J.T. Wheeler - Read Hill Cemetery - New Boston, TX, USA
N 33° 26.071 W 094° 25.652
15S E 367297 N 3700369
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument for Joel Thomas Wheeler in historic Read Hill Cemetery, New Boston, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM18ZWY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2023
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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. 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.
The Dove of Peace perches atop the inscription scroll that hangs from a sawed-off branch on the monument, and the inscription reads:
J.T. Wheeler
June 26, 1867,
June 23, 1909.
Shrined in our hearts, thy
memories fair
Shall reign till life doth
cease.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address: Read Hill Cemetery Bowie County Rd 4005 New Boston, TX USA 75570
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