James M. Stone - Confederate Cemetery, Confederate, KY
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N 36° 58.703 W 087° 59.639
16S E 411533 N 4092935
Tree-trunk style marker in Confederate Cemetery, Confederate, KY.
Waymark Code: WMAYC1
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2011
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James M. Stone
Born: April 29, 1868
Died: January 7, 1919
Insciption: Dum Tacet Clamet
“Though silent, he speaks”
In cemeteries throughout the west, Dum Tacet Clamat is written on hand-carved gravestones paid for by an insurance company called the Woodmen of the World. In an era where people had no other form of insurance, they made sure that their ultimate resting place would have an appropriate marker.
Was the inscription legible?: Yes
Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery
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