W.H. Gilmore - De Leon Cemetery - De Leon, TX, USA
N 32° 06.616 W 098° 32.681
14S E 542956 N 3552748
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument for Willie H. Gilmore, in De Leon Cemetery, De Leon, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM120M1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2020
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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 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, and "Dum Tacet Clamat" -- "Though silent, he speaks" -- is at the bottom of the emblem. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and the tools would be displayed somewhere on the monument.
Bearing in mind that a death date doesn't necessarily suggest the year the the monument was placed, this could be an early model, judging by "Erected by the Woodmen of the World" on the inscription scroll: The organization is generally noted solely on the emblem. This one is atypical, featuring a little more sculpture than the usual tree trunk monument. There is the familiar calla lily on the base of stacked wood, with the family name, "Gilmore", in relief. Above the inscription scroll is a palm frond, and the inscription itself reads:
W.H. Gilmore
Born
March 14, 1872.
Died
April 27, 1899.
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Erected
by the Woodmen
of the World
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
De Leon Cemetery
680 W Reynosa St
De Leon, TX USA
76444
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