Dr. A.L. Selman - Fincastle Cemetery - Henderson County, TX, USA
N 32° 07.619 W 095° 34.094
15S E 257715 N 3557399
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the Woodmen of the World monument for Dr. Arthur Lee Selman, in historic Fincastle Cemetery, one of the few remnants of Fincastle, northwest of Frankston in rural Henderson County, TX.
Waymark Code: WM105D4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2019
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The Woodmen of the World are known today as WoodmenLife, a fraternal society that provides insurance to its members. Visitors to older cemeteries can frequently spot the tree trunk monuments that they placed at the graves of their members, although not every tree trunk monument out there was placed by the Woodmen of the World: It was common in the late 19th century to use a log to note that a person had died young, and many infants have such grave markers. Eventually, those tree trunk monuments became too expensive to produce, and headstones would be marked with a Woodmen of the World emblem of some kind. Earlier ones, like this one, featured a dove of peace with an olive branch in its beak, flying over a fallen log where the tools of the woodmen's trade -- hatchet, mallet, and wedge -- can be seen, and "Dum Tacet Clamat" -- "Though silent, he speaks" -- is at the bottom of the emblem. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and the tools would be displayed somewhere on the monument. The Woodmen of the World organized themselves into local "camps", and this is a fairly common example of a monument that references the camp to which the person belonged.
The family name, "Selman", is on the reverse plinth of this marble tree trunk. On the front, the inscription scroll reads:
Dr. A.L.
Selman
Born
Feb. 17, 1874
Died
Dec. 7, 1902.
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Note "Frankfort Camp No. 1202" in the Woodmen of the World emblem, and below it on the plinth is this epitaph:
Then shall the dust return to the
earth as it was and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it.
Eccl. xii 7.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Fincastle Cemetery
Henderson County Rd 4230
Fincastle (Frankston), TX USA
75763
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