A.A. McClatchy - Meridian Cemetery - Meridian, TX, USA
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N 31° 55.278 W 097° 39.223
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A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument for Albert Alexander McClatchy, Jr. in Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM12227
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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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 marble example, 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.

Like many early examples, this one has "Erected by the Woodmen of the World" below the Woodmen of the World emblem, all under an arch. The family name, "McClatchy" is on the plinth, and the inscription reads:

A.A. McClatchy

Born
Aug. 13, 1855.
Died
Jan. 6, 1901.

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Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch

Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)

Address:
Meridian Cemetery
S Hill St
Meridian, TX USA
76665


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