Brooks Cemetery
Shafterbr/Presidio County, Texasbr/29 48.690' N 104 18.370' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of Bone Street and Cemetary Road. Go 200 yards east on Cemetary Road.br/ br/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.