James Park Fielder was the son of Benjamin Tyler Fielder and Sarah Echols Fielder. He married Mattie Barnes on 18 Sep 1887.
Obituary provided by [email protected].
Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 7, 1948
J. P. Fielder Sr. Dies at Home In Arlington
Arlington, May 7 (Spl)-- J. P. Fielder Sr., 87, former Texas banker, lawyer and large landowner, died at his home here Thursday night after a long illness.
He was one of the charter members and organizers of the Central Methodist Church in Fort Worth, a member of the original board and an organizer of Grubbs Vocational College, now NTAC, one of the founders of Southern Methodist University and a member of the Founders Club of SMU in Dallas.
Mr. Fielder was born in Friendship, Tennessee, and was graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in law before settling near Alvarado in 1884. He practiced law in Venus and Dallas and was associated with the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Venus.
40 Years in Arlington
He married Miss Mattie Barnes, who survives him, in 1887. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last fall. The family moved to Arlington from Venus over 40 years ago.
He recently divided his 3,000 acres of Johnson County farmland among his three sons, all of whom survive. They are Robert Fielder, grain and lumber man of Van Alstyne; Rev. Cicero B. Fielder of Dallas and J. P. Fielder Jr., land owner of Arlington. Other survivors include six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was a former chairman of the board of stewards of the Arlington Methodist Church.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fielder home at Abrams and Fielder Road in the western edge of Arlington. In charge of services will be Dr. C. A. Sutton, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Arlington. Sparkman=Brand Chapel of Dallas will conduct the rites with burial in Alvarado.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Ferguson, J. E. Rolllins and W. E. Henderson of Venus; Scott Johnson of Denton and Hermer Bickly and W. B. Shelton of Arlington.
Bio provided by [email protected] and copied from
www.arlingtontx.gov/history/hallofmayors_jamesparkfieldersr.html
Mayor of Arlington, Texas
2/11/1909-4/8/1909
James Park Fielder Sr. married Mattie Barnes in 1887 in Alvarado, moved to Arlington from Fort Worth where the couple had helped establish Central Methodist Church.
Their home, built in 1914, still stands today at the corner of West Abram and Fielder Road. Mr. Fielder, who died in 1948, was active in Arlington First Methodist Church for nearly 50 years.
He was also a member of the Arlington City Council and an original board member of NTAC (currently UTA).
Obituary provided by [email protected].
Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 7, 1948
J. P. Fielder Sr. Dies at Home In Arlington
Arlington, May 7 (Spl)-- J. P. Fielder Sr., 87, former Texas banker, lawyer and large landowner, died at his home here Thursday night after a long illness.
He was one of the charter members and organizers of the Central Methodist Church in Fort Worth, a member of the original board and an organizer of Grubbs Vocational College, now NTAC, one of the founders of Southern Methodist University and a member of the Founders Club of SMU in Dallas.
Mr. Fielder was born in Friendship, Tennessee, and was graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in law before settling near Alvarado in 1884. He practiced law in Venus and Dallas and was associated with the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Venus.
40 Years in Arlington
He married Miss Mattie Barnes, who survives him, in 1887. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last fall. The family moved to Arlington from Venus over 40 years ago.
He recently divided his 3,000 acres of Johnson County farmland among his three sons, all of whom survive. They are Robert Fielder, grain and lumber man of Van Alstyne; Rev. Cicero B. Fielder of Dallas and J. P. Fielder Jr., land owner of Arlington. Other survivors include six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was a former chairman of the board of stewards of the Arlington Methodist Church.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fielder home at Abrams and Fielder Road in the western edge of Arlington. In charge of services will be Dr. C. A. Sutton, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Arlington. Sparkman=Brand Chapel of Dallas will conduct the rites with burial in Alvarado.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Ferguson, J. E. Rolllins and W. E. Henderson of Venus; Scott Johnson of Denton and Hermer Bickly and W. B. Shelton of Arlington.
Bio provided by [email protected] and copied from
www.arlingtontx.gov/history/hallofmayors_jamesparkfieldersr.html
Mayor of Arlington, Texas
2/11/1909-4/8/1909
James Park Fielder Sr. married Mattie Barnes in 1887 in Alvarado, moved to Arlington from Fort Worth where the couple had helped establish Central Methodist Church.
Their home, built in 1914, still stands today at the corner of West Abram and Fielder Road. Mr. Fielder, who died in 1948, was active in Arlington First Methodist Church for nearly 50 years.
He was also a member of the Arlington City Council and an original board member of NTAC (currently UTA).
