: an iron frame Triumph shingle mill, a De Loach drag saw, a grist mill, a 50-saw Winship gin, a set of cotton scales, gin belts, a boiler, a bolting saw, a shingle saw, an Emory stand, a Murray 9-inch by 14-inch steam engine, and a 9-foot by 36-inch boiler.
The equipment, particularly the small size of the engine and boiler, indicates that this operation was primarily one producing cornmeal and cotton with shingles as a secondary product.