Walter B. Spooner - Hillsboro City Cemetery - Hillsboro, TX, USA
N 32° 00.941 W 097° 07.798
14S E 676618 N 3543702
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument marking the final resting place of Walter B. Spooner in historic Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, TX.
Waymark Code: WM12YPZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2020
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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. 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. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead, with the dove and tools worked into the fabric of the monument.
It's not often one finds a Woodmen of the World monument for someone who passed on in the 19th century, although we can't necessarily assume that this one was placed before 1900. It is an interesting variant, topped by a Holy Bible, with a shroud with tassles covering all sides, and the family name, "Spooner", is on the plinth with an appropriate rustic look. The Woodmen of the World emblem is the usual theme, but here, the dove with the olive branch has a different look to it, along with the tools in relief, all enclosed by a laurel. The inscription reads:
Walter B.
Son of
G.W. & Mary C.
Spooner
Born
Dec. 9, 1870
Died
Aug. 31, 1894
Blessed are the pure in heart.
Willow Camp No. 86 Hillsboro Tex
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It's not rare, but it is uncommon to find a reference to a camp, which was the designation the Woodmen of the World used for their local chapters.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Hillsboro City Cemetery
N Waco & Chenault Streets
Hillsboro, TX USA
76645
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