Historical MarkerBrooks Cemetery
Shafter · Presidio County · Dedicated 1995 · THC Atlas #5377000521
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Marker Inscription
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
About this site
Brooks Cemetery is a historical marker in Shafter, Presidio County, dedicated in 1995. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Presidio County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8112, -104.3059 near Shafter. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Shafter-Concordia (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Here Milton Faver, Yucca Hill, and El Fortin Del Cibolo.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5377000521. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
