Claud Frank - Milford Cemetery - Milford, TX, USA
N 32° 07.684 W 096° 56.477
14S E 694204 N 3556487
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument marking the final resting place of Claud Frank in historic Milford Cemetery, Milford, TX.
Waymark Code: WM137GM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2020
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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 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. The dove is perched on the inscription scroll, which reads:
Claud
Son of
W.B. & V.M.
Frank
Born
Apr. 12, 1889
Died
Sep. 12, 1908
A little time on earth he spent
Till God for him his angel sent.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Milford Cemetery
208 Water St
Milford, TX USA
76670
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