Peaster in Parker County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Peaster Cemetery

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

1. Peaster Cemetery 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

Erected 1994 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3967.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.

Location. 32° 52.549′ N, 97° 51.517′ W. Marker is in Peaster, Texas, in Parker County. It can be reached from McClendon Road east of Farm to Market Road 920. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 576

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McClendon Road, Weatherford TX 76088, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dilbeck Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lemley Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away); Zion Hill Church, School, and Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away); Authon Cemetery (approx. 5.2 miles away); Fondren Cemetery (approx. 6 miles away); Poolville (approx. 6.9 miles away); Poolville United Methodist Church (approx. 6.9 miles away); Bethesda Cemetery (approx. 7.1 miles away).

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

2. Peaster Cemetery Marker

Peaster Cemetery Gate and Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

3. Peaster Cemetery Gate and Sign

Peaster Cemetery Entrance Gate Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

4. Peaster Cemetery Entrance Gate Sign

H.H. Peaster Headstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

5. H.H. Peaster Headstone

Photographed by Matthew G French, April 11, 2025

6. Peaster Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2025, by Matthew G French of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 407 times since then and 218 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 18, 2025, by Matthew G French of Fort Worth, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.