W.W. Hines - Oswald Cemetery - Clifton, TX, USA - Doves of peace on Waymarking.com

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. Early 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, and "Dum Tacet Clamat" -- "Though silent, he speaks" -- is at the bottom of the emblem. Additionally, on the bottom of the obelisk shaft on the reverse is "Erected by the Woodmen of the World". Later monuments would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and the tools would be displayed somewhere on the monument.

The family name, "Hines", is on the plinth of this 15' marble obelisk, which has been previously toppled and then repaired. Note the triple criss-cross design that circles the obelisk shaft. Under the emblem is this inscription:

W.W. Hines

Born
Apr. 5, 1849

Died
Dec. 16, 1898

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Gone but not forgotten.

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Oswald Cemetery FM 3221 Clifton, TX USA 76634

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