Winters, TX, United States
Robert Cooke, M.D.. 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. #4291
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