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Robert Cooke, M.D.

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US 83, Winters, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 57' 57.89165000004", -99° 57' 51.4529800002"
 
    Texas State
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    Born in Emory, Texas, youngest son of William and Nancy Cooke. Attended Waco College (now Baylor University); medical school in Kentucky, received degree, 1886. Began practice, Kentuckytown. Moved to Winters area in 1889. Became town's first doctor; and deacon in first church and later pastor. Married 1886, Sallie Mitchell. Had five children. Beloved by all as physician and Baptist preacher.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Robert Cooke, M.D. Historical Marker Location Map, Winters, Texas