At a special meeting on March
29th 1891 the current cemetery property, which contains about six
acres was donated by Ebon O Wilcox. Samuel
R Capener was chosen as sexton. Mr. Capener was to have the Property
surveyed and fenced, which he did.
The cemetery was surveyed in
six blocks of forty-four lots in each block with eight graves in a lot. The
lots were sold on a first come bases and each family was to take care of their
lot.
The first burial at the new
cemetery was on September first 1898. He was Harold Capener, the son of Samuel
Capener, who was the Sexton. There is an earlier death date recorded in the
cemetery records, of a Charles Dalton who
died in August of 1888. He was buried at another location and later moved to
the new cemetery.
In July of 1950, voters in
the area voted to establish a cemetery district so that monies could be raised
to take care of the cemetery. During the summer of 1950 local residents turned
out with their machinery to clear brush, grade roads, and plant grass. John
Owen, who at that time was Mayor of Fielding, headed this project.
The Town of Fielding owned
the Fielding Cemetery until around 1985. At that time the Cemetery was deeded
over to the Cemetery District.
