A couple of items from the survey I’ve been doing. There are quite a few loggers buried in Calvary — not surprising since logging was HUGE here — and many of them have a seal on the stone:
This is one of the better preserved ones, as it’s in granite. A lot of the ones I’ve seen have been very badly eroded. Most seem to be fairly consistent in the iconography, with the hammer, wedge, axe, log, and dove. The phrase ‘Dum Tacet Clamat’ means ‘Though silent, He speaks’ and is fairly common on these as well. Most also have the phrase “Here rests a Woodman of the World”. The Woodmen of the World was originally a fraternal organization and part of their benefits package included a headstone for members. The monuments aren’t all the same although many were shaped as stacks of wood or tree stumps. There is one of the latter at Calvary:
Here’s another link with more info on these markers.
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