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William Westbrook
4 Sep 1867 – 1 Nov 1949
| Birth | 4 Sep 1867 |
| Death | 1 Nov 1949 |
| Cemetery | Dry Valley Cemetery Custer County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | K Horn on 13 Feb 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110940230 |
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William Westbrook is one of the younger men among the old settlers of Custer county, which has been his home for over thirty years. He is widely and favorably known as a useful citizen and an enterprising and successful farmer. He was born in Livingston county, New York, September, 4, 1866, eldest of the four children of Charles and Susan (Speer) Westbrook. His sister, Marjorie, Mrs. William Story, lives in Iowa, and he has two sisters deceased. His parents were born in New York and both now reside in Broken Bow, Nebraska. The father enlisted in a New York regiment for service in the civil war, returned home at the close of his term, and in 1874 located in Merrick county, Nebraska. About 1879-80 he took up a homestead on Clear creek, near Lee Park. Mr. Westbrook received his early education in his native state and in 1874 accompanied his parents to Merrick county, coming with them later to Custer county. In young manhood he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land on section thirty-three, township eighteen, range eighteen, in Douglas Grove precinct, which is still his home. On November 25, 1890, at the home of her parents in Westerville, he married Laura Elizabeth Mattox, a native of Coles county, Illinois, who in 1884 came to Custer county with her parents, William R. and Mary (Larue) Mattox. A sketch of Mr. Mattox also appears in this work. Mr. Westbrook has improved and developed his farm, equipping it with modern machinery and appliances. In 1906 he erected a fine modern residence, which is well situated and has very pleasant surroundings. He is at present serving as treasurer of school district number ten, and is interested in everything affecting the welfare and prosperity of the locality. He and his wife became parents of eleven children: Oral M., Charles R., Ruth E., Clarence W., Everett, Helen M., Laura Mildred, William, junior, Josephine Adelaide, and Leonard R., and Leora R., twins. The children have been educated in local schools and all of them live at home. Source: Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska, Chicago: Alden Publishing Company, 1912, page 605
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- Oral Westbrook 1891–1967
- Clarence W. Westbrook 1897–1983
- Everett Westbrook 1899–1971
- Mildred L Westbrook Mehlig 1903–1990
- William Westbrook 1905–1962
- Helen Westbrook Nelson 1968–1968
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