L.D. Bridges - Bridges Chapel Cemetery - Titus County, TX, USA
N 33° 15.778 W 095° 02.766
15S E 309414 N 3682307
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the Woodmen of the World monument for Lorenza Dow Bridges, in historic Bridges Chapel Cemetery, in the old Bridges Chapel community in rural Titus County, TX.
Waymark Code: WMYY34
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2018
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Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name. Mr. Bridges was the son of Relious and Candis Bridges, early settlers who gave their name to this community, as well as providing the land for this cemetery and the adjacent church. Mr. Bridges's sister, Mary, was the first burial here back in 1868.
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 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, and the dove and the tools would be displayed somewhere on the monument.
This marble monument is in very good condition, with a log at the top and branches as detail, and the dove and olive branch inside of the Woodmen of the World emblem is easy to make out. The Woodmen of the World organized themselves into local camps, and we have a reference to "Mt. Pleasant Camp No. 286" under the emblem. Below the Gates of Heaven is this inscription:
L.D. Bridges
Born
Feb. 5, 1857.
Died
Oct. 28, 1902.
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Farewell, my wife and children all,
From you a father Christ doth call.
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Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
215 Titus County Road 1465
Bridges Chapel Community
Mt. Pleasant, TX USA
75455
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