{"id":2931,"date":"2020-10-29T13:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2931"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:43:02","slug":"alfred-fields","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alfred-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fields.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3078 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fields-224x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fields-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fields.png 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Alfred Fields (Panola County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1880-1881<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1846 in Bourbon County, KY<\/p>\n<p>Trader. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Panola County. In 1870, he was living with other family members, possibly siblings, with farming as his occupation. In 1880, he was living with wife Alice Simmons (m. March 8, 1877) and two children, his occupation listed as &#8220;huckster.&#8221; In 1884, Fields was convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary.<\/p>\n<p>Alice is listed as a widow living with her children in later censuses. Their daughter, Eva Fields (1884-1971), married Standard Greene, an Ohio businessman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5956\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gray-c-selby\/the_comet_1880_02_14_4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5956\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Comet_1880_02_14_4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Comet, February 14, 1880\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Comet_1880_02_14_4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Comet_1880_02_14_4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Comet, February 14, 1880<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2941\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alfred-fields\/capture-39\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2941 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-31-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-31-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-31-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Panola Star, February 12, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2935\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alfred-fields\/capture-36\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2935 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-28-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-28-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-28-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Panola Star, October 29, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2933\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alfred-fields\/capture-35\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2933 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-27-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-27-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-27-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panola Weekly Star, May 31, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3509\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-m-young\/capture-168\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3509 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panola Weekly Star, February 7, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2932\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alfred-fields\/capture-34\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2932 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-26-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-26-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-26-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, March 4, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2937\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/alfred-fields\/capture-37\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2937 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-29-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-29-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-29-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-29.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panola Weekly Star, January 16, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6948\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/hugh-m-foley\/cotton-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6948\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6948\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cotton-150x150.png\" alt=\"Commercial Appeal, November 25, 1894\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cotton-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cotton-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercial Appeal, November 25, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred Fields (Panola County) State House:\u00a01880-1881 Born: c. 1846 in Bourbon County, KY Trader. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Panola County. In 1870, he was living with other family members, possibly siblings, with farming as his occupation. In 1880, he was living with wife Alice Simmons (m. 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