Headstone Inscriptions
B.P.O.E.: Benevolent Protective Order of Elks F.L.T.: with each letter in a link of a chain: Friendship, Love and Truth (see I.O.O.F.) F.O.E.: Fraternal Order of Eagles G.A.R.: Grand Army of the Republic. It was an organization of Civil War Union Army veterans. I.O.O.F.: International Order of Odd Fellows (see F.L.T.). V.D.M.: verbi Dei minister …