T.J. Bumgarner - Hillsboro City Cemetery - Hillsboro, TX, USA
N 32° 00.931 W 097° 07.698
14S E 676776 N 3543687
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument marking the final resting place of Thomas Jefferson Bumgarner in the Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for help with his name.
Waymark Code: WM12Z3J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2020
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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. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead.
It's not often one finds a Woodmen of the World monument for someone who passed on in the 19th century, although we can't necessarily assume that this one was placed before 1900. Yet, there is at least one other here in the cemetery! This is a fairly common variant, topped by a log, although it's a bit taller than most, maybe between six and seven feet high. Branches are around the perimeter on both sides, and the Woodmen of the World emblem is below the arch at the Gate to Heaven. Below "Erected by the Woodmen of the World" is this inscription:
Sacred to the Memory of
T.J. Bumgarner
Born
Oct. 14, 1850,
Died
Jan. 12, 1898.
Gone from our home but not from
our hearts.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Hillsboro City Cemetery
N Waco & Chenault Streets
Hillsboro, TX USA
76645
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