S.A. Simpson - Lone Star Cemetery - Point, TX
N 32° 57.015 W 095° 52.579
15S E 231109 N 3649444
A Woodmen of the World monument in Lone Star Cemetery, Point, TX, bears a camp number of 666.
Waymark Code: WMNJ8M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2015
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The Woodmen of the World is a fraternal benefits society, founded in 1890 and based in Omaha, NE. One early membership benefit was the provision of a headstone if there was a need, and oftentimes, the grave marker took the form of a tree stump. Wikipedia elaborates: (
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Typically the headstones would include a depiction of the WOW relics and symbols of the organization. These include most notably a stump or felled tree (inscribed into a more generic monument in some cases, rather than the more noticeable instances of the entire monument being in the shape of the log or tree-stump); the maul and wedge; an axe; and often a Dove of Peace with an olive branch. As Woodmen "do not lie", a common inscription was "Here rests a Woodman of the World".
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The Woodmen organized themselves into camps, based on geography, and showing that our ancestors didn't have a problem with "666," the camp out of Burkett, TX, bore this number. Notably, Burkett is 236 miles from Point, leaving us to wonder what brought Mr. Simpson so far.