Details for Robert Cooke, M.D.
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5399004291
Data
| Marker Number | 4291 |
| Atlas Number | 5399004291 |
| Marker Title | Robert Cooke, M.D. |
| Index Entry | Cooke, Robert, M.D. |
| Address | US 83 |
| City | Winters |
| County | Runnels |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 408882 |
| UTM Northing | 3537082 |
| Subject Codes | medical topics and health professionals |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | North View cemetery, North highway 83 (Main Street) Winters |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | 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. |