Clyde O. Austin - Memorial Park Cemetery - Dalhart, TX, USA - Doves of peace on Waymarking.com

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 marble 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 headstone, featured an emblem with 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. Inside the emblem is "Dum tacet clamat", "Thou silent, he speaks", with a pair of laurels. Flowers complement the emblem, and below it is "Here rests a Woodman of the World": Note that Woodmen do not "lie", so "rests" is preferable.

This headstone sits atop a large granite base, and Mr. Austin's personal information is in relief, reading:

Clyde O. Austin
1874-1910

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Memorial Park Cemetery 302 Cherry Ave Dalhart, TX USA 79022

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