SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH - WOODMEN OF THE WORLD BURIALS ==================================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Davenport. jimjanie@fone.net ==================================================================================== The following is a listing of the W.O.W. and associated burials in Salt Lake County, Utah that I am aware of. (E-mail the contributor listed above if you know of others not include in this listing.) WOW Woodmen of the World MWA Modern Woodmen of America Women Women of Woodcraft Neigh Neighbors of Woodcraft WC Woodmen Circle SFWC Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle * indicates a vertical tree stump # indicates a horizontal sandstone log + indicates another 'interesting' type of memorial such as an urn, a ball, a pillar, etc In some entries there is only a date of death listed followed by an entry like: 40y, 11m, 9d, and this translates into the age at death being 40 years, 11 months and 9 days old at death. SURNAME GIVEN NAMES BORN DIED NOTES CEMETERY --------------- ---------------------- -------------- -------------- --------------- ----------------------------------- Crow Gypsy Anna --- 1919 Neigh; 32 yrs Midvale City Cemetery Isler Minnie R. 1868 1916 Neigh Midvale City Cemetery Gordon William 1861 1906 WOW Elysian Gardens, Mill Creek Cemetery Hamilton Alexander 1854 1917 WOW Elysian Gardens, Mill Creek Cemetery Luck John W. 1858 1928 WOW Elysian Gardens, Mill Creek Cemetery Adams John T. 1871 1904 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Cody George E. 1867 1906 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Cowburn Wm. D. 1885 1918 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Crystal John P. --- 1902 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Dixon Ada Conger 1866 1915 Women Salt Lake City Cemetery Edgar Thomas C. 1873 1924 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Eman Oscar 1863 1925 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Foulger Arthur L. 1858 1914 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Gayler Hannah 1861 1922 Neigh Salt Lake City Cemetery Gayler John F. 1878 1908 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Goshell William Henry 1859 1900 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Graves Richard D. 1877 1905 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Grey Henry T. B. 1853 1908 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Grey Jennie F. 1868 1911 Women Salt Lake City Cemetery Green Annie D. 1860 1911 Women Salt Lake City Cemetery Haddow Clara Wilde 1882 1931 Neigh Salt Lake City Cemetery Hansen Charles Otis 1858 1904 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Harrington Daniel A. 1870 1912 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery McAllister Elizabeth M. 1864 1924 Neigh Salt Lake City Cemetery McAllister George 1861 1943 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery McGhie no name shown 1861 1906 Women Salt Lake City Cemetery Parton William H. 1885 1903 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Rector Byron Henry 1886 1950 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Rector Ivan Berkley 1894 1946 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Rector James Russell 1899 1953 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Schneider Fred J. 1862 1916 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Walkingshaw John D. 1885 1907 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Swenson Edwin 1868 1940 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery White Herbert J. 1877 1905 WOW Salt Lake City Cemetery Barney Frank 1852 1926 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Battson Florence --- 1906 Women; 40 yrs Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Berkuist Ebert 1880 1911 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Blackmarr Edwin 1872 1905 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Blundell James 1854 1926 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Boss Amy 1860 1930 Neigh Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Burnside George A. 1907 1935 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Burnside Hugh 1870 1913 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Button Herbert G. 1855 1901 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Clark Nelson F. 1859 1918 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Clark Worthington 1858 1911 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Coburn Charles E. 1852 1924 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Coleman Beatrice B. 1878 1925 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Coldwater Charles G. 1862 1918 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Gilbert Otilia 1856 1926 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Darnall Nina M. 1887 1923 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Dean Richard P. 1872 1903 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Frizzell Ida Mae 1878 1916 Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Gregory William T. 1859 1907 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Grumer Mary 1873 1926 Neigh Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Hunt Jennie June 1868 1913 Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Hyatt Robert J. 1856 1910 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Johnson Hans T. --- 1899 + WOW; 19 