Marker Inscription
Attorney William S. "Billie" Brooks founded this abstract firm in 1890. He was assisted by Daisy Speed, who made the original hand-written entries in the tract books. Brooks was joined in 1899 by his law partner Henry A. Cline. Other prominent associates of the firm include several member of the Cline family and L. Z. Moreland, who worked here from 1923 to 1974. A secretary, Ruth Brazzil, later served as a special justice of the Texas Supreme Court in a celebrated case involving the Woodmen of The World.
About this site
Wharton County Abstract Company is a historical marker in Wharton, Wharton County. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Wharton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3132, -96.0971 near Wharton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hawes, Edwin, House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Banker, Willie, Jr., House, Elkins, Nettie, House, and First Methodist Episcopal Church South, Old.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5481005776. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
