Robert Julius Dorsey - Pecan Grove Memorial Park - McKinney, TX, USA
N 33° 10.589 W 096° 37.159
14S E 721975 N 3673376
A Dove of Peace with an olive branch can be seen on the Woodmen of the World monument that marks the final resting place of Robert Julius Dorsey, in historic Pecan Grove Memorial Park, McKinney, TX.
Waymark Code: WMZ2BB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2018
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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. Many infants have such grave markers, like Mr. Dorsey's two children, Nina and Gertrude, whose headstone can be seen in the wider shot in the gallery. 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 of Peace perches atop the the inscription scroll that hangs from a sawed-off branch, and the inscription reads:
Robert Julius
Dorsey
Born
Oct. 27, 1864
Died
Jan. 16, 1909
At Rest
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address: Pecan Grove Memorial Park 1701 S McDonald St McKinney, TX USA 75069
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