Fred J. Schneider - Salt Lake City Cemetery - Salt Lake City, UT, 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 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 many varieties of 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. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead.

This red granite headstone is streaked by something, perhaps by an agent that was used to highlight the engraved letters, but it is still in excellent condition and very legible. It reads:

Fred J. Schneider
1862-1916

Here Rests a Woodman
of the World

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: 200 N St E Salt Lake City, UT USA 84103

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