J.W. Forgay - West End Cemetery - Stephenville, TX, USA
N 32° 12.715 W 098° 13.055
14S E 573734 N 3564193
A Dove of Peace with an olive branch appears on the Woodmen of the World monument for John Wesley Forgay, in West End Cemetery, Stephenville, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM11BAA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2019
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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 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.
This one is an oddball, but not unique, in that there is no emblem to be found. The tools of the woodmen's trade -- hatchet, mallet, and wedge -- are in relief at the top of the monument, while the dove perches atop an inscription scroll that hangs from a sawed-off branch. The organizational slogan, "Dum tacet clamat" -- "Though silent, he speaks" -- is above this text:
J.W. Forgay
Dec. 15, 1868
Mar. 2, 1908
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Woodmen of the World
Memorial
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
West End Cemetery
Washington and Lillian Streets
Stephenville, TX USA
76401
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