B. T. Webb -- Old Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall TX
N 32° 55.711 W 096° 27.727
14S E 737301 N 3646220
The unusual tree-trunk Woodmen of the World tombstone for B. T. Webb at Old Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall TX
Waymark Code: WMX9ZQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2017
Views: 2
Blasterz really liked this tombstone, where the bark has been peeled away in two laces for the medallion and the vital dates.
This handsome tombstone reads as follows:
"[WoW medallion]
B. T. WEBB
Born
JUne 3, 1875
died
Oct 26, 1907
Death comes equal to all.
Member of
Stonewall Camp no. 428."
In the 1900 Census, Benjamin T. Webb (age 24) was living with his mother (aged 69, born in Ohio) and brother William (age 29). Both boys were born in IL,and both were working as day laborers in Rockwall.
In the 1880 Census he was 5 years old, living in Sugar Creek, Clinton Co. IL with his father Cuthbert, mother Jane, and 5 siblings, including William (age 10).
Was the inscription legible?: Yes
Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery
|
Visit Instructions:
One photo is fine.