yrs; Pillar Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Jones Ida C. 1888 1915 Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Knapp Carl F. 1856 1904 * WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Lindblad John F. 1866 1911 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City McDonald William A. --- 1906 WOW; 45 yrs Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City McKinley Fred A. 1844 1910 MWA Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Mercer John Wm. 1867 1910 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Mills Charles L. 1881 1916 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Mitchell Charles C. 1866 1916 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Morton Frances 1867 1911 Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Nelson Ada J. 1871 1915 Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Payne John F. 1859 1911 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Payne Mattie A. 1854 1910 Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Richards W.J. 1863 1927 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Robinson John B. 1856 1913 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Rohn Albert C. 1859 1906 * WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Scott Alexander 1856 1926 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Shafer Arthur L. 1863 1911 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Slater ----- --- --- WOW See comments in album Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Slater ------- --- --- Women Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Smith Martin B. 1854 1910 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Soderberg John 1875 1924 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Stayner Bernard L. 1866 1913 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Waller George F. 1881 1911 WOW Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City Christensen James 1853 1924 WOW Sandy City Cemetery Prince Richard 1878 1921 WOW Sandy City Cemetery Smuin George 1870 1928 WOW Sandy City Cemetery ====================================================================================================== Background of WOODMEN OF THE WORLD and the associated organizations One of my hobbies is photographing Woodmen of the World, and the associated organization tombstones, as well a collecting memorabilia from those organizations. After getting started doing that I decided that it would be a good idea if I actually knew something about the organizations and here is a brief history of them. Most of the information was received directly from the ones that still exist, and they have been quite helpful in answering my queries. The below is really just a 'thumbnail sketch' of the organizations and is not meant to be a complete Or totally accurate history of the organizations. The organization Modern Woodmen of America was started on January 3, 1883 with Joseph Cullken Root as the head of the organization. It began as a fraternal organization with benefite paid to the families of it's members when the member died. This was at first accomplished by the 'passing of the hat' and the contents were given to the widow. Membership was limited to white males over the age of 18 years. There were some other membership restrictions also but those were probably the main ones. After a while it was discovered that the passing of the hat was not really working out so the organization began selling life insurance to the members, and that is what is happening to this day. The MWA still exists as a strong insurance company with it's head office in Rock Island, Illinois. The MWA also had a women's auxiliary called Royal Neighbors of America and that organizations also still exists. You will find many tombstones, mostly in states east of Colorado, that have the logo of the MWA inscribed on the face of the stone. Usually it is crossed axes with the initials M W A and the handles of the axes going between the letters. Sometime the design appears on a shield or flag design. The Royal neighbors have a kind of 5 petal flower design on a few stones but I usually find the initials RNA in a small aluminum stake beside the tombstones with the initials RNA on it. In 1890 there arose a conflict between some of the leaders of the MWA and a couple of them moved west and started the Woodmen of the World organization in 1890 and ultimately ended up with two different organizations called Woodmen of the World, one in Omaha, Nebraska and one in Denver, Colorado. They ultimately seperated into their own organizations with the Denver one adopting the name Woodmen of the World, Pacific Jurisdiction. Mr. F. A. Falkenburg was the first head of the Pacific Jurisdiction WOW. Both of these organizations had the same goals and membership requirements as the original MWA had. Both of these organizations still exist as the Woodmen of the Worls, Omaha and as the Woodmen of the World, Denver. It is actually in Littleton, Colorado. The auxiliary of the Woodmen of the World was established in early 1891 as the Mystic Circle but the name was soon changed to Woodmen Circle but after several years the Pacific area Woodmen Circle members split with the Omaha Woodmen of the World and the western members started an organization called Women of Woodcraft which later in about 1917 changed their name to Neighbors of Woodcraft. They still exist as an insurance company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The