Cook Cemetery
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jackrock
N 31° 41.407 W 095° 00.024
15R E 310401 N 3507827
Located off County Road 2501 northeast of Alto. Access the county road off State Highway 21.
Waymark Code: WMF2RX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2012
Views: 4
This historical marker is located at Cook Cemetery in Cherokee County.
Marker Number: 11797
Marker Text:
Cook Cemetery
Mississippi native Shelby H. Cook brought his family to this area in the 1850s. By 1856 he held 346 acres of land from the F.D. Cook Land Grant. Edith Low Cook, wife of Shelby Cook and mother to their seven children, died in 1857 and was buried near the family homestead. Cook remarried in 1959, and he and Elizabeth "Bettie" Cook became the parents of eight children. The family cemetery contains 65 marked graves. A perpetual care trust was established in the 1970s. Cook family members meet semi-annually to maintain and beautify the site. (1997)
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