Historical MarkerPeaster Cemetery
Peaster · Parker County · Dedicated 1994 · THC Atlas #5367003967
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Marker Inscription
South Carolina native Henry H. Peaster purchased 160 acres here in 1870. The village of Peaster began with Henry Peaster's sale of town lots here in the late 1880s. The earliest recorded burial is that of Mary D. Hunt in 1886. In 1893 Peaster donated two acres here for cemetery purposes. Still active, the cemetery contains the graves of early area settlers and their descendants; veterans of the Civil War, World War I, and World War II; and Peaster's most famous citizen, John Alexander Fox, who created the "Buster Brown" character for the Buster Brown Shoe Company's advertising campaign. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995.
About this site
Peaster Cemetery is a historical marker in Peaster, Parker County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 74 historical markers documented in Parker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 205 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8770, -97.8580 near Peaster. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rock Springs Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Rock Springs Cemetery, Dilbeck Cemetery, and Shiloh.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5367003967. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
