William T. Gregory - Palmer Cemetery - Palmer, TX, USA
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N 32° 25.824 W 096° 39.670
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A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch is on the marble Woodmen of the World monument for William T. Gregory in Palmer Cemetery, Palmer, TX.
Waymark Code: WM15TG0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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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. Here, the tools and the dove are part of the monument, in relief, while the dove is perched atop the scroll that hangs from a rope on a sawn-off branch. The inscription reads:

William T.
Gregory

July 30, 1869

Died
Jan. 5, 1911.

Asleep in Jesus

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Back in the day, the Woodmen of the World organized themselves into local groups that they called "Camps", and here, Mr. Gregory's membership in Palmer Camp No. 863 is noted at the bottom of the scroll. It wasn't uncommon to find their lodge buildings in a given municipality, and while since repurposed, many of them survive today.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch

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

Address:
Palmer Cemetery
E Lamar St
Palmer, TX USA
75152


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