Brooks-Fuentes Cemetery

Shafter, Presidio Co., Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by Carl C. Williams

Location: East side of Town, Shafter.

This is a complete listing it is a small cemetery. On the Cemetery land is a memorial to the families buried here as well as to the community of Shafter, Texas, once a bustling Mining-town now a ghost town. The cemetery is active and well cared for. Carl C. Williams

Historical Marker:

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 Brooks' in the Fuentes and Gonzales families. The cemetery remains active and is maintained by the Shaffer community. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995.

LAST NAME FIRST NAME DOB DOD MARRIAGE INSCRIPTIONS
FUENTEZ SIDE - - - - -
Fuentes Ruben P. 1902 1967 - -
Fuentes Mariano 1879 1953 - Father
Fuentes Gregoria 1882 1961 - Mother
Fuentes Nicholas Ruben 1928 1999 4/17/1955 -
Fuentes Margarita W. 1934 - 4/17/1955 -
Fuentes Adalberto R. 4/10/1909 4/21/1995 - -
Fuentes Paula G. 10/19/1917 8/24/2003 - -
Herrera Frederico 1902 1974 - -
Herrera Elfida F. 12/7/1906 2/12/2000 - -
Gonzalez Irineo 1887 1954 - -
Gonzalez Micaela D. 1891 1973 - -
Fuentes Porfirio 1908 1995 - -
Fuentes Amparo M. 1912 - - -
Unmarked - - - - -
Unmarked - - - - -
Unmarked - - - - -
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BROOKS SIDE - - - - -
Speed Robert E. 1878 1940 - DAD
Speed Ida 1888 1925 - MOM
Brooks Auroram 1893 1927 - -
Brooks George H. - - - 1st Sgt Co. H. 1 Cal. Inf
Brooks Ignacia Reza 1862 1948 - Mother
Brooks George F. 1880 1909 - -
Brooks Albion E. 1884 1904 - -
Brooks Delfina M. 1908 1963 - Mother
Unmarked - - - - -
Unmarked - - - - -