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Date taken16-Jul-16 06:24
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Westbrook-Walker Cemetery

Westbrook-Walker Cemetery

Milanobr/Milam County, Texasbr/30 45.330' N 96 52.496' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of CR-237 and CR-236. Go .7 miles south on CR-236. The marker is on the left (east) side of the road.br/ br/Text: Georgia native Ervin Westbrook and his wife Rachel McCorra Walker left their Mississippi farm for Texas in 1858. They were joined by Rachel's brother, John H. Walker, and his family. The two families settled in this area in 1859. The cemetery began with the burial of Walker's wife, Mary Frances Wells, in 1864. It served as a graveyard for the Westbrook and Walker families and a number of their neighbors until the last burials here in the early 1920s. Among the 20 to 30 people buried here are Civil War veterans Ervin Westbrook, William P. Walker, and John Walker.