Historical Marker
Fields Store Cemetery
Historical marker location:
West of Field Store on Field Store Cemetery Rd. off of FM 1488, 15 mi. east of Hempstead, Hempstead vicinity, Texas
( West of Fields Store on Fields Store Cemetery Rd. off of FM 1488, 15 mi. east of Hempstead)
Established during Reconstruction period on land given by D. H. Fields, local merchant for whom community and cemetery were named, and by J. W. Day, Confederate veteran. Burial place of early settlers of area and their descendants, including veterans of 5 wars. Under management of Fields Store Cemetery Association.