Henry C. Dodson - Bokchito Cemetery - Bokchito, OK, USA
N 34° 01.274 W 096° 07.875
14S E 764898 N 3768222
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch is on the marble Woodmen of the World monument for Henry Clay Dodson in Bokchito Cemetery, Bokchito, OK. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM12G2G
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2020
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Mr. Dodson's brother,
William M. Dodson, is also waymarked in this cemetery.
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 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 like this one would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and tools are worked into the fabric of the monument. The dove of peace is perched on the inscription scroll, which reads (and note the missing day of birth):
Henry C.
Dodson
Born
Oct. 1863
Died
Feb. 14, 1916.
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A christian can
not die before his
time.