W.H. Bird - Granbury Cemetery - Granbury, 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 and monuments would be marked with a Woodmen of the World emblem of some kind. Earlier 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. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead.

The Woodmen of the World emblem is at the top of this marble headstone, with the family name, "Bird", on the plinth, and a cross and palm fronds above the plinth. There is floral detail throughout, and the three other sides are blank. The inscription is:

W.H. Bird

Died
May 28, 1899,

Aged
49 Yrs 7 Mos.
& 1 Day.

On the side of the plinth is an epitaph:

No pain no grief no anxious
fear,
Can reach the peaceful
sleeper here.

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Granbury Cemetery Woodmen Street Granbury, TX USA 76048

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