William M. Dodson - Bokchito Cemetery - Bokchito, OK, USA
N 34° 01.246 W 096° 07.885
14S E 764885 N 3768170
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch is on the marble Woodmen of the World monument for William Mariam Dodson in Bokchito Cemetery, Bokchito, OK. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM12G2K
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2020
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Mr. Dodson's brother,
Henry C. 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. Note the footstone atop the monument, removed from the ground to facilitate maintenance. The dove of peace is perched on the inscription scroll, which reads:
William M.
Dodson
Born
July 2, 1870
Died
Oct. 10, 1912
Although he sleeps his
memory doth live, and
cheering comfort
in his mourners
give.