eastern WOW women' auxiliary was still known as Woodmen Circle and on occasions as Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle and existed under that name until recently when it was incorporated into the Omaha Woodmen of the World. You will see many stones in the cemeteries in the western states with the words 'Here Rests A Woodmen of the World' usually also with a logo of either a stump in a circle, or a dove flying over a fallen log with an axe, a maul, and a wedge incorporated in the dove type logo'. There are a number of variations of these designs done according to the whims on occasion of the tombstone inscriber. It appears that there were some basic patterns that were used and probably ordered from the WOW headquarters. Most of the stones are the 'regular' shaped stones that one sees in most cemeteries, but on occasion, one sees some really neat tree stumps carved from brown limestone, or marble, or granite that say Woodmen of the World on them. There is a marble one in Ogden, Utah about 10 feet high, and a two tree trunk one in Colorado Springs, Colorado made from brown limestone for a husband and wife that is over 8 feet tall. Most of the brown limestone ones that I have seen are in Colorado but have seen a few in some other states. On occasion they do not have the Woodmen wording on them but will have the axe, maul, and wedge incorporated into the design of the tree stump. On occasion they will only have trhe initials W.O.W. on the stone. Many times the WOW slogan "DUM TACET CLAMAT" will be found inscribed as a part of the logo design. I found through one historic writeup that I received that this means "Though Silent, He Speaks". I do not see many of the really ornate tree stumps for folks that died after about 1910. I do need to mention that not all tree stumps are Woodmen, as I have seem many, especially back east, that predate the Woodmen organizations. The Women of Woodcraft and Neighbors of Woodcraft had logos on their stones similiar to the WOW logo of the dove flying over the fallen log and have the organizations name inscribed asa part of the logo and many times have the wording "Erected by Women of Woodcraft" or "Erected by Neighbors of Woodcraft" inscribed on the lower part of the face of the stone. Woodmen Circle, and SFWC usually have a shield design with the initials WC on it and the Wording "Woodmen Circle" or "Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle" in a circular desigm, and many times the WCF and SFWC stones are in the shape of a tree stump about 4 feet tall. Of course you may find the above inscriptions on any shaped stone, and also on a few of the metal monuments that are made of zinc. One just has to look carefully and you'll see them. Many times there will be only a couple or none in a cemetery but on occasion there will be many of them in a cemetery. It kind of depends on how active the WOW was in the area. In Leadville, CO there are two fairly large cemeteries with 70+ in each of them. One thing to notice, This practice of putting the organization name one the stone died out in about 1935 when the organizations stopped giving a $100.00 extra death payment in addition to the insurance amount with the proviso that the organization's name be placed on the stone. They WERE NOT a lumbermen's or logging association, though those folks could belong. There were some 'dangerous' occupations that could not get the insurance unless they paid an higher insurance premium and if you were a manufacturer of, or sold, alcoholic beverage you could not belong to the organizations. However if you used liquor NOT TO EXCESS you could be a member and hold their insurance. The Woodmen organizations, and the Women's organizations also, had a lot of social activities as did most of the fraternal organizations of the time period. They had dances, and dinners, picnics and parties. They, of course, had their 'secret' meetings with passwords, etc., they had drill teams that performed for their meetings and ceremonial occasions such as funerals and initiations, and competed against each other in contests and also marched in parades. The drill teams, instead of using rifles like most of the other organizations, used AXES. They were usually axes with aluminum heads and the initials WOW or MWA embossed into the axe heads. They had annual meetings of the head camps to do official business of the organizations. They also did a lot of community projects Woodmen of the World still exist as social organizations also and do a lot of community projects, give flags away to organizations, have summer camps, and apparently enjoy life to it's fullest. If you wish to contact the Woodmen, Neighbors of Woodcraft, or Royal Neighbors here are their addresses: Modern Woodmen of America PO Box 2005 Rock Island, IL 61204-2005 Phone 309-786-6481 email: glevis@modern-woodmen.org Neighbors of Woodcraft PO Box 1897 Oregon City, OR 97045-0987 email neighbors@nowfbs.com this info was copied from the internet. and is on a letter I received from Neighbors in 1995 Woodmen of the World PO Box 266000 Littleton, CO 80126-6000 Phone: 303-792-9777 Fax 303-792-9793 Woodmen of the World, Omaha, Insurance 1700 Farnam St. Omaha. NE 68102 Royal Neighbors of America 230 Sixteenth St. Rock Island, IlL 61201 No, I don't belong to them nor have any of their insurance, but sure do enjoy pursuing their tombstones and memorabilia. James J. Davenport Cortez, Colorado