This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Westbrook Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5567 Message Board Post: Westbrook Family Papers, 1882-1886 Author(s): Westbrook family. ; Westbrook, Virginia Whitsitte. ; Hall, John W. ; Bancroft, Hubert Howe,; 1832-1918. ; Bancroft, Hubert Howe,; 1832-1918. ; Collection. Year: 1882-1886 Description: Originals : 5 items. Copies : partial microfilm reel (12 exposures) : negative (Rich. 117:17) and positive. Language: English Abstract: Biographical sketch of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Westbrook, Lorena, Texas, by John W. Hall, 1886; two letters, 1886, by Mrs. Westbrook to Hall and H.H. Bancroft concerning her desire to write a biographical account of Bancroft; narrative by Mrs. Westbrook, "The Taylor fight ..." of 1835; and a printed copy of an article on George Eliot by Mrs. Westbrook, 1882. Westbrook, in 1858, settled on the Brazos River in Robinson County, a stock-raiser and farmer. His wife was Virginia (Whitsitte). After their marriage, 1860, they settled in Milam County near the Brazos River, then near Cow Bayou. Library: University of California, Berkley Accession No: OCLC: 26104611