Brooks Cemetery
N 29° 48.669 W 104° 18.351
13R E 567075 N 3298062
The historic marker or Brooks Cemetery in the ghost town of Shafter TX
Waymark Code: WMTYK5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2017
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This marker is located at Brooks Cemetery, east of the US 67 in the ghost town of Shafter.
Marker Number: 521
Marker Text:
George H. Brooks (1833-1911) served in a California volunteer unit during the Civil War before settling in Presidio County in the 1860s. In 1878 he married Mexican native Ygnacia Reza. This cemetery began with the burial of their son, Albion E. Brooks, in 1904. George and Ygnacia Brooks (d. 1948) and other members of the Brooks family, including former Texas Ranger and deputy sheriff Robert Speed (1878-1940), are buried here. Also interred here are friends and relatives of the Brookses in the Fuentes and Gonzales families. The cemetery remains active and is maintained by the Shafter community.
Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995."
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