Tombstone Tuesday - Isaac Newton Nelson

This well-preserved grave stone that marks the grave of Isaac Newton Nelson is located in Broom Cemetery, near Coffeeville, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The marker bears the Masonic emblem that denotes Mr. Broom's membership in the Masonic Order. According to the inscription on his grave stone, Isaac Newton Broom was born on Valentine's Day in 1834, and he died when he was 69 years old.

Tombstone Tuesday - J. H. Marshall, Woodman of the World

J. H. Marshall's grave monument stands tall and seemingly unblemished by time in Broom Cemetery, near Coffeeville in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. According to the inscription, Marshall was born on Februry 25, 1865 and died on May 11, 1913. Palm leaves adorn the center section of the stone marker where Marshall's name and dates of birth and death appear. Like all Woodmen of the World grave monuments, symbolic logs bearing the Woodmen of the World emblem appear in a prominent place. This design is one of many others that appear on monuments provided for deceased members of the Woodmen of the World society and erected in Mississippi cemeteries during the late 1800s and early 1900s.