Little is known about this man except that he and his brother, John Henry Kibler, worked for the Railroad. The brothers were born in Rockingham County, Virginia and were sons of another Joseph Kibler and his wife Eliza whose last name is not known. In 1894, John H. Kibler married Ora Carlton and they lived in Memphis, Tennessee where John was a Conductor for the Railroad. Joseph Kibler was an engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad Company and married Martha "Mattie" Low in Sardis, Panola County, Mississippi on November 30, 1899. They had one child, daughter Ora Louise, born in July, 1900. Mattie's obituary stated that the couple lived in Birmingham, Lumberton, and Memphis before Joseph's death in 1906. At that time Mattie and daughter Ora moved back to Sardis, Mattie's home town. Joseph was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis where he has a "Woodman of the World" gravestone marker.
WOW markers are found all over the South and are a statement that the person belonged to this fraternal organization that also offered life insurance and a "free" monument upon death to its members. The emblem adorning the Woodmen stump, symbolizing equality and commonwealth, is the most commonly seen on member's monuments. Other official Woodmen symbols included a dove with an olive branch, which symbolized the peace of Heaven, and an axe, beetle and wedge which symbolize workmanship and progress of culture.
Many of the "tree" monuments stand 4 to 5 feet high and show sawed or broken limbs traditionally symbolizing a life cut short. Some are surrounded at the base by flowers, ferns or delicate vines winding past inscriptions cut on the main part of the tree where the bark has been peeled back or hewn away.
WOW markers are found all over the South and are a statement that the person belonged to this fraternal organization that also offered life insurance and a "free" monument upon death to its members. The emblem adorning the Woodmen stump, symbolizing equality and commonwealth, is the most commonly seen on member's monuments. Other official Woodmen symbols included a dove with an olive branch, which symbolized the peace of Heaven, and an axe, beetle and wedge which symbolize workmanship and progress of culture.
Many of the "tree" monuments stand 4 to 5 feet high and show sawed or broken limbs traditionally symbolizing a life cut short. Some are surrounded at the base by flowers, ferns or delicate vines winding past inscriptions cut on the main part of the tree where the bark has been peeled back or hewn away.
Little is known about this man except that he and his brother, John Henry Kibler, worked for the Railroad. The brothers were born in Rockingham County, Virginia and were sons of another Joseph Kibler and his wife Eliza whose last name is not known. In 1894, John H. Kibler married Ora Carlton and they lived in Memphis, Tennessee where John was a Conductor for the Railroad. Joseph Kibler was an engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad Company and married Martha "Mattie" Low in Sardis, Panola County, Mississippi on November 30, 1899. They had one child, daughter Ora Louise, born in July, 1900. Mattie's obituary stated that the couple lived in Birmingham, Lumberton, and Memphis before Joseph's death in 1906. At that time Mattie and daughter Ora moved back to Sardis, Mattie's home town. Joseph was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis where he has a "Woodman of the World" gravestone marker.
WOW markers are found all over the South and are a statement that the person belonged to this fraternal organization that also offered life insurance and a "free" monument upon death to its members. The emblem adorning the Woodmen stump, symbolizing equality and commonwealth, is the most commonly seen on member's monuments. Other official Woodmen symbols included a dove with an olive branch, which symbolized the peace of Heaven, and an axe, beetle and wedge which symbolize workmanship and progress of culture.
Many of the "tree" monuments stand 4 to 5 feet high and show sawed or broken limbs traditionally symbolizing a life cut short. Some are surrounded at the base by flowers, ferns or delicate vines winding past inscriptions cut on the main part of the tree where the bark has been peeled back or hewn away.
WOW markers are found all over the South and are a statement that the person belonged to this fraternal organization that also offered life insurance and a "free" monument upon death to its members. The emblem adorning the Woodmen stump, symbolizing equality and commonwealth, is the most commonly seen on member's monuments. Other official Woodmen symbols included a dove with an olive branch, which symbolized the peace of Heaven, and an axe, beetle and wedge which symbolize workmanship and progress of culture.
Many of the "tree" monuments stand 4 to 5 feet high and show sawed or broken limbs traditionally symbolizing a life cut short. Some are surrounded at the base by flowers, ferns or delicate vines winding past inscriptions cut on the main part of the tree where the bark has been peeled back or hewn away.
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