Edwin F Bookter (1868 - 1937)

Born 2 Sep 1868 in Texas, United States

Died 23 Nov 1937 at age 69 in Texico, Curry, New Mexico, United States

Biography

Private Edwin Bookter served with the 1st Texas Infantry during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: Jul 5, 1898
Unit(s): unknown
Service Ended: unknown

Private, 1st Texas Infantry , SAW. Buried at Mission Garden of Memory Cemetery (f/k/a Clovis Cemetery), Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.

Edwin Bookter enlisted 5. jul 1898 at Waco, Texas. This is for the Spanish American War. Also listed in Company E, 2nd Texas Infantry.

1900 United States Federal Census shows Edwin Bookter as a hired hand in McClennan Texas with the Yowell family. Birth date Sep 1874.

1910 Census shows Edwin Bookter, born 1876 in Mississippi , living in Saint Vrain, Curry County, New Mexico. 34 years old. single.

1920 census shows Edwin aged 57 and Nellie M Bookter aged 32.

Birth and death dates updated per FindAGrave memorial. ^[1]

Military headstone ordered by Nellie Mae Bookter.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

• Confederate Veterans Buried in Eastern New Mexico. COMPILED BY DAVID MINTON, PATTIE WIER ,JANELLE FOSTER . Wilson-Cobb History and Genealogy Research Library http://wilsoncobb.org/ConfedVetsBurENM.pdf
• Texas Muster Roll Index Cards 1838-1900
• U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers Index to Compiled Military Service Records, 1898. 2nd Texas Infantry.
• 1910 United States Federal Census.
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47837670
• U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963.
• 1920 United States Federal Census.