John D.M. Martin - Loco Cemetery - Loco, OK, 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 marble 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. 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, and the dove and tools are worked into the fabric of the monument. This monument is in excellent condition: Note the visible detail on the dove and on the Woodmen of the World emblem, as well as the clarity of the inscription. The dove of peace is above the inscription scroll, which reads:

John D.M.
Martin

Born
July 19, 1866

Died
Nov. 4, 1911

The vacant place, the
empty chair, We see them
day by day, And Oh! it
fills our hearts with care,
Since our beloved went
away.

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Loco Cemetery Off OK 53, east of town Loco, OK USA 73442

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