George Clifford - Admiral Cemetery - Admiral, TX, USA
N 32° 17.752 W 099° 17.756
14S E 472137 N 3573268
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the Woodmen of the World monument for George Clifford, in Admiral Cemetery, south of Baird in the old Admiral community.
Waymark Code: WM10A3C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2019
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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.
Many non-Woodmen tree trunk monuments will have an anchor, which is a symbol of hope, but in this case, the Woodmen of the World have borrowed the idea, and this is truly a rarity. The anchor is wrapped in a line, with ivy for detail, and the Woodmen of the World emblem is in amazing condition, standing out in relief at the top of this marble trunk. The inscription reads:
George Clifford
Born
Oct. 14, 1853,
Died
Dec. 3, 1899.
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No pain, no grief, no anxious fear,
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Admiral Cemetery
Callahan County Rd 461
Admiral, TX USA
79504
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