S.M. Shorter - Fairview Cemetery - Denison, TX, USA
N 33° 46.278 W 096° 33.431
14S E 726218 N 3739479
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument marking the final resting place of S.M. Shorter in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, TX.
Waymark Code: WM12DNR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2020
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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, like this one, would show a simple tree stump instead.
This tree trunk monument is different than the usual model, and it is missing the tools that normally accompany the dove. The Woodmen of the World emblem is very close to the top of the tree trunk, and both the dove and the olive branch are very prominent as the dove perches atop a pruned branch just above the family name, "Shorter". Note the oak leaf and acorns. The inscription scroll is rolling up a bit at the bottom, and at the top, there is a tear where a pruned branch sticks out. One side of the scroll is also curling up at the top, and the inscription reads:
In Loving
Remembrance
of
S.M. Shorter
Died
Feb. 24, 1902.
Aged 33 Yrs.
Erected by the
Woodmen of the World
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Fairview Cemetery
1501 North TX 91
Denison, TX USA
75020
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