James Park Fielder was the son of Benjamin Tyler Fielder and Sarah Echols Fielder. He married Mattie Barnes on 18 Sep 1887.
Obituary provided by [email protected].
Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 7, 1948
J. P. Fielder Sr. Dies at Home In Arlington
Arlington, May 7 (Spl)-- J. P. Fielder Sr., 87, former Texas banker, lawyer and large landowner, died at his home here Thursday night after a long illness.
He was one of the charter members and organizers of the Central Methodist Church in Fort Worth, a member of the original board and an organizer of Grubbs Vocational College, now NTAC, one of the founders of Southern Methodist University and a member of the Founders Club of SMU in Dallas.
Mr. Fielder was born in Friendship, Tennessee, and was graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in law before settling near Alvarado in 1884. He practiced law in Venus and Dallas and was associated with the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Venus.
40 Years in Arlington
He married Miss Mattie Barnes, who survives him, in 1887. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last fall. The family moved to Arlington from Venus over 40 years ago.
He recently divided his 3,000 acres of Johnson County farmland among his three sons, all of whom survive. They are Robert Fielder, grain and lumber man of Van Alstyne; Rev. Cicero B. Fielder of Dallas and J. P. Fielder Jr., land owner of Arlington. Other survivors include six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was a former chairman of the board of stewards of the Arlington Methodist Church.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fielder home at Abrams and Fielder Road in the western edge of Arlington. In charge of services will be Dr. C. A. Sutton, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Arlington. Sparkman=Brand Chapel of Dallas will conduct the rites with burial in Alvarado.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Ferguson, J. E. Rolllins and W. E. Henderson of Venus; Scott Johnson of Denton and Hermer Bickly and W. B. Shelton of Arlington.
Bio provided by [email protected] and copied from
www.arlingtontx.gov/history/hallofmayors_jamesparkfieldersr.html
Mayor of Arlington, Texas
2/11/1909-4/8/1909
James Park Fielder Sr. married Mattie Barnes in 1887 in Alvarado, moved to Arlington from Fort Worth where the couple had helped establish Central Methodist Church.
Their home, built in 1914, still stands today at the corner of West Abram and Fielder Road. Mr. Fielder, who died in 1948, was active in Arlington First Methodist Church for nearly 50 years.
He was also a member of the Arlington City Council and an original board member of NTAC (currently UTA).
Obituary provided by [email protected].
Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 7, 1948
J. P. Fielder Sr. Dies at Home In Arlington
Arlington, May 7 (Spl)-- J. P. Fielder Sr., 87, former Texas banker, lawyer and large landowner, died at his home here Thursday night after a long illness.
He was one of the charter members and organizers of the Central Methodist Church in Fort Worth, a member of the original board and an organizer of Grubbs Vocational College, now NTAC, one of the founders of Southern Methodist University and a member of the Founders Club of SMU in Dallas.
Mr. Fielder was born in Friendship, Tennessee, and was graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in law before settling near Alvarado in 1884. He practiced law in Venus and Dallas and was associated with the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Venus.
40 Years in Arlington
He married Miss Mattie Barnes, who survives him, in 1887. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last fall. The family moved to Arlington from Venus over 40 years ago.
He recently divided his 3,000 acres of Johnson County farmland among his three sons, all of whom survive. They are Robert Fielder, grain and lumber man of Van Alstyne; Rev. Cicero B. Fielder of Dallas and J. P. Fielder Jr., land owner of Arlington. Other survivors include six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was a former chairman of the board of stewards of the Arlington Methodist Church.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fielder home at Abrams and Fielder Road in the western edge of Arlington. In charge of services will be Dr. C. A. Sutton, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Arlington. Sparkman=Brand Chapel of Dallas will conduct the rites with burial in Alvarado.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Ferguson, J. E. Rolllins and W. E. Henderson of Venus; Scott Johnson of Denton and Hermer Bickly and W. B. Shelton of Arlington.
Bio provided by [email protected] and copied from
www.arlingtontx.gov/history/hallofmayors_jamesparkfieldersr.html
Mayor of Arlington, Texas
2/11/1909-4/8/1909
James Park Fielder Sr. married Mattie Barnes in 1887 in Alvarado, moved to Arlington from Fort Worth where the couple had helped establish Central Methodist Church.
Their home, built in 1914, still stands today at the corner of West Abram and Fielder Road. Mr. Fielder, who died in 1948, was active in Arlington First Methodist Church for nearly 50 years.
He was also a member of the Arlington City Council and an original board member of NTAC (currently UTA).
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